题目内容
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. |
| A．A billboard company | B．The police |
| C．The phone company | D．The interstate telephone line |
| A．Stupid | B．Loving | C．Smart | D．Decisive(有决断力的) |
| A．angry | B．surprised | C．happy | D．excited |
| A．An advertisement | B．A missing cat |
| C．A pet’s story | D．Life without cat |
【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
【小题4】A
【小题5】B
解析试题分析：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。
考点：故事类记述文阅读
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。
名校课堂系列答案Several years ago， a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important. “How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker. The banker thought for a few moments and then said,” I think anybody who is invited to the Whiter House to meet the President of the United States is really important. ”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked. The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it. ”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?” “No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. ” “Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, “It’s for you.”
【小题1】There are _______ in this passage.
| A．two men and two women | B．three men and one woman |
| C．three women and one man | D．four women |
| A．he was really important because he was a rich banker |
| B．the visitor to the White House was really important |
| C．the visitor who met the President of the United States |
| D．the reporter was really important |
| A．he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York |
| B．the owner of the very large company was really important |
| C．the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor |
| D．the person who worked in the White House was really important |
Once, there was a wild donkey (驴) and a tame (驯养的) donkey.
The wild donkey was thin and small. He spent his life in the ____. The grass on the hill was his food all the year around. Sometimes, he had to walk miles to find clean water and at night there was always ____ from lions. The tame donkey was much fatter and ____. During summer, the owner fed him grass while in ____, he was given corn and hay (干草) to eat. There was always clean water for him to ____ and at night he stayed inside safely.
The wild donkey always wished he could live ____ the tame donkey.
One day, the wild donkey was looking for grass on the hill. Looking down, he saw the tame donkey walking slowly along the road, ____ heavy wood. As he watched, the tame donkey stopped to eat some ____ by the roadside. Suddenly, his owner began to drive him with a ____.
“I don’t want your way of life,” thought the wild donkey. “I see that you have to pay ____ for the food they give you.”
1.A. house B. zoo C. wild D. river
2.A. danger B. noise C. drink D. food
3.A. taller B. shorter C. weaker D. stronger
4.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
5.A. eat B. smell C. drink D. feel
6.A. with B. without C. like D. unlike
7.A. cutting B. carrying C. eating D. burning
8.A. grass B. meat C. fish D. water
9.A. stick B. knife C. fork D. string
10.A. easy B. easily C. heavy D. heavily
