There has been an outpouring of love for a 23-year-old disabled woman whose dog was killed in front of her while a groomer(美容師) tried to trim(修剪) its claws.

Calls and e-mails came from as far away as the Upper Peninsula and Arizona as well as Oakland and Macomb counties, offering Laurie Crouch, who uses a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis(硬化癥), everything from dogs to money, such as that from Jason Daly of Roseville who said, “ I would like to buy her a new dog.”

A story about the death of Crouch’s pet, Gooch, was printed on the front page of Macomb Daily. Crouch said a man sat on the dog to trim its nails. Gooch died after one claw was trimmed.

Crouch yelled at the groomer to stop when she saw Gooch was struggling to breathe, but she said she was ignored. “If I could have walked, I would have put my hands on her and pulled her off my dog and physically stopped her, but I can’t do that.” Gooch was not a trained service animal, but naturally helped Crouch by picking up things for her.

“This case is absolute animal abuse(虐待),” Larry Obrecht, division manager of the Oakland County Animal Shelter in Auburn Hills, said.

People who read the story contacted Oakland Press to offer help. A message, from Rebecca Amett of Giggles N Wiggles Puppy Rescue, in Roseville, said, “We have puppies to donate … and want to help the young woman who lost her service dog.”

“When Gooch was with me, I was happy,” Crouch said, “I think I can be happy again but no animal can replace Gooch. There’s never going to be another Gooch out there but I think I will find a dog that can bring me joy again.”

1. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. A disabled woman’s service dog.

B. A cruel groomer killed a disabled woman’s dog.

C. People’s love for a disabled woman who lost her dog.

D. Disabled woman loves to have the dog as company.

2.People called and emailed to .

A. offer help and care to Laurie Crouch.

B. give their angry voice to the groomer.

C. offer a cure for Crouch’s disease.

D. tell Crouch how to punish the groomer.

3.We can infer from the passage that .

A. Crouch refused to take another dog.

B. Crouch must be sad after losing her dog.

C. Crouch has accepted another dog from a stranger.

D. Crouch can live well without a dog’s company.

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】

試題分析: 本文講述了意為23歲的殘疾女士，她的寵物狗被美容師壓死以后，人們紛紛打電話或者發(fā)電子郵件安慰她，并表示愿意為她提供幫助。

1.主旨大意題。綜合文章內(nèi)容可知，文章主要講述了人們對(duì)這位失去愛狗的殘疾女士的關(guān)愛。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段everything from dogs to money, such as that from Jason Daly of Roseville who said, “ I would like to buy her a new dog.”和倒數(shù)第二段People who read the story contacted Oakland Press to offer help.可知人們打電話或者發(fā)郵件是為了提供幫助，表達(dá)關(guān)心，故選A 項(xiàng)。。

3.推理判斷題。從文章最后一段There’s never going to be another Gooch out there but I think I will find a dog that can bring me joy again.可知，Crouch認(rèn)為沒有狗會(huì)替代她原來的狗，因此推斷她會(huì)很傷心，故選B項(xiàng)。

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