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1、2019年高考英语阅读理解一轮练（8）李仕才AArecentsurveyintheUnitedStatesshowedthattheaveragefamilyspentmoremoneyonitspetsthanonitschildren.Althoughrathershocking,itshouldnotsurpriseanyonewhohasseenthedoggyparlours(客厅)wherelovedpetsrest.AreAmericansuniqueintreatingtheirlittlefriendsinthisway?No,theEnglis

2、h,too,paymoreattentiontotheirpets.Thiscanclearlybeseenwhenwelookatpetfoods，whichoftencontainmorevitaminsthanhumanfood.Theycertainlycostmuch.LastyeartheBritishpublicspenttwohundredmillionpoundsonpetfoodalone,tosaynothingofveterinarybillsoranimalfurniture.Itisdifficultnottofeelangryabou

3、tthiswhenconsideringwhatthesameamountcoulddoforvictimsofstarvationandpoverty,soit’snotunusualformetogethotundercollarwhenIreadanoldmanleftallhismoneytohisdoginsteadofhischildren.ThereareavarietyofreasonswhyIfindpets-raisingalarming.Theycausephysicalproblems.AnexampleofthisisNewYorkwhe

4、retheyhavegreatdifficultygettingridofthemessthatdogsleaveonthestreets.Manypeoplefindthisfunny,butinanumberoflargecitiesitisamajorproblem.Animalscancausedisease,too.Itisthethreatofbabies—adiseasewithnoknowncure.Anotherproblemisthecarelessnessofpetowners.Mostlittlechildrenwantadogoracat

5、，andtheycontinuallypushtheirmothersandfathersuntiltheygetone.Itisonlywhenthe＂sweetlittlething＂hasbeenbroughthomethattheparentsrealizehowmuchtimeandmoneymustbespenton＂Rover＂or＂Bonzo＂.Thentheyjustabandonit.Asaresult,theyareallowedtorunfree.Englishfarmerslosehundredsofsheepayear,killedby

6、someone’spetandyoumusthavereadofchildrenbeinghurtbysomepetsoftheirown.Lastly,Iwouldonlysuggestthatwehavegotourprioritieswrongandthatsomethingshouldbedoneaboutit.Inmyview,it’stimewestoppedbeingsentimentalaboutpets.Icanseenoreasonwhyweshouldgetupsetwhenanimalsarecutupfor11medicalexperim

7、ents.Thiswillleadustodiscoveringcuresforserioushumandiseases,thenIsay,＂keepcutting!＂1.Thedoggyparloursarementionedinthe1stparagraphtoshow________.A.whatcostlylivesthepetsarelivingB.whereAmericanskeeptheirpetsC.whychildrenlovetheirpetssomuchD.howmuchpetsdependontheirmasters2.Inthesecon

8、dpara