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3-4第三部分热点素材拓展阅读理解（2015原创）玉林“狗肉之争”With

the

summer

solstice

day

coming,

acampaign

between

Defenders

of

Animalsand

people

who

love

to

enjoy

dog

meatbroke

out.

Hot

topics

like

whether

shouldeat

dog

meat

or

not

and

Dog

Meat

Festivalin

Yunlin,

Guangxi

should

be

canceled

ornot

are

continuing

booming

these

years.Some

people

think

that

dog

meat

hasbeen

a

delicious

dish

in

some

areas

inChina

for

hundreds

of

years.

Except

forGuangxi,

people

in

Guangdong

andZhejiang

have

formed

the

habit

of

eatingdog

meat.

Even

people

in

Korea

andVietnam

also

enjoy

dog

meat,

too.

Sothey

think

it’s

a

traditional

custom

to

eatdog

meat.

Just

like

chicken,

pork,

fishand

other

meats,

there

is

nothingdifferent.While

the

Defenders

of

Animals

holdan

opposite

opinion.

They

think

that

dogis

our

loyal

friend

for

hundreds

of

years.It

can

guard

our

home

and

warn

uswhether

there

is

someone

close

to

ourhouse.

It’s

cruel

to

kill

dog.

They

keep

adog

as

a

pet

and

keep

them

company.Even

some

people

treat

dog

like

one

oftheir

family

members.

They

can’t

beardog

killed.

Because

of

the

boomingbusiness

in

Yulin,

Guangxi,

they

come

toYulin

to

against

this

cruel

case

everyyear.When

the

people

are

enjoying

dogmeat

in

restaurant,

the

Defenders

ofAnimals

are

on

the

street

to

object

to

eatdog

meat.

So

there

will

be

violentactivities

between

the

two

sides.【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了人们对玉林狗肉节的不同看法。一些人们认为吃狗肉自古有之，跟吃猪肉、鱼肉没什么区别。一些人们认为狗是我们忠实的朋友，我们应该保护它而不是去伤害它，由此引发了一场这两种看法之间的大讨论。The

reason

why

a

campaign

on summer

solstice

day

break

outin Yulin, Guangxiisthat

.people

are

against

keeping

dogpeople

are

against

eating

dog

meatpeople

are

promoting

their

productspeople

are

celebrating

summer solsticeday【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：在广西玉林狗肉节发生的这场战役发生的原因是

。由文章第一段第一句“a

campaign

between

Defenders

ofAnimals

and

people

who

love

to

enjoy

dog

meatbroke

out”可知人们是反对吃狗肉，故选B。2.

Which

ofthe

following

is

TRUEaccording

tothepassage?A.

People

in

Yulin,

Guangxi,

Guangdong.B.Zhejiang

and

Henan

enjoy

dogmeat.B.

It’s

only

Chinese

people

enjoy

dog

meat.C.

Thereis

no

one

against

eating

dogmeat.D.

These

yearseating

dog

meat

in

Yulinbecame

a

hot

topic.【解析】推理判断题。题干意为：通过文章，下面哪一项是对的？A项意为广西玉林、广东、浙江和河南的人都喜欢吃狗肉；B项意为只有中国人喜欢吃狗肉；C项意为没有人反对吃狗肉；D项意为近几年在玉林吃狗肉成为一个热点话题。由文章第一、二段可知只有选项D是正确的，故选D。Why

did

people

in

Yulin

enjoy

dogmeat?They

think

it’s

a

traditional

dish.It’s

cheaper

than

pork

and

other meats.It’s

cruel

to

eat

dog

meat.Dog

meat

is

good

for

their

health.【解析】推理判断题。题干意为：为什么玉林的人喜欢吃狗肉？由文中第二段第四句“So

theythink

it’s

a

traditional

custom

to

eat

dog

meat”可知答案选A。What

can

we

learn

from

this

passage?Dog

meat

is

delicious.It’s

cruel

to

kill