Question

Animal Services

Town Lake Animal Center is the largest animal shelter in Central Texas, offering shelter to more than 23,000 animals each year and animal control services to all of Austin and Travis County．In the shelter, no animal will be turned away．

Hours of Operation

Shelter:

Monday－Friday, 11:30 a．m．to 7:00 p．m．

Saturday－Sunday, 11:30 a．m．to 5:00 p．m．

Closed City Holidays

Homeless or unwanted animals can be safely dropped off at the shelter．

Animal Protection and Control:

Monday ― Friday, 7:00 a．m．to 6:00 p．m．

Saturday ― Sunday, 7:00 a．m．to 5:00 p．m．

City Holidays, 7:00 a．m．to 3:00 p．m．

Officers on call overnight

Administrative Offices:

Monday ― Friday, 9:00 a．m．to 5:00 p．m．

Closed City Holidays

Location: 1156 W．Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78703

Mailing address: Town lake Animal Center, POBox 1088, Austin, TX 78767

What’s New

Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes

PURPOSE: To teach people how to recognize and report animal cruelty．

WHO: All citizens are encouraged to take this class．

CAUSE: Usually animal cruelty is in relation to(與……有關) family cruelty．People who hurt animals often move on to hurt human beings．If you’re able to recognize and report animal cruelty, you can help prevent cruelty from spreading throughout your area．

Programs

Town Lake Animal Center offers a number of animal-related services to Austin and Travis County, including Animal Protection & Control, a Pet Lost & Found, Pet Adoptions(領養) and Pet Registration(登記)．

Because the shelter accepts all animals, and because there is a big problem of a large population of pets in our area, the shelter does carry out painless killing of animals that have no other choices for lifetime care．

60．According to the passage, Town Lake Animal Center    ．

A．is the largest animal shelter in the USA        

B．kills or sells homeless animals

C．offers many services to animals                   

D．is a place that raises animals for food

61．If you meet a badly injured pet dog at night, you’d better    ．

A．send it to the shelter directly         

B．call Administrative Offices immediately

C．send it to Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes

D．call Animal Protection and Control officers

62．Attending Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes can also help    ．

A．avoid family cruelty                               B．know more about the wildlife

C．stop any animal cruelty                        D．treat injured animals quickly

63．According to the passage, Town Lake Animal Center has the right to    ．

       A．kill any animal in the area      B．reduce animals’ population greatly

C．balance the number of animals       D．stop animals’ life without pain

Answer 1

60---63    CDAD   

解析:

60．C 細節理解題。依據倒數第二段信息推斷Town Lake Animal Center提供疾病預防、領養、認領、登記等多項服務。

61．D 推理判斷題。依據原文Officers on call overnight推斷夜間只能聯系該部門。

62．A 細節理解題。依據Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes的最后一句話推斷，保護動物不受虐待也能保護人類情感。

63．D 細節理解題。依據全文最后一句話內容推斷該中心可以對于那些不可救治的動物實行“安樂死”。