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Residents of Guangdong Province are raising the most pets of any province on the Chinese mainland, tallying more than 10 percent of the 100 million pets registered nationwide, a recent survey reported.

One in every 13 people in China is raising a pet, on average, with dogs and cats accounting for about 80 percent the total, though tortoises have been seeing a rapid increase in the recent years. Guangdong is followed in pet popularity by Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Beijing and Shandong, said the survey by Zhongjinqixin, an international information consultant in Beijing. Among cities, Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, is among the top five in pet ownership on the mainland. The others are Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Wuhan.

The United States, for example, has registered more than 400 million pets, 1.3 times more than the country’s population, he said. Among pet owners, nearly 62 percent raise dogs, more than 19 percent raise cats and more than 6 percent have tortoises at home. Other popular pets include fish, rabbits and birds. “Many residents are now raising tortoises as pets at home, as tortoises indicate longevity in the minds of Chinese,” said a man surnamed Li, who lives in Guangzhou, and has been caring for a pair of tortoises for the past three years. “My family has treated the tortoises as our family members,” he said.

Most pet owners are younger than 45. The survey found that 6 percent were younger than 25, 37 percent were aged between 25 and 30, 24 percent were between 31 to 35 and 18 percent were aged 36 to 45. Those older than 45 were just 8 percent of the total.

32. Which of the following animals are the favorite pets in China in recent years?

A. dogs      B. cats       C. tortoises       D. birds

33. Many residents prefer to raise tortoises as pets at home mainly due to their _______.

A. lovely appearance   B. long life   C. living habit   D. friendly behavior

34. We can know from the passage that the majority of the pet owners are ________.

A. younger than 25     B. older than 45      

C. between 31 and 35   D. between 25 and 30

35. In which column of a newspaper do we probably find the passage?

A. Business         B. Entertainment       C. Lifestyle      D. Culture

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