A second grade teacher Kensey Jones asked her students at St. Michael’s Episcopal School in Richmond, Virginia, to draw pictures of animals at Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC). Then she asked them to write letters from the perspectives(视角) of the animals themselves. This is to try to help the animals get adopted(领养).

“The class was working on persuasive(有说服力的) writing. They wrote pieces as if they were speaking on behalf of these lovely cats and dogs,” Christie Peters said. “I said, ‘That’s the coolest idea...let’s do it!’”

Each student was given a dog or cat from RACC. They introduced these little animals’ ages, temperament(性情) and hobbies in few words. Then their written letters and pictures were later hung on the outside of the animals’ small houses.

“This classwork allowed me to combine my two greatest passions, children’s literacy and helping animals in need,” Jones said. “I am so glad to see my students write amazing persuasive words through the eyes of one of their RACC dogs or cats.” Jones said eight animals were quickly adopted after their stories were written and read.

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1.Why did Kensey Jones ask her students to write letters about animals?

A To make students love animals.

B To give students a test on writing.

C To help animals find new homes.

D To introduce a new teaching way.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第一段“This is to try to help the animals get adopted(领养).”可知，肯西·琼斯老师让学生写信，是在试图帮助收容所内的动物被收养，故选C。

2.Students should write letters in the name of _________.

A children

B parents

C animals

D their school

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第一段的“...write letters from the perspectives(视角) of the animals themselves”可知，学生们被要求站在动物的视角写信。故选C。

3.We CAN’T know _________ from a student’s work.

A how old the animal is

B what the animal looks like

C what the animal likes doing

D who the animal’s parents are

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据第一段“to draw pictures of animals”和第三段“introduced these little animals’ ages, temperament(性情) and hobbies”可知从学生的作品(图画和信件)中我们可以知道动物的长相、年龄、性情和爱好，文中并未提及动物的父母。故选D。

4.Where did the letters go?

A They were sent to RACC.

B They were showed online.

C They were taken home by students.

D They were posted to different families.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据第三段的“Then their written letters and pictures were later hung on the outside of the animals’ small houses.”可知这些信件和图画后来被挂在动物住所的外面。由此推断这些信是被送到了里士满动物护理与控制中心(RACC)。故选A。

5.What can we know from the passage?

A No one cared about the animals at RACC.

B Students were interested in writing letters.

C Many people showed great interest in the letters.

D Students’ letters were of great help to these animals.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据最后一段的“Jones said eight animals were quickly adopted after their stories were written and read.”可知，其中有8只动物的故事被写出来并被人阅读之后，它们很快就被收养了。由此说明学生们的信对动物们被收养有很大帮助。故选D。