【題目】4 Important Reasons to Raise Your Children Around Animals

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/why-it-is-important-to-raise-kids-around-animals/

If you have a love for animals, chances are that you want your children to have that love too. 【1】 And getting along with animals is a great learning experience too. Starting that kind of bond with animals while your children are young is really important for many reasons and here are just some of them.

1. Increase empathy (移情) and compassion(同情心)

Children that are raised around animals are more likely to develop good qualities. They are learning to care about something with positive attention and responsibility. Additionally, animals are empathetic and compassionate themselves. Through their own love and caring, they teach their own lessons to our children.【2】

2. Provide opportunity for responsibility

As children grow up with an animal, they learn to be more responsible. 【3】 They can help feed the fish or walk the family dog.

3. 【4】

A recently published article shows that children can improve their reading skills while reading to the family pet. This might be because animals are such patient and kind creatures that help lower stress.

4. Give unbeatable comfort during hard times

Life is not always easy. 【5】 When there is a family pet, that pet is always there for the family to offer comfort. That pet keeps his company when your child feels lonely. Sometimes it is that silent hug and constant companionship that make children feel alright again with the stresses that come into their lives.

A. Pets increase reading success

B. Sometimes bad things happen.

C. Some people are cruel to animals.

D. Animals are great friends to people of all ages.

E. This way children will learn to respect animals.

F. Hopefully, you can feel pity for the homeless animals.

G. They must take on duties in order to care for that animal.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】E

【3】G

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】本文是一篇說明文。講述了孩子的成長應(yīng)該有動物陪伴的四種重要原因。

【1】根據(jù)空后“ And getting along with animals is a great learning experience too. 與動物相處也是一個很好的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷。”可知，此句和空白處都是在講與動物相處的好處。故選D。

【2】根據(jù)前一句“animals are empathetic and compassionate themselves. Through their own love and caring, they teach their own lessons to our children.動物本身富有同情心，他們通過自己的愛和關(guān)懷，將他們自己的經(jīng)驗(yàn)教給我們的孩子�！痹僖罁�(jù)標(biāo)題“Increase empathy and compassion培養(yǎng)同情心”可知，孩子可以從動物身上學(xué)到良好的品質(zhì)，從而尊重愛護(hù)動物。故選E。

【3】根據(jù)小標(biāo)題“Provide opportunity for responsibility提供擔(dān)當(dāng)責(zé)任的機(jī)會”可知，關(guān)鍵詞是responsibility。瀏覽選項(xiàng)發(fā)現(xiàn)與之相關(guān)的只有take on duties。故選G。

【4】根據(jù)“A recently published article shows that children can improve their reading skills while reading to the family pet. 最近發(fā)表的一篇文章顯示，孩子們在對著家庭寵物閱讀時可以提高閱讀技巧。”此處缺小標(biāo)題，所以標(biāo)題中肯定會出現(xiàn)“寵物pets ”“閱讀reading”。故選A。

【5】根據(jù)小標(biāo)題“Give unbeatable comfort during hard times在艱難的時刻給予無與倫比的安慰”和第一句“Life is not always easy. 生活并不總是容易的。”可知，此段在講生活中的不如意（bad things）。故選B。

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