Question

【题目】 Have you ever read the best-seller A Street Cat Named Bob. It is about how James Bowen and his cat Bob found hope on the streets of London.

James Bowen was a street artist and he sang songs around Covent Garden in London. He sometimes made much money, but not always. When James found Bob on his balcony(阳台), the cat got hurt badly and hungry. He found it hard not to help the cat. James already had trouble feeding himself. Still, James decided to nurse Bob back to health.

After that, Bob followed James to Covent Garden every day and attracted(吸引)lots of people. They stopped to listen to James and feed Bob. James made more money and he became more easygoing and friendly. Both Bob and James changed their life a lot after they lived together, although there were many hard days as well.

In fact，A Street Cat Named Bob is an autobiography(自传), written by the real James Bowen himself. In A Street Cat Named Bob, James not only tells you about his life with Bob, but also tells you about his hard time in life and what he did with difficulties. The language is simple, so it is easy to read.

【1】Is A Street Cat Named Bob a book or a movie?

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【2】How did James make money to feed himself in the past?

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【3】Why did James decide to look after the cat?

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【4】What was James like after living with cat Bob?

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【5】Is James Bowen the writer of A Street Cat Named Bob?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A book.

【2】He sang songs around Covent Garden in London.

【3】Because he found it hard not to help the cat.

【4】He became more easygoing and friendly.

【5】Yes, he is.

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述《流浪猫鲍勃》是詹姆斯写的一本自传，詹姆斯在伦敦考文特花园唱歌挣钱，后来在阳台发现了鲍勃这只受伤的流浪猫，他决定照顾猫。并带着猫在大街上唱歌挣钱，这让他们的生活发生了变化。

【1】题意：《流浪猫鲍勃》是一本书还是电影？

根据第一段“Have you ever read the best-seller A Street Cat Named Bob”可知是一本畅销书，故答案为A book.

【2】题意：詹姆斯过去怎样挣钱养活自己？

根据第二段“he sang songs around Covent Garden in London”他在伦敦考文特花园唱歌来挣钱。故答案为He sang songs around Covent Garden in London.

【3】题意：为什么詹姆斯决定照顾这只猫？

回答“why”的问题用because引出句子。根据第二段“He found it hard not to help the cat”这只猫伤得很重还很饥饿，他发现很难不去帮助它。故答案为Because he found it hard not to help the cat.

【4】题意：和猫鲍勃住在一起之后，詹姆斯是怎么样的？

根据第三段“he became more easygoing and friendly”可知詹姆斯变得更平易近人更友好。故答案为He became more easygoing and friendly.

【5】题意：詹姆斯·鲍恩是《流浪猫鲍勃》的作者么？

回答一般疑问句用yes或者no来回答。根据最后一段“A Street Cat Named Bob is an autobiography, written by the real James Bowen himself”可知《流浪猫鲍勃》是詹姆斯·鲍恩写的自传。故答案为Yes, he is.