08年职称英语综合类阅读理解原文模拟第7篇
Who (Doesn’t) Let the Dogs Bark?
F*** the past year，***r******a Czar***cki said，the bark***g of her ***ighb***’s German shepherdl has awake***d her repeat***ly at 4 a.m.The dog often barks f*** hours at a ti***，said Mrs.Czar***cki，a C***f***n resident.
“That dog is out there bark***g day and night，and we don’t know what *** do anym***e，”she said.
Mrs.Czar***cki beca*** so upset about the dog that she fil*** a mun***ipal ***mpla***t3 aga***st him under the ***wn’s ge***ral noise ***d***ance.The case is set *** be heard *** mun***ipal ***urt on August 6.***mpla***ts ***ke the o***s Mrs.Czar***cki lodg*** with the po***ce4 and city off***ials l*** the C***f***n City ***uncil *** draft an ***d***ance that ***uld resu*** *** f***es f*** residents whose dogs are “bark***g，how***ng，cry***g”*** mak***g any.other loud noises f*** m***e than 30 m***utes *** an hour.
“I can’t wait，”Mrs.Czar***cki said.The ***uncil ***ok up the ***d***ance f*** a first read***g on Tuesday；a f***al vote is sch***ul*** on August 8.
“It’s a qua***ty of ***fe issue，”said ***uncilman Frank C.Fus***，who ***troduc*** the ***asure.C***f***n is far from alo*** *** seek***g *** silence noisy dogs.At least 144 of New Jersey’s mun***ipa***ties h**e laws that address wh******g and bark***g5，a******d***g *** a mun***ipal ***d***ance database o******e at ***.ge***ral***de.***m.
In New Y***k，at least 30 ***wns *** Nass*** and Suffolk ***unties h**e similar laws，as do about 25 ***wns *** Westchester ***unty.***n***ct***ut has a statewide law barr***g dogs that are a “nuisance”bec***se of “excessive bark***g *** other disturbance.”
Many of the ***d***ances *** the region are ge***ral prohibitions aga***st excessive wh******g *** bark***g.In Westchester，the City of New Rochelle ran ****** trouble with its law *** 1997 after a resident challeng*** a citation.A city judge rul*** that the ***d***ance was un***nstitutionally vague6 bec***se it did not ***clude details about ti*** of day and duration of bark***g，and the city chang*** the law *** 1998.
“Many of these ***d***ances *** back *** the 1800s，”said the New Rochelle ***rp***ation ***unsel，Bernis Shapiro.“They’re just carri*** f***ward and they don’t get chang*** until an issue ******s up.”
In May 2006，Hillsb***ough Township *** So***rset ***unty pass*** an ***d***ance *** specif***ally address bark***g，but no ***mpla***ts h**e been fil*** s***ce then，said Lt.Bill Geary of the Hillsb***ough Po***ce Depart***nt.Other New Jersey ***wns，***clud***g Bloomsbury *** Hunterdon ***unty and Man***lle *** So***rset，***nsider*** such ***d***ances but withdrew them after residents ***mpla****** that they would be u***nf***ceable.
As f*** those who ***ntend that a bark***g dog ***uld be a low pri***ity，***uncilman Fus*** said，“If the dog was ***xt *** your house，you’d s***g a different song.”
Mr.Fus*** said he was ***nfident that the ***d***ance propos*** *** C***f***n would be supp***t*** by his fellow ***uncil ***mbers.At the sa*** ti***，he knows that so*** residents may object.
But D**id Axelrod，a groo***r at Furrs N Purrs on Valley Road，said he did not th***k the ***asure was ***ugh enough.
“Thirty m***utes is extre***ly ge***rous，”he said.“There is no reason why a dog ***uld be bark***g that long.”
The ***d***ance says bark***g must be susta****** *** be illegal，and it bans excessive bark***g o***y from 10 p.m.*** 7 a.m.
Under the ***d***ance，a resident ***mpla***s *** the City Hea***h Depart***nt，wh***h sends a warn***g note.If the bark***g ***nt***ues，the resident takes the ***mpla***t *** mun***ipal ***urt，where f***es can start at $250.Bef***e a ***urt date，the city would most ***kely try *** resolve the matter through ***diation，said the city at***r***y，Matthew T.Pri***e.
Last year about a dozen warn***g letters were sent *** residents about their bark***g dogs，C***f***n off***ials said.
Currently，residents can ***mpla*** about bark***g under the city’s ge***ral noise ***d***ance，but they h**e *** essentially prosecute the case *** mun***ipal ***urt themselves，Mr.Fus*** said.Under the propos*** ***d***ance，residents would appear as a wit***ss *** a case present*** by the mun***ipal prosecu***r.
“The ***w ***d***ance has so*** bite *** it，”Mr.Fus*** said.Er*** M.Zwefi***g，direc***r of the Rutgers Univer***y Noise Techn***al Assistance Center，tra***s po***ce off***ers on noise ***mpla***ts and writes mun***ipal noise ***des.
“O*** of the th***gs I say *** the off***ers I tra*** is that if people were funda***ntally ci***l *** each other，we’d all be out of w***k，”he said.
Mr.Zwer***ng，the ow***r of a cho***late Labrad*** na***d Bos***，said he had his own appreciation of the bark***g problem.
“A dog is bark***g f*** o*** of two reasons--either it ******s attention *** it is try***g *** alert you *** so***th***g，”he said.“In either case，you ***uld be attend***g ***7 it.”
辞汇：
mun***ipal/mju:5nIsIpl/adj.市政的 ***d***ance/5C:dInEns/n.法则，训令，规章
howl/haJl/***.嚎叫，咆哮 mun***ipa***ty/mju:7nIsI5pAlItI/n.市政*，自我治理市
nuisance/5nju:s[ns/n.厌恶的人或方向 excessive/Ik5sesIv/adi.过量的
prohibition/5prRsIkjU:t/n.制止，制止 ***unsel/5k***nsl/n.辩白状师
prosecute/5prCsIkju:t/vt.告状 ci***l/5sIvl/adj.有礼节的
正文：
1. German shepherd：德国牧羊犬
2. C***f***n：克利夫顿：usa新泽西州西南部一都市，位于帕特森邻近
3. file a ***mpla***t：写信控告
4. lodge a ***mpla***t aga***st sb.with the po***ce：向警方对或人提出控告
5. ...laws that address wh******g and bark***g：针对兽类嘶鸣和吠声的法令
6. un***nstitutionally vague：因模糊不清而违反国家大法神态
7. attend ***：留意，把稳
F*** the past year，***r******a Czar***cki said，the bark***g of her ***ighb***’s German shepherdl has awake***d her repeat***ly at 4 a.m.The dog often barks f*** hours at a ti***，said Mrs.Czar***cki，a C***f***n resident.
“That dog is out there bark***g day and night，and we don’t know what *** do anym***e，”she said.
Mrs.Czar***cki beca*** so upset about the dog that she fil*** a mun***ipal ***mpla***t3 aga***st him under the ***wn’s ge***ral noise ***d***ance.The case is set *** be heard *** mun***ipal ***urt on August 6.***mpla***ts ***ke the o***s Mrs.Czar***cki lodg*** with the po***ce4 and city off***ials l*** the C***f***n City ***uncil *** draft an ***d***ance that ***uld resu*** *** f***es f*** residents whose dogs are “bark***g，how***ng，cry***g”*** mak***g any.other loud noises f*** m***e than 30 m***utes *** an hour.
“I can’t wait，”Mrs.Czar***cki said.The ***uncil ***ok up the ***d***ance f*** a first read***g on Tuesday；a f***al vote is sch***ul*** on August 8.
“It’s a qua***ty of ***fe issue，”said ***uncilman Frank C.Fus***，who ***troduc*** the ***asure.C***f***n is far from alo*** *** seek***g *** silence noisy dogs.At least 144 of New Jersey’s mun***ipa***ties h**e laws that address wh******g and bark***g5，a******d***g *** a mun***ipal ***d***ance database o******e at ***.ge***ral***de.***m.
In New Y***k，at least 30 ***wns *** Nass*** and Suffolk ***unties h**e similar laws，as do about 25 ***wns *** Westchester ***unty.***n***ct***ut has a statewide law barr***g dogs that are a “nuisance”bec***se of “excessive bark***g *** other disturbance.”
Many of the ***d***ances *** the region are ge***ral prohibitions aga***st excessive wh******g *** bark***g.In Westchester，the City of New Rochelle ran ****** trouble with its law *** 1997 after a resident challeng*** a citation.A city judge rul*** that the ***d***ance was un***nstitutionally vague6 bec***se it did not ***clude details about ti*** of day and duration of bark***g，and the city chang*** the law *** 1998.
“Many of these ***d***ances *** back *** the 1800s，”said the New Rochelle ***rp***ation ***unsel，Bernis Shapiro.“They’re just carri*** f***ward and they don’t get chang*** until an issue ******s up.”
In May 2006，Hillsb***ough Township *** So***rset ***unty pass*** an ***d***ance *** specif***ally address bark***g，but no ***mpla***ts h**e been fil*** s***ce then，said Lt.Bill Geary of the Hillsb***ough Po***ce Depart***nt.Other New Jersey ***wns，***clud***g Bloomsbury *** Hunterdon ***unty and Man***lle *** So***rset，***nsider*** such ***d***ances but withdrew them after residents ***mpla****** that they would be u***nf***ceable.
As f*** those who ***ntend that a bark***g dog ***uld be a low pri***ity，***uncilman Fus*** said，“If the dog was ***xt *** your house，you’d s***g a different song.”
Mr.Fus*** said he was ***nfident that the ***d***ance propos*** *** C***f***n would be supp***t*** by his fellow ***uncil ***mbers.At the sa*** ti***，he knows that so*** residents may object.
But D**id Axelrod，a groo***r at Furrs N Purrs on Valley Road，said he did not th***k the ***asure was ***ugh enough.
“Thirty m***utes is extre***ly ge***rous，”he said.“There is no reason why a dog ***uld be bark***g that long.”
The ***d***ance says bark***g must be susta****** *** be illegal，and it bans excessive bark***g o***y from 10 p.m.*** 7 a.m.
Under the ***d***ance，a resident ***mpla***s *** the City Hea***h Depart***nt，wh***h sends a warn***g note.If the bark***g ***nt***ues，the resident takes the ***mpla***t *** mun***ipal ***urt，where f***es can start at $250.Bef***e a ***urt date，the city would most ***kely try *** resolve the matter through ***diation，said the city at***r***y，Matthew T.Pri***e.
Last year about a dozen warn***g letters were sent *** residents about their bark***g dogs，C***f***n off***ials said.
Currently，residents can ***mpla*** about bark***g under the city’s ge***ral noise ***d***ance，but they h**e *** essentially prosecute the case *** mun***ipal ***urt themselves，Mr.Fus*** said.Under the propos*** ***d***ance，residents would appear as a wit***ss *** a case present*** by the mun***ipal prosecu***r.
“The ***w ***d***ance has so*** bite *** it，”Mr.Fus*** said.Er*** M.Zwefi***g，direc***r of the Rutgers Univer***y Noise Techn***al Assistance Center，tra***s po***ce off***ers on noise ***mpla***ts and writes mun***ipal noise ***des.
“O*** of the th***gs I say *** the off***ers I tra*** is that if people were funda***ntally ci***l *** each other，we’d all be out of w***k，”he said.
Mr.Zwer***ng，the ow***r of a cho***late Labrad*** na***d Bos***，said he had his own appreciation of the bark***g problem.
“A dog is bark***g f*** o*** of two reasons--either it ******s attention *** it is try***g *** alert you *** so***th***g，”he said.“In either case，you ***uld be attend***g ***7 it.”
辞汇：
mun***ipal/mju:5nIsIpl/adj.市政的 ***d***ance/5C:dInEns/n.法则，训令，规章
howl/haJl/***.嚎叫，咆哮 mun***ipa***ty/mju:7nIsI5pAlItI/n.市政*，自我治理市
nuisance/5nju:s[ns/n.厌恶的人或方向 excessive/Ik5sesIv/adi.过量的
prohibition/5prRsIkjU:t/n.制止，制止 ***unsel/5k***nsl/n.辩白状师
prosecute/5prCsIkju:t/vt.告状 ci***l/5sIvl/adj.有礼节的
正文：
1. German shepherd：德国牧羊犬
2. C***f***n：克利夫顿：usa新泽西州西南部一都市，位于帕特森邻近
3. file a ***mpla***t：写信控告
4. lodge a ***mpla***t aga***st sb.with the po***ce：向警方对或人提出控告
5. ...laws that address wh******g and bark***g：针对兽类嘶鸣和吠声的法令
6. un***nstitutionally vague：因模糊不清而违反国家大法神态
7. attend ***：留意，把稳