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Cat cafes to open in Toronto and Montreal
THESTAR，TORONTO
Soon，people in Toronto may be able to enjoy a hot chocolate or a coffee in a"cat cafe"．Twogroups of people in the city are trying to raise enough money to open cat cafes．
The idea is simple：a cafe for humans一with lots of cats around．People will be able to petthe cats while they're sipping their coffee．There are already cat cafes in places like England，F(xiàn)rance and in Asia like in Japan，South Korea and China．
Jennifer Morozowich plans to open her Kitty Cat Cafe in September．She told The Toronto Starthat it will have six to fifteen cats．Morozowich is a cat lover who says that cats help to reduce people's pressure（壓力）．She is also planning to hold special"Litter-ature"events，with the Dundas West Animal Hospital，at her cafe，with kids reading to the cats．
Some experts（專家）say that reading to animals helps kids learn to read better because animals enjoy hearing the human voice and kids don't have to feel worried about making mistakes while they're reading．
Another cat cafe，Pet Me Meow，will be open in autumn if Ashkan Rahimi and Jeff Ro have theirway．They are trying to raise money to open a place where cats will live，and[people can comein and buy a coffee and hang out with the cats．
Both sets of possible tale owners will have to make sure their cafes are very clean．The Cityof Toronto has many rules that people have to follow who want to serve food to humans when there are animals nearby．For example，the animal boxes need to be in a separate space away from the eating area．
The cafe owners will get the cats from rescue shelters（救護所）．If the coffee drinkers fallin love with a certain cat，they may be able to take it home．
The Toronto cat rates won't be Canada's first．Happy Cat Cafe，is opening in July in Montreal．
34．The underlined word"sipping"in the second paragraph probably means"C"．
A．selling
B．getting
C．drinking
D．making
35．According to the passage，Jennifer MorozowichB．
A．is a star from Toronto
B．likes cats very much
C．has a cat cafe now
D．lives under much pressure
36．We can learn from the passage thatD．
A．reading to cats may help kids make fewer mistakes
B．the cat cafes have to give food to animals nearby
C．people mustn't take the cats of the cat cafes home
D．Canada will probably have three cat cafes this year
37．The passage might beA
A．a(chǎn) news report
B．a(chǎn)n animal story
C．a(chǎn) meeting notice
D．a(chǎn) pet advertisement．
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