Question

    Late one afternoon in December, my wife, Stacy, and I returned home to find something white in front of our door. It was like fallen snow, but it was strange to see snow in our area. It was a white cat.

“Where did you come from?” I asked him. The cat was friendly, and allowed us to come nearer to him. “Look! He has no collar（项圈）,” Stacy said. “Perhaps he’s a homeless cat.” I hated to think of this little cat staying out in the cold. Stacy and I looked at each other. I knew we were thinking the same. We had a new cat, an early Christmas gift. We already had seven cats, so we had everything to make our new cat feel right at home.

The next day, when we got home from work, a white cat was waiting for us at the door. “Oh,  no!” Stacy said. “The cat got out!” “What’s going on?” I asked and picked him up. “OK, we’ll get you inside.” When I opened the door, I was shocked—there was another white cat sitting on the floor. It was the white cat that we found yesterday. I looked at the cat in my arms, then back at the one on the floor. They looked the same. When I let him down, the second cat ran to the other. They played with each other like old friends. “They must be brothers!” Stacy said.

At last, they became members of our family. Kris and Kringle, our Christmas angels .

1.The man and his wife decided to keep the first white cat when they__________.

A.offered a new collar to him B.saw the snow falling outside

C.found him at the door at first D.guessed he didn’t have an owner

2.What can we learn about the man and his wife from Paragraph 2?

A.They didn’t like cats in the past. B.They were good at taking care of cats.

C.They wouldn’t buy any Christmas gifts. D.They tried to find a new home for the cat.

3.Why was the man shocked?

A.He found he got a new cat again. B.The first cat got out of the house.

C.There was only one cat at home. D.The two new cats knew him.

4.How many cats did they have at home at last?

A.Seven. B.Eight. C.Nine. D.Ten.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

本文讲述了12月的一个傍晚，作者和妻子史黛西回到家，发现一只白猫。这只猫没有项圈，猜测是一只无家可归的猫，所以收养了它。家里已经有七只猫了，所以他们有一切可以让新猫感到舒适的东西。第二天又发现了一只一模一样的猫，最后，它们成了作者家的一员。

1.细节理解题。根据“Perhaps he’s a homeless cat.”可知他们觉得这只猫没有主人，所以作者收养了这只白猫。故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据“We already had seven cats”可知，是喜欢猫的；排除A；根据“We had a new cat, an early Christmas gift”可知，并没有说不买其他礼物；排除C；根据“ We already had seven cats, so we had everything to make our new cat feel right at home.”可知并没有准备一个新家，排除D；故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据“The next day, when we got home from work, a white cat was waiting for us at the door…I was shocked—there was another white cat sitting on the floor. ”可知是他发现他又有了一只白猫。故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据“ We already had seven cats, so we had everything to make our new cat feel right at home.”可知是7+1+1=9，所以是9只，故选C。