Question

2．It was six or seyen years ago that I first witnessed a ginger cat break into my house．His name was Samson and，while"cat''was one description you might have applied to him，another more accurate one was"ginger beach ball that just happened to have a cat's head on top"．He belonged to Ruby，a lady in her 80s living across the road．Soon the two of us became friends：me allowing him to steal my cat's biscuits，him allowing me to stroke him while staring up at me in a relaxed way．If he had been able to speak，the maj ority of his sentences would have ended in the word"dude"（伙计）．
    When Ruby died in 2009，a friend who lived several miles away adopted Samson．A strict diet foilowed，which，left Samson looking less like a beach ball and more like a smaller cat wearing a baggy ginger sweater．While he had been around，I had complained a little about mv extra cat food bills and feared for my armchairs and sofa which were often violently scratched．but in the year or two after he'd gone I missed him a lot．
    In the past two and a half years，I've been visited by a succession of ginger cats，all of whom have been lovable，and all of whom have proved costly in either an emotional or financial sense．
    I'm moving out soon and facing up to the fact that I might never see them again．I've told the buver of my house about the essential information of it，especially the visiting cats．The chances are that one day if a cat，whether it is from one of the neighbours or just a stray one，turns up by his doorway，he can at least feed it．

41．When the author first saw the ginger cat，D．
A．she named it Samson immediately
B．she thought Samson was troublesome
C．she asked Ruby to adopt it
D．she found the cat looked very fat
42．We can conclude from Paragraph l that the ginger catB．
A．was not properly trained    
B．enjoyed the moment with the author
C．was abandoned by Ruby   
D．disliked the biscuits of the author
43．Why did the author occasionally complain about the ginger cat？C
A．The cat stole bills from her house．
B．The strict diet made the cat too weak．
C．He had to spend more on cat food．
D．The price of cat food kept rising．
44．Who does the underlined word"he"in the last sentence refer to？D
A．The ginger cat   
B．The author
C．Ruby          
D．The new owner of the house
45．We can infer from the story that the authorA
A．missed the days spent with those cats
B．regretted what she had done for the cats
C．had many encounters with strange cats
D．had to avoid conflicts with his neighbours．

Answer 1

分析 本文属于故事类的阅读短文．文章介绍了一只猫经常光顾他的家并且在两年半的时光里与他有了较大的默契，经常在一起玩耍、嬉戏等；在最后搬家之后还一直牵挂着这只猫，希望新的房主以后能够善待这只猫．

解答 41．D．细节理解题．根据开头第二句while"cat''was one description you might have applied to him，another more accurate one was"ginger beach ball that just happened to have a cat's head on top"．可知，作者刚见到这只猫时，它的体形像一个大充气球（沙滩气球）：beach ball；所以可推知它是很肥胖的；"His name was Samson"文中只提到了它的名字叫Samson，没说是作者给起的名，可排除A；C项是对"He belonged to Ruby"一句的曲解；文中没有提到作者认为这只猫是个麻烦；故选D．
42．B．细节理解题．根据句中"Soon the two of us became friends"以及作者最后的假设"If he had been able to speak，the majority of his sentences would have ended in the word"dude"可知，Samson与作者的相处是比较融洽的；文中没有提到它是被主人Ruby遗弃的，排除C；D项与"me allowing him to steal my cat's biscuits"描述矛盾，可排除．故选B．
43．C．细节理解题．根据第二段"While he had been around，I had complained a little about mv extra cat food bills"一句可知，Samson是比较能吃的，所以作者抱怨的是Samson的食量是比较大的；故选C．
44．D．猜测词义题．根据最后一句的陈述"The chances are that one day if a cat，whether it is from one of the neighbours or just a stray one，turns up by his doorway，he can at least feed it"可知，作者期待自己搬家之后，当这只猫出现在"他"的家门前时，至少可以给他食物吃，所以此处的he应该指代的是这房子的新主人；故选D．
45．A．推理判断题．根据最后一段"I might never see them again．I've told the buver of my house about the essential information of it，especially the visiting cats"等信息可知，作者应该是很牵挂这只猫的，所以，可以推断出A项他很怀念与这只猫共处的日子，所以选A．

点评 本文属于故事类阅读，在阅读此类文章时首先迅速浏览全文内容，掌握文章的大意，了解这只猫与作者所经历的事情，掌握作者的情感变化，再结合题干要求，阅读文章相关内容，做出有针对性的选择．