Allan goes everywhere with Birgitta Anderson, a 54-year-old secretary．He moves around her office at work and goes shopping with her．‘Most people don't seem to mind Allan,' says Birgitta, who thinks he is wonderful．He's my fourth child,' she says．She may think of him and treat him that way, buying his food, paying his health bills and his taxes, but in fact Allan is a dog．Birgitta and Allan live in Sweden, a country where everyone is expected to lead an orderly life according to rules laid down by the government, which also provides(提供)a high level of care for its people．This level of care costs money．People in Sweden pay taxes on everything, so aren't surprised to find that owning a dog means yet more taxes．Some people are paying as much as 500 Swedish kronor in taxes a year for the right to keep their dog, money that is spent by the government on dog hospitals and sometimes medical treatment for a dog that falls ill．However, most such treatment is expensive, so owners often decide to pay health and even life insurance(保险)for their dog．In Sweden dog owners must pay for any damage(损坏)their dog does．A Swedish Kennel Club official explains what this means：if your dog runs out on the road and gets hit by a passing car you, as the owner, have to pay for any damage done to the car, even if your dog has been killed in the accident．
(1)
Birgitta pays taxes for Allan because ________．
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A．
he is her dog
B．
he is her child
C．
he follows her everywhere
D．
he often falls ill
(2)
The money paid as dog taxes is used to ________．
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A．
keep a high level of care for the people
B．
pay for damage done by dogs
C．
provide medical care for dogs
D．
buy insurance for dog owners
(3)
If a dog causes a car accident and gets killed, who should pay for the damage done to the car?
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A．
The owner of the car．
B．
The owner of the dog．
C．
The insurance company(公司)．
D．
The government．
(4)
From the text it can be inferred that in Sweden ________．
The bus driver and his passengers were being hailed as heroes last night after rescuing a woman from her burning car following a crash on the Bluff Highway．The 60-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital after firefighters battled for 30 minutes to cut her from her car．
Acting Senior Sergeant Brock Davis, of Invercargill, said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the crossroads of Motorimu Rd and State Highway I shortly before 5∶00 p. m. yesterday．
Mr．Davis said a Mitsubishi car driven by a 30-year-old man traveling north on the highway and the woman’s southbound(南行的)Suzuki Alto collided(碰撞)．The man suffered slight injuries in the crash, he said．
Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd driver Bill McDermott and his passengers－New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Ltd workers were first on the scene and alerted emergency services．The scene at the spot was disordered, Mr．McDermott said．
“There was a car on its side and a guy wandering around who was quite excited,” he said．“We stopped, got out and found a lady trapped in her car……then we noticed flames in the engine bay and the smell of petrol．” Mr．McDermott took a fire extinguisher(灭火器)from the bus，doused(泼洒)the flames，and several other workers controlled traffic．
However，he said his actions were “no big deal”．He was not willing to take any credit for helping the woman．
“The praise goes to all the guys that jumped off that bus．” Invercargill Senior Station officer Alan Goldsworthy, who was an officer in charge at the scene, said there was a possibility the car could have burst into flames if Mr．McDermott and the smelter workers had not helped．“They should acquire a good pat on the back．” he said．
(1)
It can be known from the passage that the car accident happened ________．
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A．
at noon
B．
in the morning
C．
in the afternoon
D．
at night
(2)
Who should get the biggest praise according to the reporter? ________．
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A．
Brock Davis．
B．
Bill McDermott．
C．
Allan Goldsworthy．
D．
The firefighters．
(3)
The underlined sentence “They should acquire a good pat on the back” in the last paragraph really means ________．
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A．
the government should give each of the heroes a gold medal of honor
B．
the saved woman should offer as much money to the heroes as she can
C．
everybody there should pat the heroes on the back gently and thankfully
D．
the good deeds of the heroes are well worthy of great appreciation
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