11.A cat is recovering in California after surviving a 6,500-mile journey across the Pacific stowed inside a Chinese shipping container without food or water.Staff and volunteers have named it"Ni Hao,"which is Chinese for"hello."
It was discovered breathing shallowly after a two-week trip across the Pacific Ocean.The cat was seriously suffering from loss of water and starvation when the container was opened in California last week,but was said to be doing well after being sent to the Carson Animal Care Center in Los Angeles.At first it was too weak to stand,but finally took its first steps.Then it ate a good meal and slept soundly.The cat woke up Thursday morning,physically in a better condition than 24 hours ago.
"Ni Hao greeted the medical team with its first miaow this morning and is attempting to stand,"said Marcia Mayeda,head of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control.Aaron Reyes,director of the Department,added:"We finally got to hear its voice.It sounds like a single-engine plane."
Ni Hao is expected to be observed for 60 days but afterwards animal workers will look forward to providing it with a good shelter."It's much better for it to recover in a home environment,"Mr Reyes said."It's just like a human being in a hospital so we're hoping to move it."He added:"Little by little we're getting there.We're hoping that under the treatment and with rest,it'll be able to recover quickly.''
It was not immediately clear how the cat got into the container.
56.The underlined word"stowed"in Paragraph 1 probably means"D".
A.packed
B.driven
C.raised
D.hidden
57.The container to California started on its journeyC.
A.60 days ago
B.one month ago
C.2 weeks ago
D.24 hours ago
58.The cat is likely to be taken care of by in the future.C
A.a(chǎn) medical team
B.a(chǎn)nimal workers
C.a(chǎn) caring family
D.a(chǎn)n animal shelter.
分析 這是一個有關(guān)貓的故事.一只貓藏在船中橫越太平洋,在兩周的行程中,它不吃不喝,竟然奇跡般地活了下來.被救后它得到了細心的照料.
解答 56 D 猜測詞義題. 根據(jù)第二段的第一句的discovered breathing shallowly after a two-week trip可知,Ni Hao之所以兩周之后才被發(fā)現(xiàn),是因為它藏身于一個隱秘之處.57 C 細節(jié)題. 根據(jù)第二段的第一句的after a two-week trip across the Pacific Ocean可知,駛往加利福尼亞的這艘船是在兩個星期之前出發(fā)的.
58 C 細節(jié)題. 根據(jù)最后一段的第二句的a home environment和in a hospital so we're hoping to move it可知Ni Hao很有可能會被送到護理動物的動物之家,所以答案選擇C項.
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