21、In Canada you call find dogs，cats，horses etc．in almost every family．These are their pets．People love these pets and regard them as their good friends．Before they keep them at their houses，they take them to animal hospitals to give them needles so that they won’t carry disease （疾病）．They have special animal food stores，though they can get animal food in almost every store．Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food．When you visit people’s homes，they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them．You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden．All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal．They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animals in Canada．They have a law against killing wild（野生的）animals．If you killed all animal，you would be punished（处罚）．If an animal happened to get run over by a car，people would be very sad about it．

    People in Canada have many reasons to like animals．One of them might be：Their family tie is not as close as ours．When children grow up，they leave their parents and start their own career （生涯）．Then the seniors（老人）will feel lonely．But pets can solve this problem．They can be good friends and never leave them alone．   

（    ）1．This passage shows that Canadians _________．

    A．hate animals                                            B．often kill animals

    C．love animals                                               D．don’t keep their pets inside their houses

（    ）2．Children leave their parents when they grow up because _______．

    A．they don’t love their parents any more

    B．they can only find jobs far from their parents

    C．their parents’ houses are too small

    D．it is not acceptable（能接受的）to live together with their parents when they grow up

（    ）3．They give their pets needles before keeping them at their houses because _________

    A．the pets are sick

    B．the pets are wild

    C．they want to stop them from carrying disease

    D．they want them to sleep oil the way home

（    ）4．Which is right according to the passage?

    A．People buy animal food for their pets only at the animal food stores．

    B．Pets eat better than people．

    C．Almost every family has a bird cage at his house．

    D．Any birds can come to die bird feeders to eat．

（    ）5．The passage mainly talks about _______．

    A．how to keep disease from pets                    B．pets in Canada

    C．how to take good care of pets                            D．life of the seniors in Canada