Question

The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.
When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.
A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” the officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said the sppeadeotoned policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied the officer.
Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 8”x11” piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the interstate（州际公路） highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on the billboard for all to see.
“But how can people see it when they whiz（快速移动） by on the interstate?” she asked. “Oh, don’t worry, ma’am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.” They told her it would cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month.
The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.
小题1:How long has the cat been missing?

A．More than a month	B．More than two months
C．More than three months	D．It’s been back.

小题2:Who did the old lady finally turn to for help?

A．A billboard company	B．The police
C．The phone company	D．The interstate telephone line

小题3:How is the old lady like?

A．Stupid

B．Loving

C．Smart

D．Decisive(有决断力的)

小题4:The underlined word was mistyped（打错了）. But we can still guess it’s most probable meaning:____________.

A．angry

B．surprised

C．happy

D．excited

小题5:What’s the best title for this passage?

A．An advertisement	B．A missing cat
C．A pet’s story	D．Life without cat

Answer 1

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:B

试题分析：这篇短文主要记述了一位愚蠢的老太太，在自己的猫丢失以后，不是去邻居那里找，而是求助于警方。最后花3000美元在洲际公路边上租了一块广告牌，但是仍旧没有找到自己的猫。
小题1:根据第一段“My baby has been missing for over a month now,描述，可知选A。
小题2:根据第一段she called the police.及下文描述，可知她求助于警方了，故选B。
小题3:根据短文后三段描述，可知这是一个愚蠢的老太太，故选A。
小题4:联系上下文，这个老太太说的话，可知这个警察生气了，故选A，生气的。
小题5:这篇短文主要是围绕一只丢失的猫进行叙述的，故选B。
点评：本文中长句较多，一时很难读懂句子含义，注意多读几遍，不要强求非得理解一词一句的含义，能把握文章大意就行。然后带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。