阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　My cat's 　1　 is Lucy. She is a very pretty 　2 　. Her hair is black and yellow.

　She has four children. So I have five 　3 　. She is very happy with her young 　4 　.

　The four children are not all 　5 　Lucy very much. The biggest child is quite black. 　6 　is black with white feet and one white ear. Two children are like their mother 　7 　. My daughter says “Aren't they pretty? 　8 　I have the black and white one? Isn't he a tomcat (雄猫)?”

　I say “I don't know, but I know the yellow and black ones are females (雌性的).”“Are they ? How do you know?”“ 　9　 they are yellow and black. Tomcats never (从不) have that 　10 　. Listen and I'll tell you ...”

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Father is always busy with his work. He knows nothing about housework. He never eats if everyone doesn't cook for him.

　One day, Mother was ill in bed. Father had to cook himself. First, he had to go shopping. But he did not know what to buy. So Mother wrote all these things on a piece of paper:

　1． cake 　2． egg 　3． tomato 　4． fish 　5． milk 　6． salt 　7． chicken

　Father went out with the paper in his hand. Half an hour later he returned home, with a smile on his face. He brought out all the things:

　ONE cake, TWO eggs, THREE tomatoes, FOUR fish, FIVE bottles of milk, SIX bags of salt and SEVEN fat chickens. Mother was too surprised（惊奇）to say a word.

1．Father does little housework because ________.

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A．his life is very hard

B．he is busy with his work

C．he hates it

D．he never stays at home

2．Father never eats ________.

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A．if he doesn't know how to cook

B．if meals are ready

C．if he came home late

D．if no one cooks for him

3．One day Mother was ill, Father had to ________.

[　　]

A．buy something for her

B．help himself

C．eat in his office

D．get ready for meals

4．That day Mother wanted Father to buy ________ in the shop.

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A．seven chickens

B．seven kinks of food

C．seven bags of things

D．seven shopping-bags

5．Why was Mother so surprised? Because ________.

[　　]

A．Father got everything home.

B．Mother didn't like to eat all the food.

C．Father didn't understand her at all.

D．Father bought nothing necessary（必需的）.

　　I have a very cute hamster named Barter. Barter has a dark cream-colored body （米色的身体）, and a short tail. He has four tiny feet with sharp claws （尖尖的指甲）and tiny long teeth. He also has a “pocket”on each side of his mouth, for storing food.

　　Barter loves food. His favorite is corn （玉米）. If I give him a bowl of corn, he will eat every bit in a few hours.

　　Barter is quite lovely. He's just over six months old and loves to play. He plays in the hamster wheel every night. When he plays around, he runs here and there, his body looking like a ball of fur（绒毛）rolling about （滚动）. He gets very upset if someone bothers （打搅）him.

　　I like my little pet Barter very much. He's brought me so many laughs and joys.

A. 词语释义

（　）1. upset　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. more than

（　）2. name　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. some, but not many

（　）3. store　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  C. annoyed

（　）4. a few　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. call

（　）5. over　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   E. keep

B. 用所给的词的正确形式填空

over  name  store  a few  upset

1. That old man is walking so slowly. He must be ________ seventy years old.

2. Many, many years ago, people didn't have fridges in their homes. They could not ________ food.

3. When I asked Linda, my friend, not to copy my homework, she got very ________.

4. The students were having an English class when a boy ________ Thomas, ran into the room.

5. ________ seconds later, he looked up and said slowly,“Good morning, sir !”

C. 按每小题要求做

1. 从文中找出作者描写小仓鼠活泼可爱的两个词

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2. 从下面的方框中选出你认为能描述仓鼠的词汇和短语

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D. 从下面的方框中选出一种你愿意养的宠物并从四个方面说明你喜欢的原因（4分）

例如：

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E. 从原文中找出最能体现作者对仓鼠喜爱的一句话，抄在横线上

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