Lost Cat Returned To Owner 12 Years Later

April 3, 2014 – Linda Edwards of Las Vegas, Nevada is full of happiness because her long lost cat Spaz has been returned to her – 12 years after he first went missing!
Spaz first went missing in 2002 and Edwards looked for him every day for three months. She searched all around her town and even wrote letters to some newspapers for help and was never able to find him. At the end of the three months, on New Year’s Eve of 2002 her searching stopped.
But someone recently discovered a dirty, thin stray cat (流浪貓) and took him into a West Flamingo Animal Hospital. The people working in the hospital checked the cat and were sure enough that his name was Spaz and he belonged to Edwards!
“An old lady found a kitty on Sunday and brought him here. We scanned (掃描) him for a microchip (微芯片) and we were able to find out his owner. The kitty, whose name is Spaz, has been missing for 12 years!” the animal hospital wrote on their Facebook page early last week.
Microchipping pets is a way to recognize if a stray animal belongs to anyone who could be missing them. Microchipping pets allows animal services to learn if they have a family waiting for them. Microchips are only about the size of a grain of rice and can only be removed by operation.
Edwards is very thankful she had Spaz microchipped and was so excited to get him back!
“I feel like I have a second chance,” she said. “This would have never happened if it weren’t for microchips.”
小題1:The cat got lost ______.
A．three months agoB．12 years ago
C．on April 3, 2014D．on New Year’s Eve, 2002
小題2:After the hospital checked the cat, they knew ______.
A．its feelingB．its hobbyC．its stray lifeD．its owner’s name
小題3:______ make(s) it possible for owners to find their lost pets.
A．The microchip B．Animal hospitals
C．The newspaper D．Family members

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要講述了在美國通過微芯片來尋找丟失的貓的故事，以此告訴我們科技的發(fā)展帶給人類生活的便利。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)because her long lost cat Spaz has been returned to her – 12 years after he first went missing!描述，可知這只貓已經(jīng)丟失了12年。故選B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The people working in the hospital checked the cat and were sure enough that his name was Spaz and he belonged to Edwards!描述，可知醫(yī)院的工作人員通過檢查得知了這只貓的主人的名字。故選D。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Microchipping pets is a way to recognize if a stray animal belongs to anyone who could be missing them. 描述，可知微芯片讓主人找到他們丟失的寵物成為可能。故選A。
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