Ⅲ. 养宠益处 养宠物真的能给人带来好处吗？答案是肯定的！在“养宠物的好处”分享会上，我们主要从心理健康和身体健康角度，深入探讨了养宠物对个人的积极影响。
Do you sometimes feel lonely? Are you sometimes under great pressure (压力)? Do you sometimes feel sick? If your answers to these questions are “Yes”, you might not need a doctor. Instead, you might just need a pet. Pets, like dogs, cats, or even birds, can make you feel better. In fact, many people feel healthy when they have a pet to take care of.
People who have pets often feel calmer and less lonely than people who don't have pets. For example, Juliet Locke has a six-year-old cat named Snowball. “Snowball knows when I have a bad day. When I'm sitting in a chair, she'll run to me and I'll pet her. She really helps me feel relaxed,” says Juliet. “Pets can help you have a healthy mind.”
Pets can give you a healthy body too. Dr R.K.Anderson is a veterinarian (兽医). He started CENSHARE (Centre to Study Human/Animal Relationships and Environments), an organization that researches how pets influence people. These researchers (研究者) believe that people with pets are healthier than those without pets. For example, pet owners often have a lower risk of heart disease. Many pet owners don't have high blood pressure either. If you have a dog, you need to take it for a walk. Taking walks is also good for your heart and brain health.
While most people think of dogs and cats as pets, having birds and fish can also be helpful. In fact, people own many different kinds of pets. Researchers studied the influences of these kinds of animals on their owners' health. The researchers found that some people actually feel more relaxed and have lower blood pressure by watching fish or by listening to the sounds of birds. These activities make people feel calm.
1. What's the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. Keeping pets is good for people's health.
B. Pets can keep people away from bad feelings.
C. Keeping pets can help cure (治愈) heart illnesses.
D. Keeping pets can improve the relationships between humans.
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. CENSHARE mainly studies how to save pets.
B. A dog can be more helpful to people than a cat.
C. A person will probably get relaxed if he or she keeps a pet.
D. Watching fish can make some people's blood pressure rise.
3. What's the best title for the passage?
A. How to deal with bad feelings
B. Pets can bring trouble to people
C. How to get along well with pets
D. Pets can help people keep healthy
Do you sometimes feel lonely? Are you sometimes under great pressure (压力)? Do you sometimes feel sick? If your answers to these questions are “Yes”, you might not need a doctor. Instead, you might just need a pet. Pets, like dogs, cats, or even birds, can make you feel better. In fact, many people feel healthy when they have a pet to take care of.
People who have pets often feel calmer and less lonely than people who don't have pets. For example, Juliet Locke has a six-year-old cat named Snowball. “Snowball knows when I have a bad day. When I'm sitting in a chair, she'll run to me and I'll pet her. She really helps me feel relaxed,” says Juliet. “Pets can help you have a healthy mind.”
Pets can give you a healthy body too. Dr R.K.Anderson is a veterinarian (兽医). He started CENSHARE (Centre to Study Human/Animal Relationships and Environments), an organization that researches how pets influence people. These researchers (研究者) believe that people with pets are healthier than those without pets. For example, pet owners often have a lower risk of heart disease. Many pet owners don't have high blood pressure either. If you have a dog, you need to take it for a walk. Taking walks is also good for your heart and brain health.
While most people think of dogs and cats as pets, having birds and fish can also be helpful. In fact, people own many different kinds of pets. Researchers studied the influences of these kinds of animals on their owners' health. The researchers found that some people actually feel more relaxed and have lower blood pressure by watching fish or by listening to the sounds of birds. These activities make people feel calm.
1. What's the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. Keeping pets is good for people's health.
B. Pets can keep people away from bad feelings.
C. Keeping pets can help cure (治愈) heart illnesses.
D. Keeping pets can improve the relationships between humans.
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. CENSHARE mainly studies how to save pets.
B. A dog can be more helpful to people than a cat.
C. A person will probably get relaxed if he or she keeps a pet.
D. Watching fish can make some people's blood pressure rise.
3. What's the best title for the passage?
A. How to deal with bad feelings
B. Pets can bring trouble to people
C. How to get along well with pets
D. Pets can help people keep healthy
答案：1.A 2.C 3.D
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了宠物对人们身心健康的好处。
1. A 解析：段落大意题。根据第三段“Pets can give you a healthy body too.”及其后文内容，可知第三段说的是宠物有利于人们的健康。故选A。
2. C 解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段“The researchers found that some people actually feel more relaxed and have lower blood pressure by watching fish or by listening to the sounds of birds.”可知，如果一个人养宠物，他或她可能会得到放松。故选C。
3. D 解析：标题归纳题。根据第一段“In fact, many people feel healthy when they have a pet to take care of.”可知，文章说的是宠物可以帮助人们保持健康。D项最适合作文章标题。故选D。
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了宠物对人们身心健康的好处。
1. A 解析：段落大意题。根据第三段“Pets can give you a healthy body too.”及其后文内容，可知第三段说的是宠物有利于人们的健康。故选A。
2. C 解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段“The researchers found that some people actually feel more relaxed and have lower blood pressure by watching fish or by listening to the sounds of birds.”可知，如果一个人养宠物，他或她可能会得到放松。故选C。
3. D 解析：标题归纳题。根据第一段“In fact, many people feel healthy when they have a pet to take care of.”可知，文章说的是宠物可以帮助人们保持健康。D项最适合作文章标题。故选D。