Question

On a freezing January morning, Myron opened the library in Iowa. She heard a cat cry and finally found a yellow kitten in a pile of books.

“His little feet were frozen,” recalls Myron. “We gave him a bath to warm him up and he purred the whole time so that we know he liked us very much.” That was 1988 and it was a story for Dewey, the cat who has lived happily among the books ever since. “His story has a life of its own, we have people drive hundreds of miles out of their way just to see Dewey. We even had a Japanese public television crew come here to make a short film of him. ”Shortly after the kitten’s rescue, a photo of the library’s “new employee” appeared in local newspapers. Local people were invited to vote for the name of the kitten. “We have never had such a big crowd for a contest and there wasn’t even a prize,” Myron says with a laugh.

Dewey grew from a popular local “library employee” to a national star with his pictures on calendars. However, he is not the only cat who lives among books. Library cats greet people in about 125 libraries across America. Most live and “work” comfortable, small town libraries where they don’t get lost in the books. Library cats used to make a living by catching rats, but library cats have more duties: to a make the library a pleasant place.

“Library cats just create a nice, warm atmosphere（气氛）, ”says Gary Roma, producer of Puss in Books, the film about library cats. “The cats attract children to the library and the elderly who maybe can’t have pets in their apartments, ”says Roma, “Books, libraries, and cats just go together.”

1.The cat Dewey was found by Myron in the ___________ of 1988.

A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter

2.The underlined word “purred”in the second paragraph means “___________”.

A.felt angry B.felt happy C.felt hungry D.felt sleepy

3.A contest was held after the kitten’s rescue to ___________ the cat.

A.win B.name C.film D.feed

4.Library cats can do many things, including ___________.

A.acting for a film B.catching rats

C.making people pleased D.All of the above

5.Puss in Books was ___________.

A.a book about cats B.a film about Dewey

C.a film about library cats D.a film about popular libraries

6.From the passage we can infer（推断）that ___________.

A.library cats only attract children and old people

B.Dewey is one of the cats who live among books.

C.library cats are not as popular as they used to be

D.every library in America has at least one cat

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.B

【解析】

本文讲述了生活在图书馆中的猫，这些猫不仅可以拍电影，还可以抓老鼠，并且可以使图书馆变成一个令人愉快的地方。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段中“His little feet were frozen”可知，那只猫的脚冻僵了，所以是在冬天被找到的。故选D。

2.词义猜测题。felt angry 感到生气；felt happy感到开心；felt hungry感到饥饿；felt sleepy感到困倦。根据句中“he liked us very much”可知，这只猫非常喜欢我们，所以当我们给他洗澡的时候，他感到很开心。故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据第二段中“Local people were invited to vote for the name of the kitten.”可知，当地人被邀请为小猫的名字投票，所以此处举办比赛的原因就是为了给小猫取名字。故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据第二段中“make a short film of him”和第三段中“catching rats”“make the library a pleasant place”可知，图书馆的猫可以做很多事情，包括拍电影、抓老鼠和使图书馆变成一个令人愉快的地方。故选D。

5.细节理解题。根据第四段中“producer of Puss in Books, the film about library cats.”可知，Puss in Books是一部电影，这部电影是跟图书馆的猫有关。故选C。

6.推理判断题。根据第三段中“However, he is not the only cat who lives among books.”可知杜威并不是唯一一只生活在书中的猫，也就是说他只是其中一只生活在书中的猫。故选B。