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【题目】Cat cafés to open in Toronto & Montreal

THESTAR,TORONTO

Soon,people in Toronto may be able to enjoy a hot chocolate or a coffee in a“cat café”.Two groups of people in the city are trying to raise enough money to open cat cafés.

The idea is simple:a café for humans—with lots of cats around.People will be able to pet the cats while they're sipping their coffee.There are already cat cafés in places like England,France and in Asia like in Japan,South Korea and China.

Jennifer Morozowich plans to open her Kitty Cat Café in September.She told The Toronto Star that it will have six to fifteen cats.Morozowich is a cat lover who says that cats help to lower people's stress levels.She is also planning to host special“Litter-ature”events,with the Dundas West Animal Hospital,at her café,with kids reading to the cats.

Some experts say that reading to animals helps kids learn to read better because animals enjoy hearing the human voice and kids don't have to feel stress about making mistakes while they're reading.

Another cat café,Pet Me Meow,will be open in autumn if Ashkan Rahimi and Jeff Ro have their way.They are trying to raise money to open a place where cats will live,and people can come in and buy a coffee and hang out with the cats.

Both sets of possible café owners will have to make sure their cafés are very clean.The City of Toronto has many rules that people have to follow who want to serve food to humans when there are animals nearby.For example,the animal boxes need to be in a separate space away from the eating area.

The café owners will get the cats from rescue shelters(救护所).If the coffee drinkers fall in love with a certain cat,they may be able to take it home.

The Toronto cat cafés won't be Canada's first.Happy Cat Café is opening in July in Montreal.

【1】The underlined word“sipping”in the second paragraph probably means“ ”.

A. selling B. getting C. drinking D. making

【2】According to the passage,Jennifer Morozowich .

A. is a star from Toronto B. likes cats very much

C. owns a cat café now D. lives under much stress

【3】We can learn from the passage that .

A. reading to cats may help kids make fewer mistakes

B. people mustn't take the cats of the cat cafés home

C. Canada will probably have three cat cafés this year

D. the cat cafés have to give food to animals nearby

【4】The passage might be .

A. a news report B. an animal story

C. a meeting notice D. a pet advertisement

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇新闻报道。它向人们介绍了一种与宠物在一起相处的咖啡店。访问猫咖啡馆是种不错的体验,特别对家里没有猫的爱猫者来说,这里帮助调剂心情,释放压力。

【1】C

词义猜测题。根据The idea is simple:a café for humans—with lots of cats around.可知此处表示“当人们在喝咖啡的时候”,故选C。

【2】B

细节理解题。根据第三段的第三句Morozowich is a cat lover who says that cats help to lower people's stress levels.可知,Jennifer Morozowich是一个非常喜爱猫的人。

【3】C

推理判断题。文章第三段第一句话Jennifer Morozowich plans to open her Kitty Cat Café in September.中提到Jennifer Morozowich的Kitty猫咖啡店计划在九月开始营业;第五段的Another cat café,Pet Me Meow,will be open in autumn if Ashkan Rahimi and Jeff Ro have their way.提到在秋季会有一家叫Pet Me Meow的咖啡店开业;最后一段The Toronto cat cafés won't be Canada's first.Happy Cat Café is opening in July in Montreal.提到在七月蒙特利尔的幸福猫咖啡店将开始营业。可知在加拿大将会有三家猫咖啡馆，故选C。

【4】A

推理判断题。根据Cat cafés to open in Toronto & Montreal THESTAR,TORONTO可知此处报道在多伦多，蒙特利尔有猫咖啡馆要开张，故本文是一篇新闻报道。故选A。