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Animals Welfare Workshops and Presentations
STRAW regularly conducts animal welfare workshops and awareness talks under its humane education programs at schools and colleges. The aim of our programs is to sow seeds of empathy （同情）towards people, compassion towards animals and a respect for the environment. Simply put, our programs demonstrate the way children could be empathetic and compassionate towards people and animals that may be in pain and in need of help. Our programs encourage them to take that first step forward to lend a helping hand. These programs emphasize:
♦ How children need to be sensitive to the pain that animals on the street feel when they have been hit or run over by a speeding car. They are made aware of how they could step forward with compassion to treat and save such animals.
♦ How children need to appreciate the importance of the principles of green living by caring for the environment. Children have been urged to inculcate （谆谆教诲）the following routines that would hopefully stick with them for the rest of their lives:
Keep their neighborhood parks, lakes and rivers clean.
Avoid using plastic bags.
Appreciate the principle of recycle, reuse and reduce waste.
Not to dump garbage in parking lots or in parks but only at specified places.
Not to throw banana, orange peels and wrappers from a moving car.
To turn off lights in empty rooms to save on energy.
Not to squash insects like ants, grasshoppers etc. as these living creatures loo are part of our world and we human beings are their caretakers.
1. What do the programs of the STRAW advocate?
A. To make the first step forward to take a hand.
B. To be empathetic and protect the environment.
C. To learn to sow seeds and harvest in the fields.
D. To conduct workshops and talks to make fortune.
2. When animals have been harmed or abused, children should.
A. feel painful as animals do.
B. make a rescue with compassion.
C. stand by to avoid trouble.
D. have self-protection awareness.
3. Which of the following is discouraged for the green living environment?
A. To kill insects like ants, grasshoppers etc.
B. To keep their neighborhood parks, lakes and rivers clean.
C. To turn off lights in empty rooms to save on energy.
D. To throw garbage at specified places.
【答案】1. B 2. B 3. A
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了STRAW在动物保护方面所做的努力和对人们的要求。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“The aim of our programs is to sow seeds of empathy （同情）towards people, compassion towards animals and a respect for the environment. （我们计划的目的是播下对人的同情、对动物的同情和对环境的尊重的种子。）”可知，STRAW支持我们要有同情心，保护环境。故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“ Simply put, our programs demonstrate the way children could be empathetic and compassionate towards people and animals that may be in pain and in need of help. Our programs encourage them to take that first step forward to lend a helping hand.（简而言之，我们的计划展示了孩子们如何对处于痛苦和需要帮助的人和动物有同理心和同情心。我们的项目鼓励他们迈出第一步，伸出援助之手。）”可知，当动物受到伤害或虐待时，孩子们应该带着同情去救助。故选B。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Not to squash insects like ants, grasshoppers etc. as these living creatures loo are part of our world and we human beings are their caretakers.（不要压扁蚂蚁、蚱蜢等昆虫，因为这些生物是我们世界的一部分，我们人类是它们的照顾者。）”可知，为了绿色的生活环境，不提倡杀死蚂蚁、蚱蜢等昆虫。故选A。
