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 monthB.More than two months
C.More than three monthsD.It’s been back.
【小题2】Who did the old lady finally turn to for help?
A.A billboard companyB.The police
C.The phone companyD.The interstate telephone line
【小题3】How is the old lady like?
A.StupidB.LovingC.SmartD.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.angryB.surprisedC.happyD.excited
【小题5】What’s the best title for this passage?
A.An advertisementB.A missing cat
C.A pet’s storyD.Life without cat

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.

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.

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

3.How is the old lady like?

A.Stupid            B.Loving            C.Smart            D.Decisive(有决断力的)

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

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

 

A policeman was sitting in his car on the side of Highway 25, hoping to catch  speeders.After a while,a car full of elderly women slowly rolled by. The policeman  realized that the slow—moving car was a danger to other drivers on the highway, so he decided to ask them to pulled up.After the car had stopped on the side of road, the policeman got out and came to the car to speak to the drive. He said, “The speed  limit(限制)on this highway is fifty-five miles per hour.Why are you driving so slowly?” “Well,officer,I’ve seen a lot of signs on this highway that say‘ twenty- five’ not‘fifty—five',”the old woman politely replied.

“Ma'am.”the officer told the driver.“those aren’t speed mean that you are driving on Highway 25.”

 “Oh,silly me.I didn't know.I'm sorry,officer.I'll be more carefully in the future .”she replied.

Then the police officer looked in the backseat of the car.He noticed that the elderly passengers looked frightened and were shaking with fear. The officer asked the driver,“What,s wrong with them? They 1ook like they ’ve been frightened to death by something.”

    The driver replied,“0h,they’ll  be all right in a minute.You see, we just got off Highway 120.”

1.The policeman stopped the car because the car was______.

    A.running too slowly         B.running too fast

    C.over crowded(过分拥挤)     D.full of elderly people

2.The driver is _________ .

    A.a young man       B.an old man

    C.a girl            D.an old lady

3.If you drive on Highway 25,you should drive ________ miles per hour.

  A.at most 25         B.at most 55

  C.at least 120       D.at most 120

4.The passage hints(暗示)that _________.

  A.the Highway 1 20 is frightening

B.you can drive at any speed 0n highways as long as you don’t break the limit 55

C.the driver adjusted(调整)the driving speed by the number of the highways

D.the driver of the car understands the signs 0n the highway very well

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