Question

Cats are very smart. They are one of the smartest animals. The brain of a cat is large.  It is highly developed. This may be why cats have good memories. Cats remember kindness and cruelty. It is a good idea to treat a cat well. Cats can “speak” too. They meow for attention. Often they stand by a door. Then they meow. Then they look over their shoulders. They want to see if their owners are coming. Cats make other noises also. They purr(猫发出的咕噜声)when they are happy. They hiss when they are angry.
Cats have a lot of pride. They don’t usually do silly tricks. Almost all cats want to have their own way. They are mostly true to only one person. They don’t switch loyalty easily. Cats were free in the wild. They want to stay that way. They like to be their own masters. When a cat is left alone, it can go back to caring for itself. It can live in the wild again. This is different from dogs. Dogs will switch their loyalty. At one time dogs were loyal to the leaders of their packs. Now, they will transfer allegiance(忠诚)to their owner. They do not like to be alone.
With kindness, a cat can be trained. Cats can learn to do many things. Some cats can learn to open doors. Some can ring doorbells. Some can even turn on water tap. Then they take a drink. Cats are very smart. Before drinking, they put a paw in the water. They test whether the water is hot or cold.
【小题1】What is the best title for this passage?

A．The Difference Between Dogs and Cats.	B．The Characteristics of Cats.
C． Loyal Animals.	D． How to Keep Cats?

【小题2】It’s interesting to have cats around ourselves because ________.
A.they always switch their loyalty    B. they like to do silly tricks
C. they will hiss when they are happy  D they are smart and have good memories
【小题3】The last paragraph mainly shows that ________.

A．cats can test whether the water is cold or not

B．cats know how to turn on the water tap

C．cats are smart

D．cats know how to open a door

Answer 1

【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】C

解析试题分析：本文介绍了猫是一种非常聪明的动物，它有很好的记忆力，它们大多对人是忠诚的，猫能够自己照顾好自己，猫接受训练后会做很多事情，短文给出了一些例子。
【小题1】标题归纳题。根据全文的内容可知，这是主要介绍了猫的特性，故选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据Cats are very smart. This may be why cats have good memories.故选 D。
【小题3】主旨大意题。根据首句Cats are very smart.及全文的内容可知应选 C。
考点：科普性短文阅读。
点评：所谓主旨大意题，就是指那些针对文章的主要内容、主题、标题或写作目的所设置的问题。这类题主要考查同学们在理解全文的基础上运用概括、判断、归纳、推理等逻辑思维方法对文章进行高度概括或总结的能力。