You’veheardofPetfinder.Com—awebsitethathelpsrescuegroup...

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You’ve heard of petfinder. Com — a website that helps rescue groups find loving homes for 31  . Maybe you have even found your own pet through the   32  . But do you know Petfinder started as an idea that came on the way to a New Year’s dinner?

Back in 1995 Google wasn’t a verb and Facebook and QQ didn’t   33  . The world wide web was more of a wild world. My husband Jared was a doctor and I worked for urban forestry. But we thought that anything was   34   on the web. It wasn’t used effectively.

We wanted to create a   35  . The question was, who would    36   a lot from our website? That was what we were discussing in the car that night on the way to meet friends for   37  . We thought about many ideas. “The website would make use of technology for a   38   responsible cause,” Jared finally said.

What cause needed our help?   39  , we both thought of animal shelters. Sure, we loved animals and I’d “  40  ” them when I was a kid — like the snake I found in the backyard and persuaded (説服) my parents to let me   41   it. But now my   42   was on planting trees and Jared put his heart into   43  the sick. We didn’t even have a   44  . Yet I knew every year, millions of abandoned pets -- healthy, loving animals who wanted only a home ---were killed.

We couldn’t wait to tell our friends our   45  . They volunteered to help. Jared and I worked on —that’s what we   46   it. We wanted the site to be  47  to potential adopters. That meant all expenses   48  our own pocket. However, we knew if we saved just one life a month, it would be worth it.

Two years later our site went   49  . Today, more than 12,500 animals welfare groups   50   information about animals on Petfinder; 65 percent of animal adoptions in the US come through the site.

31. A. people           B. kids             C. animals          D. things

32. A. notice             B. site               C. newspaper            D. radio

33. A. change       B. work                C. end              D. appear

34. A. great            B. true             C. possible         D. unbelievable

35. A. world              B. home               C. place                D. website     

36. A. separate         B. offer                C. prevent          D. get

37. A. help         B. dinner              C. fun              D. advice

38. A. socially         B. privately            C. formally              D. physically

39. A. At first         B. In the end           C. At present           D. At the end

40. A. enjoyed          B. lost                 C. killed           D. saved

41. A. kill             B. eat              C. keep             D. play

42. A. timetable       B. hobby             C. focus                D. habit

43. A. comforting       B. curing               C. encouraging      D. supporting

44. A. child           B. backyard          C. home             D. pet

45. A. difficult        B. story                C. idea                 D. situation

46. A. named        B. produced         C. expected         D. dreamed

47. A. familiar         B. free             C. valuable         D. convenient

48. A. came into      B. came up with       C. came to          D. came out of

49. A. national         B. abroad               C. uncontrollable       D. normal

50. A. buy            B. find               C. post             D. trade

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