Kwane Stewart stepped outside a Modesto, California, convenience store with his morning coffee and noticed a homeless man, Tom Bissell, sitting with his back against the building. A small dog sat in his lap. Stewart, a vet (兽医) at an animal hospital, noticed its injured fur and skin. He approached the man and offered to bring medication for the dog's skin, a gift the man readily accepted.
“I remember returning a week later, and the hair was coming back the rash (皮疹) was gone,” Stewart told the Modesto Bee. Tom said his dog was finally sleeping at night again because it was no longer feeling restless for its illness. “‘And you know,’ he said, ‘I’m sleeping at night.’ He started to cry, and that got me touched too,” Stewart says.
Stewart was addicted. “When you do good deeds, there is something you get in return that feels much larger. I knew I wanted to keep doing it, "he told medium.com.
Today, Stewart, 50, has his own practice in town, yet he still finds time for street pets. He's helped roughly 400 animals since 2011.
There's a great need for his kind of help. About 25 percent of Modesto's homeless population owns a pet, but there are few healthcare options available to them. To fill that gap, Stewart can often be found wandering dark streets and underpasses (地下通道), anywhere he thinks the homeless might be camped out. Stewart pays for almost all of it out of his own pocket. For those expensive procedures, he set up a GoFundMe account to help cover treatment costs. “I don't ever want to have to turn anybody away,” he explains.
“To have somebody like Dr. Stewart come out here to take care of my dog just because it's the right thing to do, that's huge.” Joe, one of the dog owners, said in a video that Stewart posted on the GoFundMe page.
4. How did Kwane Stewart help Tom Bissell's dog?
| A．By offering mental comfort. | B．By providing medical treatment. |
| C．By introducing some famous vets. | D．By bringing it to an animal hospital. |
5. What directly leads to Kwane Stewart's further kindness?
| A．The professional habit of a vet. | B．The tough situation the homeless faced. |
| C．The requirements from the animal hospital. | D．The inspiration from offering help to Tom. |
6. Which of the following can best describe Kwane Stewart?
| A．Rich and caring. | B．Smart and humorous. |
| C．Kind and generous. | D．Brave and intelligent. |
7. What's the text mainly about?
| A．Vets are in great need. | B．Stewart rose to fame overnight. |
| C．Street pets deserve due treatment. | D．A vet's kind act brings big impact. |
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