Cat cafes to open in Toronto and Montreal

THESTAR,TORONTO

Soon, people in Toronto may be able to enjoy a hot chocolate or a coffee in a "cat cafe". Two groups of people in the city are trying to raise enough money to open cat cafes.

The idea is simple: a cafe for humans一with lots of cats around. People will be able to pet the cats while they're sipping their coffee. There are already cat cafes in places like England, France and in Asia like in Japan, South Korea and China.

Jennifer Morozowich plans to open her Kitty Cat Cafe in September. She told The Toronto Star that it will have six to fifteen cats. Morozowich is a cat lover who says that cats help to reduce people's pressure(压力).She is also planning to hold special "Litter-ature" events, with the Dundas West Animal Hospital, at her cafe, with kids reading to the cats.

Some experts(专家)say that reading to animals helps kids learn to read better because animals enjoy hearing the human voice and kids don’t have to feel worried about making mistakes while they're reading.

Another cat cafe, Pet Me Meow, will be open in autumn if Ashkan Rahimi and Jeff Ro have their way. They are trying to raise money to open a place where cats will live, and[people can come in and buy a coffee and hang out with the cats.

Both sets of possible tale owners will have to make sure their cafes are very clean. The City of Toronto has many rules that people have to follow who want to serve food to humans when there are animals nearby. For example, the animal boxes need to be in a separate space away from the eating area.

The cafe owners will get the cats from rescue shelters(救护所).If the coffee drinkers fall in love with a certain cat, they may be able to take it home.

The Toronto cat rates won't be Canada's first. Happy Cat Cafe, is opening in July in Montreal.

1.The underlined word "sipping" in the second paragraph probably means“ ”·

A. selling B. getting C. drinking D. making

2.According to the passage, Jennifer Morozowich

A. is a star from Toronto B. likes cats very much

C. has a cat cafe now D. lives under much pressure

3.We can learn from the passage that

A. reading to cats may help kids make fewer mistakes

B. the cat cafes have to give food to animals nearby

C. people mustn't take the cats of the cat cafes home

D. Canada will probably have three cat cafes this year

4.The passage might be

A. a news report B. an animal story

C. a meeting notice D. a pet advertisement

Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the whole day. One day the three ladies quarreled( 争 吵 ). One of them said, “Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!” Another one said, “My hands are more beautiful.” The third one said, “Mine are the most beautiful ones.” An old beggar(乞丐) woman came up to them. “Beautiful ladies,” she said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to

eat.” But the three ladies gave her nothing. They only asked, “Tell me, old woman, which one of us has the most beautiful hands”

A female farmer was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough because of hard work. The old woman came up to her and said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to eat.” The farmer took out the only cake she had and gave her a half.

The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the farmer by the hand, brought her before the rich ladies and said, “Now I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor farmer are rough because of work, but they give us food. They are far more beautiful than your hands which have never done anything.”

1.Why did the three ladies quarrel on that day?

A.Because they argued about who should go to buy a cake.

B.Because they argued about who should give food to the beggar.

C.Because everyone wanted to show that she was the richest.

D.Because everyone wanted to show that her hands were the most beautiful.

2.The underlined word “she” in Paragraph 2 refers to .

A.the beggar woman B.the female farmer

C.the first lady D.the second lady

3.In what order did the following take place in the story?

a.Three ladies quarreled with each other.

b.The beggar ate the food and drank some water.

c.A beggar woman came to ask for something to eat.

d.The beggar showed the farmer’s hands to the other ladies.

e.A farmer gave the beggar woman half a cake.

A.a, c, e , b, d B.a, e, b, c, d

C.c, e, a, d, b D.c, d, c, a, d

4.The old woman said that the farmer’s hands were more beautiful because .

A.she liked dark hands better than white hands

B.the female woman gave her half a cake

C.her hands had worked hard to provide food for people

D.the three ladies didn’t give her anything to eat.

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