Since 2020, an organization called Feline Urban Rehab and Rescue (FURR) has been pairing up senior cats with senior humans. They call it their Seniors 4 Seniors program, and it’s one way that the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania rescue is helping to reduce the homeless cat population in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

FURR is a volunteer-based organization that focuses its efforts on finding stray(走失的) cats suitable homes. They find homes for around 700 cats each year. Sadly, many senior cats who come into their care aren’t good candidates for a standard adoption. Many of these animals require costly medical care.

That’s why FURR started Seniors 4 Seniors, a program that provides lonely people, who are at least 62 years old, with an older cat, free of charge. Seniors must provide food and love for their animals, but medical costs are covered by FURR!

“The biggest problem in the way of old people adopting animals is typically the medical bills, so by us covering those bills, we allow old people to get the love and benefits of having a pet without having to worry about costs,” said Seniors program chair, Heather Sweigert.

Ken Johnson was one of the first seniors to benefit from this program. He says it was “love at first sight” when he first met Tully, a 13-year-old cat with health problems. Ken lives on his Social Security benefits, so normally having an animal wouldn’t be in his budget. “It’s nice to have another living creature that wants to be with me and relies on me,” Ken said. “We have the same type of life, so that’s why we bonded. We have a great friendship.”

FURR takes a lot of care to match up a cat’s personality with their foster human’s. What a beautiful way to help both humans and animals. We hope more shelters start similar programs because this is such a clever, life-changing system!

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1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 suggest?

A There are still many stray cats in the streets.

B FURR helps many stray cats find a good home.

C There aren’t enough candidates for the program.

D People don’t generally seek out elderly cats to adopt.

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据划线句后面的“Many of these animals require costly medical care.”可知，许多年长的猫需要昂贵的医疗护理，所以很多人不会选择收养它们，即人们通常不会收养年长的猫。故选D。

2.What might discourage old people from adopting animals?

A Cleaning the animals.

B Paying for medical bills.

C Accommodation costs.

D Providing food and love.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第四段的“The biggest problem in the way of old people adopting animals is typically the medical bills”可知，老年人收养动物的最大障碍通常是支付动物的医疗费用。故选B。

3.What’s Ken Johnson’s attitude to the Seniors 4 Seniors program?

A Favorable.

B Intolerant.

C Doubtful.

D Critical.

解析：选A。A 推理判断题。根据第五段中的“It’s nice to have another living creature that wants to be with me and relies on me,” Ken said. “We have the same type of life, so that’s why we bonded. We have a great friendship.” 可推断，Ken对这个项目持支持的态度。故选A。

4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A To show how to adopt a cat.

B To tell a happy personal story.

C To introduce a helpful program.

D To call on readers to care for seniors.

解析：选C。C 写作意图题。根据最后一段最后一句“We hope more shelters start similar programs because this is such a clever, life-changing system”可知，作者希望能够有更多类似的项目被发起，由此可知，作者写这篇文章的目的就介绍这个有用的项目。故选C。