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English Test 2 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A?The dog meat-eating festival will be held on June 21 in Yulin, Guangxi, when more than 10,000 dogs will be killed and served at table and enjoyed by dog meat eaters.The dog meat-eating festival in Yulin is only a local tradition, to celebrate summer’s coming. The fight over the festival shows different ideas between traditional habit and the modern idea of animal protection. While some persons want to continue local traditions, animal lovers want to stop festivals like Yulin’s because they believe dogs, as man’s best friends, should not be killed for food.?Perhaps they should learn from the example set by South Korea, a country that has a much longer eating tradition of eating dog meat. Back in 1988, when Seoul would host the Olympic Games, animal lovers from some countries asked South Korea to stop eating dog meat. To keep a balance between South Koreans’ love for dog meat and some foreign countries’ and animal lovers’ demand, the South Korean government made restaurants sell dog meat in far away areas.?In China, there are no rules on saving dogs, so giving up the dog meat-eating festival will not be a good way to solve the problem. It requires time to encourage Yulin residents to change their eating habit. But animal lovers should respect other people’s choice of food in the great country of more than 50 ethnic groups.?But it is also important for people who eat dog meat to understand animal lovers’ demand. The local government in Yulin could use the South Korean example to at least control the number of dogs killed before summer comes and cut down the bad social influence of the festival.?21. Why do people hold the dog meat-eating festival in Yulin??A. To celebrate spring’s coming.B. To celebrate autumn’s coming.C. To celebrate summer’s coming.D. To celebrate winter’s coming.22. What do animal lovers think of dogs??A. They are clever and cute