Question

To many people, pandas are the loveliest animal in the world. However, it's impossible for everyone to hug and play with the cute bears. That is why panda fans gathered at a cafe (咖啡館) in Chengdu, Sichuan. They stayed with the dogs that look like the lovely bears.

"A relative showed me photos of dogs that look like pandas the other day. I came specially to have a look on my way home after school, said Wang Shuhan, a middle-school student.

The Cute Pet Games cafe opened in September. Covering 300 square meters and accommodating 80 people at most, it does a hot business because of its six panda-like Chow Chow dogs (松獅犬) .

But there is another different voice about animal abuse (虐待) . While the dogs are naturally short and cute, their fur has been coloured black and white to make them look more like China's national symbol.

One of the managers of the cafe, Lyu Yunning, said that the six dogs came from Japan and were coloured black and white before they arrived in China to attract customers. The cafe chose Chow Chow dogs because they are light and quiet.

But the cafe brought a heated online discussion over the treatment of animals when a local newspaper reported that the owner, surnamed Huang, said it had started offering pet colouring services after the panda dogs became a hit. The cost of the dog colouring is 1,500 yuan as the colouring material is from Japan and very expensive, the newspaper reported. It takes trained worker about a day to change a Chow Chow into a "panda", the owner was quoted as saying.

The story led to angry online words from pet owners stressing the possible bad effects of colouring the animals' fur.

However, the manager Lyu said the cafe had never coloured any animal and charged the newspaper with making up an untrue story.

1.What does the underlined word "it" in the third paragraph refer to (指代)?

A.The city. B.The cafe. C.The enough space. D.The lovely dog.

2.What does the phrase "a heated online discussion" in the sixth paragraph mean?

A.Pet colouring services are too expensive for common pet owners.

B.Some people have an opposite opinion on colouring the animals' fur.

C.The cafe invited more and more local people to join in the discussion.

D.Most people in Chengdu would like to share their opinions with others.

3.What can be inferred (推斷) from the report?

A.Panda dogs attract more attention of the middle-school students.

B.Both the manager and the owner of the cafe made up the untrue story.

C.We don't know whether the cafe has coloured any animal or not before. .

D.Most of the pet owners in Chengdu would like to colour their own dogs

Answer 1