Animal Services
Town Lake Animal Center is the largest animal shelter in Central Texas, offering shelter to more than 23,000 animals each year and animal control services to all of Austin and Travis County．In the shelter, no animal will be turned away．
Hours of Operation
Shelter:
Monday－Friday, 11:30 a．m．to 7:00 p．m．
Saturday－Sunday, 11:30 a．m．to 5:00 p．m．
Closed City Holidays
Homeless or unwanted animals can be safely dropped off at the shelter．
Animal Protection and Control:
Monday ― Friday, 7:00 a．m．to 6:00 p．m．
Saturday ― Sunday, 7:00 a．m．to 5:00 p．m．
City Holidays, 7:00 a．m．to 3:00 p．m．
Officers on call overnight
Administrative Offices:
Monday ― Friday, 9:00 a．m．to 5:00 p．m．
Closed City Holidays
Location: 1156 W．Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78703
Mailing address: Town lake Animal Center, POBox 1088, Austin, TX 78767
What’s New
Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes
PURPOSE: To teach people how to recognize and report animal cruelty．
WHO: All citizens are encouraged to take this class．
CAUSE: Usually animal cruelty is in relation to(与……有关) family cruelty．People who hurt animals often move on to hurt human beings．If you’re able to recognize and report animal cruelty, you can help prevent cruelty from spreading throughout your area．
Programs
Town Lake Animal Center offers a number of animal-related services to Austin and Travis County, including Animal Protection & Control, a Pet Lost & Found, Pet Adoptions(领养) and Pet Registration(登记)．
Because the shelter accepts all animals, and because there is a big problem of a large population of pets in our area, the shelter does carry out painless killing of animals that have no other choices for lifetime care．
60．According to the passage, Town Lake Animal Center ．
A．is the largest animal shelter in the USA
B．kills or sells homeless animals
C．offers many services to animals
D．is a place that raises animals for food
61．If you meet a badly injured pet dog at night, you’d better ．
A．send it to the shelter directly
B．call Administrative Offices immediately
C．send it to Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes
D．call Animal Protection and Control officers
62．Attending Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes can also help ．
A．avoid family cruelty B．know more about the wildlife
C．stop any animal cruelty D．treat injured animals quickly
63．According to the passage, Town Lake Animal Center has the right to ．
A．kill any animal in the area B．reduce animals’ population greatly
C．balance the number of animals D．stop animals’ life without pain60---63 CDAD
网友回答
(答案→)60---63 CDAD
解析：
60．C 细节理解题。依据倒数第二段信息推断Town Lake Animal Center提供疾病预防、领养、认领、登记等多项服务。
61．D 推理判断题。依据原文Officers on call overnight推断夜间只能联系该部门。
62．A 细节理解题。依据Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes的最后一句话推断，保护动物不受虐待也能保护人类情感。
63．D 细节理解题。依据全文最后一句话内容推断该中心可以对于那些不可救治的动物实行“安乐死”。