领养一只完美的宠物

姜秀云

本文是一则公益广告，主要通过介绍购买与领养的区别，告诉读者如何领养适合自己的宠物，用领养代替买卖。

1 Thinking about adding a pet to your family？ Have you decided to buy one or adopt （領养） one？ Pet adoption has become the more liked way to find a new pet.

2 There are many advantages when you adopt a dog or a cat over buying. For example， pet adoption is always more affordable than buying one for sale. There are other advantages as well. Since pets in rescue centers （救助中心） usually come from a home where the owners run out of money， lose a member， or have to move， it s common to find that the pets on our website are already house trained， good with kids and other pets. People are finding out that buying a pet for sale isn t all it sounds to be， as the dogs and cats might leave the raisers without having their shots. That means adopting one more savings！ So what are you waiting for？ Come to us and find that perfect pet！

3 Have you thought about what kind of pet personality you are looking for？ Finding the ideal pet for your family should start with an under standing of the pet personalities. Consider this， do you need a dog that is good with kids， or are you looking for a pet who enjoys running？ Perhaps a cat that will get along well with others is what you need. The pet rescue workers that post hundreds of local pets do well in matching you with a dog or cat who will love the life you can provide. This is why people are finding adopting one from a rescue center is the best beginning of pet search.

4 Best of all， our website has a program called “New Pet Arrival”. Simply tell us what you are looking for and we will email you when that perfect pet is ready！

1. Why does the author ask two questions in the beginning？

A. To ask readers to share their exp erience of adopting a pet.

B. To ask readers for help about how to get along with pets.

C. To introduce different types of hou se pets.

D. To lead in the topic of the whole text.

2. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk ab out？

A. Advantages of buying a pet.

B. Advantages of adopting a pet.

C. Personalities of pets.

D. Advice on how to raise a pet.

3. What does the underlined word “ideal” mean in paragraph 3？

A. Perfect. B. Cheap.

C. Common. D. Simple.

4. Where can the text be found？

A. From a science magazine.

B. In a travel diary.

C. In a local newspaper.

D. From a medical magazine.

Difficult sentences

1. Since pets in rescue centers usually come from a home where the owners run out of money， lose a member， or have to move， it s common to find that the pets on our website are already house trained， good with kids and other pets. 因为救助中心的宠物通常来自主人破产、失去家庭成员或不得不搬家的家庭，所以我们网站上的宠物通常已经养成了良好的卫生习惯且善于与孩子和其他宠物相处。

【点石成金】这是一个含有由since引导的原因状语从句的复合句。主句是一个由it充当形式主语的主语从句，真正的主语是to find that...pets。

2. Perhaps a cat that will get along well with others is what you need. 也许一只能够与别的宠物和平相处的猫是你需要的。

【点石成金】这是一个含有定语从句和表语从句的复合句。句子的主干是“A cat is what you need.”。定语从句that will get along well with others的先行词是句子的主语a cat，引导词that在定语从句中充当主语。