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A cat café (咖啡馆) is a café. People can come and see cats there. The first cat café opens in Taiwan Province in 1998. Cat cafés become very popular in Asia.

Gato Café opens in June this year. It is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Giovanna Molinaro is the founder (创始人) of the café. People drink coffee with pictures of cats. They also buy biscuits and the biscuits look like a cat’s paws.

The cats stay in another room. They lie around and relax. The Gato Café is a place for abandoned cats and dogs, too. Abandoned animals do not have an owner. They must look after themselves.

Millions of cats and dogs are in Brazil. Many families have problems because of the COVID-19 (新冠病毒). They cannot look after their pets. Many animals end up in the streets when their owners die.

1.People __________ like cat cafés very much.

A Europe

B Africa

C Asia

D America

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第一段Cat cafés become very popular in Asia.可知，猫咖啡馆在亚洲非常受欢迎。故选C。

2.Which of the following about Gato Café is NOT true?

A It opens in Brazil.

B It makes biscuits for cats.

C It has a lot of pictures of cats.

D You can see cats and dogs in it.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段They also buy biscuits and the biscuits look like a cat’s paws.可知，人们还购买看起来像猫爪的饼干。未提及该咖啡馆为猫制作饼干，故选B。

3.The underlined word “abandoned” means ________ in Chinese.

A 被宠坏的

B 被保护的

C 被遗弃的

D 被治疗的

解析：选C。C词义猜测题。根据下文Abandoned animals do not have an owner.可知，这些动物没有主人。由此猜测abandoned意为“被遗弃的”，故选C。

4.What can we know about cats and dogs in Brazil?

A Many of them can’t go out now.

B Many of them have no place to live in.

C Many of their owners don’t like them.

D Many of them have to look after themselves.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，巴西有数百万只猫和狗。许多巴西家庭在新冠病毒疫情期间遇到困难，他们无法照顾他们的宠物。由此推断这些宠物不得不自己照顾自己，故选D。

5.Many pets in Brazil are on the streets because ________.

A the coronavirus comes

B they have no owners anymore

C they feel lonely at home

D many families go to other places

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据最后一段Many animals end up in the streets when their owners die.可知，许多宠物在主人死后就流落街头。故选B。