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When Debbie Parkhurst choked on a piece of apple at her Maryland home, her dog jumped in, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece of apple to pop out of her throat. Debbie Parkhurst’s husband, Kevin, was at his job at a Wilmington, Del., chemical firm when she took a midday break from jewelry and bit into an apple. When the Keesling family of Indiana were about to be overcome by carbon monoxide(CO), their cat clawed(抓) at wife Cathy’s hair until she woke up and called for help.
For their timely acts, Toby, a golden 2 1/2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a gray-eyed American shorthair, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Neither Parkhurst nor Keesling could explain their pets’ timely heroics,though Parkhurst suggested it might have been guided by God intervention(干预). “That’s what our veterinarian(兽医) said,”she said. “He wasn’t making a joke; he’s very spiritual, and now I have to agree with him.”
But both pets were themselves rescued in baby, Toby as a 4-week-old baby thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Keesling’s husband, Eric, had to feed her milk.
As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump spread carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie moved into rescue spot, the couple’s 14-year-old son, Michael, was already unconscious. “Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry noise,” Cathy Keesling said. “When I woke up I felt like a T-bar had hit me across the head.”
State police and officers responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.
1.We can know Debbie Parkhurst _________.
A.works in a Wilmington, Del.,chemical firm
B.was making jewelry when she had the accident
C.might have died but for her pet’s help
D.was unconscious when her pet found her
2.Both pet’s heroic acts most probably connected with _________.
A.God arrangements B.their being once helped
C.their sense of danger D.their veterinarians’ training
3.Why did Winnie try to wake Cathy Keesling up?
A.Because a T-bar was going to hit him.
B.Because he was hungry and wanted milk.
C.Because Debbie choked something in her throat.
D.Because there was danger in her house.
4.From the passage we can infer that _________.
A.if you love me love my animals
B.all pets are useful to people
C.we can’t never be too careful in our daily life
D.to help others sometimes can get reward
When Debbie Parkhurst choked on a piece of apple at her Maryland home, her dog jumped in, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece of apple to pop out of her throat. Debbie Parkhurst’s husband, Kevin, was at his job at a Wilmington, Del., chemical firm when she took a midday break from jewelry and bit into an apple. When the Keesling family of Indiana were about to be overcome by carbon monoxide(CO), their cat clawed(抓) at wife Cathy’s hair until she woke up and called for help.
For their timely acts, Toby, a golden 2 1/2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a gray-eyed American shorthair, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Neither Parkhurst nor Keesling could explain their pets’ timely heroics,though Parkhurst suggested it might have been guided by God intervention(干预). “That’s what our veterinarian(兽医) said,”she said. “He wasn’t making a joke; he’s very spiritual, and now I have to agree with him.”
But both pets were themselves rescued in baby, Toby as a 4-week-old baby thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Keesling’s husband, Eric, had to feed her milk.
As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump spread carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie moved into rescue spot, the couple’s 14-year-old son, Michael, was already unconscious. “Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry noise,” Cathy Keesling said. “When I woke up I felt like a T-bar had hit me across the head.”
State police and officers responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.
【小题1】We can know Debbie Parkhurst _________.
| A.works in a Wilmington, Del.,chemical firm |
| B.was making jewelry when she had the accident |
| C.might have died but for her pet’s help |
| D.was unconscious when her pet found her |
| A.God arrangements | B.their being once helped |
| C.their sense of danger | D.their veterinarians’ training |
| A.Because a T-bar was going to hit him. |
| B.Because he was hungry and wanted milk. |
| C.Because Debbie choked something in her throat. |
| D.Because there was danger in her house. |
| A.if you love me love my animals |
| B.all pets are useful to people |
| C.we can’t never be too careful in our daily life |
| D.to help others sometimes can get reward |
Directions:Read the passage and answer the questions or complete the statements
First Maggie, then 20, asked Stepmom and Dad if she could store a few boxes with them in Washington while she looked for another place to live.Then Maggie said she would like to move in to be with her boxes until her boyfriend Joe bought an apartment.Next Maggie asked whether Joe could move in“temporarily”until the apartment deal was closed.When Lucy and Pablo Sanchez returned home from vacation last Christmas, they found their small living room crammed with his boxes and a second welcome mat next to their own on the front porch(门廊).Lucy Sanchez says:“I have a headache.”
Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest.The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its benefits particularly attractive to young people, say experts.A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally frustrated survivors back to parental shelters.For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so big that many students now attend local schools.Even after graduation, young people find housing costs soaring.
Sallie Knighton, 26, moved back to her parents' suburban Atlanta home to save enough money to buy a car.Her job as a teacher provided only enough money to cover car payments and an additional loan she had taken out.Her mother agrees,“It's ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent.It makes sense for kids to stay at home.”Bradley Kulat, 25, makes about $20,000 a year as an equipment technician in a hospital.That is enough to support a modest household, but he chooses to live at his parents' house outside Chicago.He admits to expensive tastes.He recently bought an $8,000 car and owns an $800 stereo system, a $300 ten-speed bike and an elegant wardrobe.Says his mother Evelyn:“It keeps you thinking younger, trying to keep up with them.”
Sharing the family home requires adjustments for all.There are quarrels over bathrooms, telephones and privacy.Some families manage the delicate balancing act.At 34, Esther Rodriguez dreaded returning to her parents' Denver home after three years of law school forced her $20,000 into debt.“I thought it was going to be a restriction on my independence,”she recalls.Instead, she was touched when her father installed a desk and phone in the basement so she would have a private study.But for others, the setup proves too difficult.Michelle Del Turco, 24, of Englewood, Colo., a Denver suburb, has been home three times-and left three times.“What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,”she explains.“He never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to sneak around or meet them at friends' houses.”
(Write your answer with no more than FIFTEEN words.)
1.What does“a second welcome mat next to their own on the front porch”________(Paragraph 1)mean to Lucy?
2.Today, more and more people choose to return to the nest for ________ and ________ reasons.
3.The underlined expression“to admit to expensive tastes”means ________.
4.Why did Michelle Del Turco have to sneak around or meet his date at friends' houses?
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