学位英语题库 一、阅读理解: (一) Most pe ople h ave ha d a dog or wanted o n e as t hei r compa n io n at some time in t he ir live s. If you are t h ing of buy i n g a dog, h ow ever, yo u sho ul d f ir st de cid e wh a t s or t o f co mpa n i o n y o u need a nd wh e t he r th e dog is likely to b e ha pp y i n t he surrou ndin g s y o u ca n p r ovide. S p eci a list s‘ advice is u seful to h e lp you ch oose th e mo s t s u i tab le kind of dog. But in p ar t the de cisio n d epend s on comm on s e ns e. Dif f eren t d ogs w e r e or i gina l ly devel op ed to pe r f orm spe cif i c t a s ks. So, if you want a d og to pr otec t you o r y o ur hous e, for exam p le, y o u should ch oo se th e one t ha t has th e ri g ht si z e and cha r acterist i cs. Y o u m u st also be r e ad y t o d e v ote a great deal of time to t raining t he d og w h en it is young and give i t th e exercise it needs th r o u gh o ut it s l ife, un l ess you live i n the cou n trys i de and c an le t it run fr e el y. Dogs are d ema n ding p e t s. Cats l o v e the h ou s e and s o a r e satisfacto ry with their place whe r e i t i s s e cu re, but a d o g is loy al to it s mas t e r and conseque n tl y wan t s hi m to s ho w pr oof of hi s aff e c t i o n. T he best tim e t o bu y a baby do g is when it i s be t ween 6 and 8 w ee k s o ...