【題目】 It was 21 years ago, on a very cold morning, Mary opened the library in New York. She heard a cat cry and found a white cat in a pile of books at last.

Mary recalled, “His little feet were frozen, we gave him a bath to warm him up and he purred（咕嚕叫）all the time.”

It was a Cinderella story for Garfield in 1988, the cat who has lived happily among the books ever since.

“His story has a life of its own,” Mary says while reading the cat’s fan mail. “We have people drive hundreds of miles out of their way just to see Garfield. We even had a Japanese public television crew come here to make a short film of him.”

Shortly after the cat’s rescue, a photo of the library’s “new employee” sitting on the card catalog appeared in local newspapers. Local people were invited to help name the cat and many cast votes . “We have never had such a big crowd for a contest and there wasn’t even a prize,” Mary says with a laugh.

Garfield grew from a popular local “l(fā)ibrary 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 100 libraries across America. Most live and “work” in comfortable, small town libraries where they don’t get lost in the books. Library cats used to earn their keep by catching rats, but modern library cats have more “white-collar” duties: to act charming and make the library a pleasant homey place.

“Library cats just create a nice, warm atmosphere,” says 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,” Roma says. “Books, libraries, and cats just go together.”

【1】A contest was held after the cat’s rescue to ________ the cat.

A.winB.nameC.filmD.feed

【2】We probably won’t be able to see the picture of Garfield in ________.

A.a Japanese filmB.the calendars

C.the card catalogsD.the local newspaper

【3】People keep cats in the libraries because ________.

A.cats don’t like big placesB.cats can create a nice and warm atmosphere

C.there are more rats thereD.librarians are more friendly

【4】Library cats can do many things including ________

1) arranging card catalogs 2) greeting people

3) acting for a film 4) catching rats

5) making people feel at home

A.2;4;5B.1;3C.1;4;5D.2;3;5

【5】From the passage we can infer (推斷) that ________.

A.library cats only attract children and old peopleB.Garfield is one of the cats who live among books

C.library cats are not as popular as they used to beD.every library in America has at least one cat

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。主要介紹了圖書館的貓，過去，圖書館的貓靠抓老鼠來維持生計，但現(xiàn)代這些貓不僅可以拍電影并且還可以使圖書館成為一個令人愉快的地方。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Local people were invited to help name the cat and many cast votes …such a big crowd for a contest …Mary says with a laugh.”可知，這個比賽是為了給貓起名。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“We even had a Japanese public television crew come here to make a short film of him.”可知，這只貓在日本電影里出現(xiàn)過，故排除A；根據(jù)“Garfield grew from a popular local “l(fā)ibrary employee” to a national star with his pictures on calendars.”可知，這只貓的圖片在日歷上出現(xiàn)過，故排除B；根據(jù)“Shortly after the cat’s rescue, a photo of the library’s “new employee” sitting on the card catalog appeared in local newspapers.”可知，這只貓在當?shù)氐膱蠹埳铣霈F(xiàn)過，故排除D。綜上所述，故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Library cats just create a nice, warm atmosphere,”可知貓被留在圖書館是因為他們可以營造美好的氣氛。故選B。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Library cats used to earn their keep by catching rats, but modern library cats have more “white-collar” duties: to act charming and make the library a pleasant homey place.”可知，貓會抓老鼠，可以使圖書館給人一種家的感覺，故4) 、5)符合題意；根據(jù)“Library cats greet people”可知，貓會問候人們，故2)符合題意，結合選項，可知，A符合題意。故選A。

【5】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“he is not the only cat who lives among books.”可知，他只是眾多住在書里的貓中的一個，故選B。

閱讀理解中細節(jié)理解題是基礎題，也是考查最多的題型。解題方法：

Step1：題干中選定關鍵詞(定位詞)；

Step2：通過略讀、查讀鎖定文中定位區(qū)域；

Step3：結合信息區(qū)域上下文理解、比對；

Step4：排除干擾項，篩選得出答案。

例如：第1小題，根據(jù)題干中“A contest”定位到第五段最后兩句“Local people were invited to help name the cat and many cast votes …such a big crowd for a contest …Mary says with a laugh.”，分析句意可知，這個比賽是為了給貓起名。故選B。

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