Animal Services

Town Lake Animal Center is the largest animal shelter in Central Texas, offering shelter to more than 23,000 animals each year and animal control services to all of Austin and Travis County．In the shelter, no animal will be turned away．

Hours of Operation

Shelter:

Monday－Friday, 11:30 a．m．to 7:00 p．m．

Saturday－Sunday, 11:30 a．m．to 5:00 p．m．

Closed City Holidays

Homeless or unwanted animals can be safely dropped off at the shelter．

Animal Protection and Control:

Monday ― Friday, 7:00 a．m．to 6:00 p．m．

Saturday ― Sunday, 7:00 a．m．to 5:00 p．m．

City Holidays, 7:00 a．m．to 3:00 p．m．

Officers on call overnight

Administrative Offices:

Monday ― Friday, 9:00 a．m．to 5:00 p．m．

Closed City Holidays

Location: 1156 W．Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78703

Mailing address: Town lake Animal Center, POBox 1088, Austin, TX 78767

What’s New

Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes

PURPOSE: To teach people how to recognize and report animal cruelty．

WHO: All citizens are encouraged to take this class．

CAUSE: Usually animal cruelty is in relation to(与……有关) family cruelty．People who hurt animals often move on to hurt human beings．If you’re able to recognize and report animal cruelty, you can help prevent cruelty from spreading throughout your area．

Programs

Town Lake Animal Center offers a number of animal-related services to Austin and Travis County, including Animal Protection & Control, a Pet Lost & Found, Pet Adoptions(领养) and Pet Registration(登记)．

Because the shelter accepts all animals, and because there is a big problem of a large population of pets in our area, the shelter does carry out painless killing of animals that have no other choices for lifetime care．

60．According to the passage, Town Lake Animal Center    ．

A．is the largest animal shelter in the USA        

B．kills or sells homeless animals

C．offers many services to animals                   

D．is a place that raises animals for food

61．If you meet a badly injured pet dog at night, you’d better    ．

A．send it to the shelter directly         

B．call Administrative Offices immediately

C．send it to Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes

D．call Animal Protection and Control officers

62．Attending Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes can also help    ．

A．avoid family cruelty                               B．know more about the wildlife

C．stop any animal cruelty                        D．treat injured animals quickly

63．According to the passage, Town Lake Animal Center has the right to    ．

       A．kill any animal in the area      B．reduce animals’ population greatly

C．balance the number of animals       D．stop animals’ life without pain

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A. to； on     B. to； in     C. by； on     D. for； on

- The movie is______ boring; it is, in fact, rather exciting and interesting.

1. A.
   anything but
2. B.
   nothing but
3. C.
   no more'
4. D.
   all but

Intellectual property (IP) is a product of the mind that has commercial value. The concept dates back to 1623 when the first patent law to protect IP sights was passed. IP rights protect the artist from having his/her creative ideas copied by another. For example, if somebody generated an idea for a novel, that idea is protected by IP rights. If someone else wishes to represent the idea or develop it further, he/ she must consult the original artists, who will normally be rewarded financially for its use. Back in the 17^th century, IP rights were primarily carried out to protect newly developed manufacturing processes against stealing. But today, intellectual property rights, are also enjoyed by those who creative music, art and literature.

In recent years, IP rights have been the focus of a great deal of discussion because of a technology which looks set to weaken them altogether; the Internet. Many years ago, if you wanted a recording of a song, you would have to purchase it from a music store; if a novel, form a book store. In those days, IP rights were easily protected since it was very difficult to obtain intellectual property without paying for it. However, a lot of IP, including songs, films, books and artwork, can be downloaded today free of charge using the Internet. This practice has now taken the world by storm, dramatically affecting the way in which we view IP rights.

According to the writer, in the beginning, If rights were mainly of use to ______.

A. those creating music, art and literature     B . novelists

C. engineers and inventors         D. those not receiving financial reward for their work

What do we know about the internet according to the passage?

A. It makes IP rights harder to protect.             B. It sells songs and films.

C. It does not affect the way we understand IP rights. D. It prevents the production of artwork.

According to paragraph 2, what has “taken the world by storm”?

A. Intellectual property rights.      B. The Internet.

C. Free downloading             D. The large number of songs, films and books.

A possible title for this passage could be ______.

A. A History of IP Rights                 B. Ways to Protect Your IP Rights.

C. The Present and the Future Of IP        D. IP Rights and Our Attitudes

　—I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.

　　　　—You ________ your temper but that’s OK.

　　A. have lost　　　　　　　　　　　B. had lost

　　C. did lose　　　　　　　　　　　 D. were losing