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　　It's taken time, but he and hisex live about two miles apart in West Los Angeles now and sharing custody of theirdaughter and pets is easy, he said. To make it work, "you learn the truemeaning of concession," May said.

　　Most of the time, custodybattles grow out of love. But there are cases rooted in spite(恶意)or retaliation(报复).Pisarra represented a man whose estranged wife had the family's twoGerman shepherds euthanized(使安乐死)."It was really cruel and he had no recourse," he said.Inyears past, pets could not be protected in domestic violence restraining ordersin any state. But because abusers can use pets to threaten victims, maybe evenkill the animals, the laws have changed in states like Maine,New York,California and Illinois. Other states are looking into changes. And there willbe changes in other laws too, Altshuler predicted.

　　He believes there will one daybe statutes(法规)for pets, much like there arefor children, giving judges guidelines to rule by.

　　◆1. In a 2006 survey by AAML, approximately howmany respondents said pet custody cases had increased noticeably over the pastfive years?

　　A) One fourth of therespondents.

　　B) Nearly all respondents.

　　C) 400.

　　D) 1600.

　　◆2. What do we know about Dudley?

　　A) Dudley is a divorceattorney.

　　B) Dudley is Pisarra's child.

　　C) Dudley is a dog.

　　D) Dudley's death was tragic.

　　◆3. The book titled What About Wally ? waswritten by __________.

　　A) Pisarra and his ex wife

　　B) Pisarra and May

　　C) Pisarra and Dudley

　　D) May and his ex wife

　　◆4. In the past, pets were regarded as __________during divorce proceedings.

　　A) family members

　　B) children who need parents' care

　　C) children who can be co-parented

　　D) a kind of property like dining room sets

　　◆5. Which of the following is NOT the reason whythe amount of pet custody cases increases?

　　A) The society has acceptedpets as an accessory to people's life.

　　B) More and more people arekeeping pets now.

　　C) People do not feelembarrassed to fight for custody of their pets any longer.

　　D) Pets are more likely to beconsidered as part of the family.

　　◆6. What is Silvana Raso's suggestion to coupleswho are fighting over the custody of their pets?

　　A) Preparing more money andtime for the case.

　　B) Working out an agreement outside the court.

　　C) Seeking for attorneys and judges' help.

　　D) Negotiating under a law that concerns visitation.

　　◆7. Compared with decisions about mortgages,__________ are often emotionally more painful and technically more difficult tomake.

　　A) decisions about credit carddebt

　　B) decisions about student loans

　　C) decisions about children

　　D) decisions about pets

　　◆8. When sharing custody of their daughter andpets with his wife Nina, May learns__________

　　◆9. The fact that two German shepherds wereeuthanized is an example of battles that rooted in__________

　　◆10. Altshuler believes that inthe future there will be __________.

　　参考答案：

　　1.A

　　2.C

　　3.B

　　4.D

　　5.A

　　6.B

　　7.D

　　8.the true meaning ofconcession

　　9.spite or retaliation

　　10.statutes for pets(givingjudges guidelines to rule by)

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