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【题目】Since last March, I have been visiting a pet clinic because of my cat Eddie. The clinic is in northern Massachusetts, about two hours from our home on Cape Cod. I expected it would be terrible depressing but it’s just the opposite. I have been so surprised at what I have learned there.

Now I believe happiness is something to love in any form. If I’ve ever know an angel, it is Keri, Eddie’s technician. Both Eddie and I are under her loving care. She gives Eddie his medicines.She gives me emotional guidance as well.

I can offer tell when it’s someone’s first visit. They’re usually crying. I think the reason why the rest of us don’t cry has nothing to do with hope. I think it has to do with another ingredient of happiness. When we think about our pet’s distant future, even if they’re healthy, w will feel sad. Keri, in her prayerful voice says, “Focus on loving Eddie right now.” “Right now” is the only way people think at he clinic.

Instant connection is what happens in the waiting room. We join together to tenderly life a lame dog. We take turns distracting a cat with sparkly toys so she doesn’t chew her bandage. Nobody asks for help. Everybody offers. We just do it.

When the end of life is very near, owners often believe their pet’s happiness is more important than something like a strict diet. A young fellow whose pet dog suffers from canner says, “He can have anything he wants now.” So I guess an element of happiness is not so much the length of a life but the joy and peace that life contains.

At this place, the focus is not on dying, and it’s not on living. The focus, for pets and for people, is on living happily.

【1】What does Keri stress most according to Paragraph 3?

A. Living is happy.

B. Time is precious.

C. Hope is certain.

D. Love is everything.

【2】What does instant connection in the waiting area wean?

A. They live in harmony.

B. They help each other.

C. They are full of love.

D. They ask for help.

【3】Why does a young fellow have his pet eat anything it wants?

A. He wants his pet to gain weight.

B. He likes to do whatever he wants.

C. An Lovely Angel of a Pet Clinic.

D. The Ingredients of Happiness.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】本文通过讲述了作者在宠物店里的亲身经历，感受到了活着就是快乐的，对于宠物和人们来说，关注的焦点应该是快乐的生活。

【1】A细节理解题。根据文章Focus on loving Eddie right now可知Keri建议现在专注于爱Eddie，要活在当下，活着就是幸福的，故选A。

【2】B推理判断题。根据第四段Nobody asks for help. Everybody offers. We just do it.没有人要求帮助，每个人都提供了。我们就这样做了。可以推测这句话意味着每个人都互相帮助。故选B。

【3】C推理判断题。根据第五段A young fellow whose pet dog suffers from canner says, “He can have anything he wants now.”可知年轻人让他的宠物吃它想吃的东西是因为宠物诊所的爱心提示，故选C。