Cats are very smart. They are one of the smartest animals. The brain of a cat is large.  It is highly developed. This may be why cats have good memories. Cats remember kindness and cruelty. It is a good idea to treat a cat well. Cats can “speak” too. They meow for attention. Often they stand by a door. Then they meow. Then they look over their shoulders. They want to see if their owners are coming. Cats make other noises also. They purr(貓發(fā)出的咕嚕聲)when they are happy. They hiss when they are angry.
Cats have a lot of pride. They don’t usually do silly tricks. Almost all cats want to have their own way. They are mostly true to only one person. They don’t switch loyalty easily. Cats were free in the wild. They want to stay that way. They like to be their own masters. When a cat is left alone, it can go back to caring for itself. It can live in the wild again. This is different from dogs. Dogs will switch their loyalty. At one time dogs were loyal to the leaders of their packs. Now, they will transfer allegiance(忠誠)to their owner. They do not like to be alone.
With kindness, a cat can be trained. Cats can learn to do many things. Some cats can learn to open doors. Some can ring doorbells. Some can even turn on water tap. Then they take a drink. Cats are very smart. Before drinking, they put a paw in the water. They test whether the water is hot or cold.
小題1:What is the best title for this passage?
A．The Difference Between Dogs and Cats.B．The Characteristics of Cats.
C． Loyal Animals.D． How to Keep Cats?
小題2:It’s interesting to have cats around ourselves because ________.
A.they always switch their loyalty    B. they like to do silly tricks
C. they will hiss when they are happy  D they are smart and have good memories
小題3:The last paragraph mainly shows that ________.
A．cats can test whether the water is cold or not
B．cats know how to turn on the water tap
C．cats are smart
D．cats know how to open a door

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C

試題分析：本文介紹了貓是一種非常聰明的動物，它有很好的記憶力，它們大多對人是忠誠的，貓能夠自己照顧好自己，貓接受訓練后會做很多事情，短文給出了一些例子。
小題1:標題歸納題。根據(jù)全文的內(nèi)容可知，這是主要介紹了貓的特性，故選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Cats are very smart. This may be why cats have good memories.故選 D。
小題3:主旨大意題。根據(jù)首句Cats are very smart.及全文的內(nèi)容可知應選 C。
點評：所謂主旨大意題，就是指那些針對文章的主要內(nèi)容、主題、標題或?qū)懽髂康乃O置的問題。這類題主要考查同學們在理解全文的基礎上運用概括、判斷、歸納、推理等邏輯思維方法對文章進行高度概括或總結(jié)的能力。
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