Driving home from work one evening in the heavy rain, I found a very wet, injured cat on the side of the road. He looked up at me, meowing pitifully. A car must have hit it so it wasn’t able to move. I stopped my car and carried the cat in and went on driving.
At the nearest vet clinic, the vet gently examined it. "He's about eight months old and has two broken legs, but I would need X-rays to know how serious the damage is," he told me. "As he's not your cat, I don't know if you want to go ahead with this. It could be rather expensive."
I knew it would cost me hundreds of dollars, but I agreed with his advice. The following morning the vet rang to say the X-rays confirmed two bad breaks in his legs. "I'll operate on his legs and put metal pins in them to keep them fixed." he told me.
That afternoon I went to pick up my little friend. There I could hardly recognize him. His previously dirty fur was now a beautiful silver grey. His front legs were in two casts and he lay there looking at me, purring(發(fā)咕嚕聲) happily.
I thanked the doctor and went out to pay the bill. "I think you've given me the wrong account," I said to the clerk. "This is only $85. He's had X-rays and an operation on his legs." "No, that's right," she replied. "The vet has only charged you for the medication. There's a message on the bottom."
Written under the total were the words "SPECIAL RATE FOR ADOPTIONS." I was speechless at his kind and generous gesture. I paid the account and under his message I wrote "WITH GRATEFUL THANKS, CAT AND MUM."
小題1:Why didn’t the vet give the cat X-rays immediately?
A．The damage was not serious at all.
B．The cat was too young to be X-rayed.
C．The doctor wasn’t sure whether the author would like to cover the expenses.
D．The examination was too expensive for the author to afford.
小題2:What do we know about the author?
A．The author was a caring and generous lady.
B．The author often adopted animals.
C．The author’s workplace was far from home.
D．The author only worked at night.
小題3:Which of the following is true of the cat?
A．He was deserted by his owner and nearly starved to death.
B．He was saved on a dark and stormy night.
C．He was a lively creature with beautiful brown fur.
D．His back legs were broken and had to have an operation.
小題4:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．The adventure of a cat
B．An impressive vet
C．An unforgettable night
D．Love in relays

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
文章講述的是作者在下班的途中看到一只受傷的貓，并且把它帶到獸醫(yī)那，被告知治療將會(huì)很昂貴，但是作者還是堅(jiān)持要給貓進(jìn)行治療，這讓獸醫(yī)很感動(dòng)，最終只收了藥費(fèi)。
小題1:事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段"As he's not your cat, I don't know if you want to go ahead with this. It could be rather expensive.可知，獸醫(yī)告訴作者這將會(huì)很昂貴，是否要繼續(xù)
小題2:推理判斷題。因?yàn)樽髡呙髦委熧M(fèi)用昂貴還繼續(xù)為這個(gè)流浪貓治療，可知作者很有愛心，很慷慨。
小題3:事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段Driving home from work one evening in the heavy rain, I found a very wet, injured cat on the side of the road. He looked up at me, meowing pitifully. A car must have hit it so it wasn’t able to move. 可知，這是一個(gè)夜晚，下著大雨。
小題4:主旨大意題。文章講的是作者的善舉感動(dòng)了獸醫(yī)，最終獸醫(yī)也愿意為了這只貓兒獻(xiàn)出子的愛心，即少收費(fèi)用，這是一場(chǎng)愛心大接力。
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A．seemed　　B．looked　　C．sounded　　　　D．proved
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B．to see the father off
C．to take a family photo
D．to enjoy the sailing of the ship
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A．A washerB．A studentC． A headmasterD． A teacher
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“Why don't you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. You'd better find a way of opening it.”
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Jesse Owens owed much of his success to his coach Charles Riley, who probably was the most important one making him have the career that he did. Owens came from a background that required him to work after school in a shoe shop. He couldn’t attend the regularly scheduled track practices organized by his school. However, Charles Riley saw the boy had both a passion(熱情) and a talent for running, and so arranged for him to be able to practice before school instead.
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A．did not need to work after school
B．took part in the regular track practices
C．did not get along well with his coach
D．was arranged to practice before school
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B．was brave enough to race in front of Adolf Hitler
C．didn’t want to shake hands with Hitler
D．is recognized as a hero of the white Americans
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A．Hitler recognized his feat of winning four gold medals.
B．He was offered a scholarship for setting records for NCAA championships.
C．He could only eat in certain restaurants like many other African Americans.
D．It took him almost fifty years to walk away from the Olympics with four gold medals.
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