题目内容
12.If you have a cat,you already know that a cat isn't a dog that doesn't have to be walked.If you're about to bring a cat into your family,you need to understand that basic fact.The common wisdom is that dogs are friendlier than cats.In recent years,scientists who have done DNA studies have offered a better way to understand cats.Unlike other animals that people feed,cats domesticated themselves,and,in a way,trained humans.Cats decided to live close to humans because doing so benefited the cats themselves.
Studies show that cats have lived with humans for about 12,000years,since people first settled down and started farming.When people started storing grain,mice arrived and started eating the grain.Clever cats figured out that the mice settlements where people stored grain were easy for hunting,so they started hanging around.Cats did what they needed to do to get the people to let them stay,but they kept up their independence.Over time,cats allowed humans to get a bit closer to them.Later,the farmers did befriend the cats.Certainly,it didn't do them any harm because they could see that the cats were really helping them out by eating mice.
Today,about a third of American families have cats.In most of those homes,the cats are still more interested in pleasing themselves than in pleasing their human families.A dog may do anything it can to make you happy,but kitty will teach you to make kitty happy.
33.Compared with dogs,cats areA.
A.colder
B.friendlier
C.more warm-hearted
D.more frightening
34.According to the text,why do cats decide to stay close to humans?D
A.To keep up their independence.
B.To protect grain from mice.
C To rely on humans for food.
D.To be useful to themselves.
35.What may be the best title for the text?D
A.A common point between dogs and cats.
B.The reasons why people like dogs.
C.A disadvantage of raising cats.
D.The basic fact about cats.
分析 本文介绍了一些猫的基本知识,比如猫更不近人情,喜欢独立,只考虑自己等.
解答 33.A.细节理解题.由第一段The common wisdom is that dogs are friendlier than cats,狗比猫更友好,可知猫比较冷酷,故选A.
34.D.细节理解题.由第二段Cats decided to live close to humans because doing so benefited the cats themselves,猫决定和人类生活在一起,因为这样做会让猫自己受益.故选D.
35.D.主旨归纳题.本文介绍了一些猫的基本知识,比如猫更不近人情,喜欢独立,只考虑自己等.故选D.
点评 本篇阅读较为简单.文章内容,所出题目以及选项也较短,因此考生只要阅读详略结合,细心理解,就能快速得出正确答案.
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