阅读理解。
In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love
these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to
animal hospitals to give them injections (注射) so that they won't carry diseases. They have special animal
food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of stores. Some people spend around two
hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food.
When you visit people's houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud
of them. You will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are
welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any
animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished.
If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.
People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: Their family ties are not as
close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel
lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.
1. The passage mainly talks about _____. [ ]
A. how to keep diseases from pets
B. Canadians have pets as friends
C. how to take good care of pets
D. life of the old in Canada
2. Pets are given injections in animal hospitals _____. [ ]
A. in order to keep them safe
B. after being taken home
C. because they carry diseases
D. because they are sick
3. The word "bird feeder" in the second paragraph probably means _____. [ ]
A. a person who gives food to birds
B. a container that has food for birds
C. something that catches birds
D. an animal that eats birds
4. In Canada, children leave their parents when they grow up because _____. [ ]
A. they don't love their parents any more
B. they can only find jobs far from their parents
C. their parents' houses are too small
D. they wouldn't depend on their parents any more
5. Which of the following is TRUE? [ ]
A. People buy animal food only at the animal food stores.
B. Pets eat better than people.
C. Almost every family has a birdcage (鸟笼) in his house.
D. Any bird can come to the bird feeders to eat.
