题目内容
probable _______ (副词)
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 |
New Schedules of Cathy Pacific Airways
| Shanghai ----------- Hong Kong | |
| CX301 Tue. , Thur. , Sat. , Sun. | Dep Shanghai 20:30 Arr Hong Kong 21:45 |
| Hong Kong ----------- Shanghai | |
| CX300 Tue. , Thur. , Sat. , Sun, | Dep Hong Kong 15:15 Arr Shanghai 19:15 |
| Beijing ----------- Hong Kong | |
| CX311 Tue. , Thur. , Fri. | Dep Beijing 17:45 Arr Hong Kong 19:45 |
| Hong Kong ----------- Beijing | |
| CX310 Tue. , Thur. , Fri. | Dep Hong Kong 12:50 Arr Beijing 16:40 |
| A.picture | B.piece of news | C.form | D.timetable |
| A.by bike | B.by car | C.by ship | D.by plane |
| A.3 | B.5 | C.4 | D.6 |
| A.2 hours | B.4 hours | C.3 hours | D.five hours and a half |
| A.to wait until Saturday |
| B.to stay in Shanghai and take the Friday’s flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong |
| C.to go to Beijing and take the Friday’s flight |
| D.to take the same day’s flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong. |