Question

Donna is 19 years old and loves animals, which is why I’m always happy to leave my dog with her when I go on holiday. Donna also helps to train hunting dogs, but recently, her boyfriend told me, she returned home from a farm in tears after being told to hit some dogs.

  “She wasn’t being asked to hit them because they didn’t behave well,” he said. “She was told to punch these puppies with a closed fist simply to let them know who is the boss,” Donna refused. Good for Donna. In my view, you hit an animal for only two reasons: as a way to teach it an important lesson to protect it from danger, such as not into the road; or because you like hurting animals.

  Last summer, I attended a horse race. I don’t know much about horses, but I was alarmed when I saw a horse with a huge ulcer (潰瘍) on its legs. “Surely this horse won’t race?” I asked. I was very surprised that nobody in the crowd seemed concerned.

  The horse began the race, but later it fell heavily. It had broken its leg. The next thing I saw was its dead body in a bag, being driven past. No one seemed to care, except those who had bet on it. I know people care for horse racing, but do they really care for horses? I doubt it.

  Oh, but it’s a tradition, I hear you say. Wouldn’t the world be a boring place if we didn’t occasionally hit, shoot and chase animals? Traditions are made by man and can be unmade. It was once acceptable to kill servants when their master died, to visit the mental hospitals to laugh at the patients or to watch public execution (執(zhí)行死刑).

  Nor should it be forgotten that in our progress to a more civilized world, animals have played an important role: they have fed us, carried us, worked for us, rescued us, died for us and sometimes just saved us from loneliness. Surely by now they deserve our kindness. At the very least, they deserve our respect.

1.Donna was asked to hit the young dogs because ________.

A. they misbehaved                                    

B. their owner disliked them

C. people on the farm enjoy hurting them     

D. it was a way to train them to obey people

2.What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. strike        B. stroke        C. scold        D. pump

3.What is the author’s purpose in telling the readers the story about the horse?

A. To explain the traditional horse race to readers.

B. To prove that the weak horse can’t win in the race.

C. To show that animals are treated unfairly by humans.

D. To say that people care more for horses than horse racing.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People no longer watch killing criminals in public.

B. The author cannot accept anyone who hits the animals.

C. It was a traditional practice to kill servants for their dead master.

D. The author thinks it is possible to change the traditions made by man.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. No One Cares for Animals Nowadays.     

B. Let’s Protect the Endangered Animals.

C. Show Animals the Respect They Deserve.           

D. The Stories Between Animals and People.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：

1.根據(jù)第二段“She was told to punch these puppies with a closed fist simply to let them know who is the boss”可知，Donna被要求教訓(xùn)那些狗，不是因為那些狗不聽話，而是要讓它們知道誰是它們的主人，也就是訓(xùn)練它們，故選D。

2.根據(jù)第二段“She wasn’t being asked to hit them because they didn’t behave well,”可知，Donna被要求打那些狗，punch在此與hit同義，故選A。

3.根據(jù)第四段“I know people care for horse racing, but do they really care for horses?”可知，作者句了一個關(guān)于馬的例子，來說明動物沒有得到應(yīng)有的尊重，故選C。

4.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“It was once acceptable to kill servants when their master died, to visit the mental hospitals to laugh at the patients or to watch public execution (執(zhí)行死刑).”可知，仆人陪葬、觀看執(zhí)行死刑這些在以前是一種傳統(tǒng)，A、C正確；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“Traditions are made by man and can be unmade.”可知，傳統(tǒng)是人制定的，也是可以撤銷的，D項正確；故選B。

5.根據(jù)最后一段“animals have played an important role ...Surely by now they deserve our kindness. At the very least, they deserve our respect.”可知，動物在人類文明中扮演者重要角色，它們至少應(yīng)該得到應(yīng)有的尊重。故選C。

考點：議論文類短文閱讀