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【題目】Yesterday my old neighbor knocked on my door angrily. Obviously, my cat, Rocco, had left a turd (糞便) in his perfect flower beds.

Fortunately, I wasn’t home when this happened, so he angrily complained to my friend and neighbor Kate about this. She was kind enough to listen to him and to go down into the garden with him to have a look. She even took a picture.

When I got home later, Kate had left a message on my answering machine about the incident. Hearing it was about my cat again, my stomach turned. Several weeks before, he’d gotten so upset that he threatened to put rat traps on the ground, hoping that would frighten me into keeping my cat indoors. So, I was a little apprehensive this time.

But I couldn’t help but laugh when Kate told me the whole story. I understood what gardening meant to him. Since my old neighbor retired ten years ago, he had spent all of his time on his garden. So when I saw him in the garden later on, I went to talk to him. To my surprise, it turned out quite nice. I was really surprised to find that I had the grace (雅量) not to respond to his bad words. Instead, I engaged (使忙于) him in a conversation on the beautiful flowers he’d planted, the color combinations and the care he took to create such a sense of order. I tried to convey my understanding and appreciation without complimenting or talking down to him. I was really amazed by how that turned out. We hadn’t had a conversation like that for over a year!

【1】The story happened .

A. between family members B. between strangers

C. between friends D. between neighbors

【2】What does the underlined word “apprehensive” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Anxious. B. Satisfied. C.Angry. D. Excited.

【3】What can we learn from the text?

A. The author’s friend dealt with the incident patiently after it happened.

B. The author’s old neighbor had a bad relationship with all his neighbors.

C. It was the first time that the author’s cat had made the neighbor angry.

D. The neighbor didn’t say bad words about the cat’s action.

【4】We can infer from the text that after the talk with his old neighbor, the author would .

A. throw his cat away B. send his cat to others

C. feel relaxed and happy D. become more nervous

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者的貓弄亂了鄰居的花園，鄰居威脅著要安裝捕鼠器放進貓進來。可是在貓又一次弄亂了鄰居的花園之后，作者通過好友知道了這位鄰居的事情，和鄰居進行了一次理解性對話。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)題。第一段第一句Yesterday my old neighbor knocked on my door angrily. Obviously, my cat, Rocco, had left a turd (糞便) in his perfect flower beds.昨天，我的鄰居局憤怒地敲開了我的門，很明顯，我的貓Rocco，又在他完美的花圃里拉屎了。可以推斷，這件事發(fā)生在鄰居之間。故選D

【2】分析推斷題。第三段倒數(shù)第二句Several weeks before, he’d gotten so upset that he threatened to put rat traps on the ground, hoping that would frighten me into keeping my cat indoors. 幾周之前，他已經(jīng)很郁悶地威脅要在花園里放捕鼠夾，希望則能夠使得我把貓留在室內(nèi)。這個行為對于養(yǎng)貓的作者來說是很擔(dān)心的。從這里可以推斷出apprehensive有焦慮的意思。

【3】分析推斷題。第二段最后兩句. She was kind enough to listen to him and to go down into the garden with him to have a look. She even took a picture.她很友善的傾聽了他的抱怨，并且走進花園查看了一下。她甚至還拍了照片。在作者的貓弄亂了鄰居的花園之后，鄰居找上了作者的朋友，這位朋友小心謹(jǐn)慎的處理了這些問題，故選A

【4】分析推斷題。作者在看見了鄰居之后主動和鄰居攀談，表現(xiàn)出自己對鄰居的理解，從而轉(zhuǎn)移了鄰居對于作者家貓的怨恨。并且作者在最后一句中提到他們鄰居之間已經(jīng)有一年沒有這樣的對話了。結(jié)合語境故選C