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 When the dirty cat showed up in the prison yard,I was one of the first to go out there and pet it. I hadn't 1      a cat or a dog for over 20 years. It was amazing to feel him under my 2     and know that I was enriching the life of another 3      with something as simple as my care. I believe that 4      something or someone in need is what makes us human.

  Over the next few days,a group of prisoners always gathered in the 5        They stood around talking and taking 6     in petting the cat. These were guys you wouldn't usually find 7     to each other. Bowls of milk and water 8     ,along with bread. One prisoner brought out his small scissors and helped to 9     the animal's fur. People said, "That cat has come to the 10        place. He's getting 11        like a king. " This was true. But as I watched-,I was also 12        what the cat was doing for us.

  Instead of more programmes,more psychologists or treatment, what we 13        need is a chance to practise kindness ourselves. Not 14        it,but give it.

  Kindness is not a value that is encouraged here. It is often seen as weak?ness. Instead,the culture here 15        keeping your head down,minding your own business and never letting yourself be 16     

  However,a dirty cat disrupted (擾亂) this code of prison 17      . It did my heart good to see the 18        he had on me and the men here. He didn't have a PhD and he wasn't a psychologist,19        by simply saying, "I need some help here", he did something 20        to us. He needed us,and we need to be needed. I believe we all do.

1. A. fed   B. bought   C. raised   D. touched

2. A. foot   B. chair   C. hand   D. desk

3. A. bird   B. creature   C. person   D. dog

4. A. caring for   B. looking for   

  C. depending on   D. focusing on

5. A. hospital   B. room   C. yard   D. hospital

6. A. turns   B. delight   C. pride   D. part

7. A. appealing   B. gathering   C. eating   D. talking

8. A. remained   B. appeared   C. proved   D. stayed

9. A. cut   B. repair   C. wash   D. smooth 

10 A. warm   B. accurate   C. right   D. free 

11.A. handled   B. healed   C. cured   D. treated 

12.A. settling down   B. thinking about   C. impressing on   D. heading for 13.A. fairly   B. rather   C. even   D. really 

14. A. receive   B. plan   C. propose   D. design 

15.A. declares   B. improves

   C. encourages   D. contributes

16. A. powerful   B. positive   C. mature   D. weak 

17. A. tradition   B. custom   C. culture   D. ceremony 

18.A. effect   B. result   C. guide   D. form 

19.A. and   B. but   C. for   D. or 

20.A. funny   B. important   C. annoying   D. depressing

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了每個人，即使是監(jiān)獄中的犯人，都渴望和珍惜表現(xiàn)善意的機(jī)會。對有需要的人或物表示關(guān)懷，是我們?nèi)祟悜?yīng)有的品格。

1. D根據(jù)下文的"It was amazing to feel him…"可知，作者二十年沒有觸摸貓或狗了。故選D項(xiàng)。touch觸摸;feed 喂;buy買;raise飼養(yǎng)。

2. C根據(jù)"feel him"可知此處應(yīng)選C項(xiàng)。用手摸貓，也就是貓在作者的手下。

3. B眾所周知，貓是一種生物 (creature) 。故選B項(xiàng)。

4. A根據(jù)上文的"…something as simple as my care.”可知此處選A項(xiàng)。care for關(guān)心，照顧;look for尋找;depend on依靠，依賴;focus on以……為焦點(diǎn)，集中于。

5. C根據(jù)第一段中的"When the dirty cat showed up in the prison yard…”以及下文的"...petting the cat"可知，一群犯人聚集在院子里。故選C項(xiàng)。

6. A從上文的"…a group of prisoners always gathered."" 可推知，愛撫貓是輪流進(jìn)行的。故選A項(xiàng)。take turns in doing sth輪流做某事;take delight in以... 為樂；take pride in以.. 為自豪；take part in參加。

7. D根據(jù)上文的"They stood around talking…"可知此處選D項(xiàng)。

8. B根據(jù)上文中的內(nèi)容"囚犯出現(xiàn)在院子中輪流撫摸著小貓"可知，他們對待小貓很好。由此可斷定，他們給小貓?zhí)峁┡Ｄ�、水以及面包。故選B項(xiàng)。appear出現(xiàn);remain 剩余，逗留；prove證明;stay停留，逗留，保持。

9. A根據(jù)上文的"small scissors"可知選A. 剪刀是用來剪東西的。 10. C從上文的內(nèi)容知，囚犯們對貓很好，由此可知人們說貓來對了地方。故選C項(xiàng)。accurate意為"準(zhǔn)確的，精確的"，強(qiáng)調(diào)正確無誤。而right強(qiáng)調(diào)"恰當(dāng)，正確"。 

11. D從上文的內(nèi)容看，囚犯對貓很好。此處指"貓像國王一樣被對待"。

treat like像對待...•••一樣。treat意為"對待"，還有"治療，款待"之意。

cure治愈;heal治愈，使恢復(fù)健康；handle處理，應(yīng)付。 

12. B根據(jù)最后一段的"However,a dirty cat disrupted (擾亂) this code of prison…"可知，作者觀看眼前的一切，正思考著貓為他們做著什么。故選B項(xiàng)。

think about 考慮;settle down安下心來，定居；impress on使牢記，給……留下印象；head for朝……方向走去。 

13. D根據(jù)上文的"Instead of…"可知，"我們"真正需要的是自我練習(xí)友好的機(jī)會。故選D項(xiàng)。

really真正地; fairly相當(dāng)?shù)?rather相當(dāng);even甚至。 

14. A根據(jù)下文的"but give it"可知，此處表示"不是接受"。故選A項(xiàng)。 

15. C根據(jù)上文的"Kindness is not a value that is encour?aged here."以及"Instead"可知選C項(xiàng)。

encourage鼓勵;declare宣布;improve改善;contribute捐款，貢獻(xiàn)。 

16. D 

17. C根據(jù)上一段中的"the culture here…"可知，此處表示"然而，一只臟貓擾亂了監(jiān)獄文化的法則"。故選C項(xiàng)。 

18. A此處考査固定短語。have an effect on…對……產(chǎn)生影響。 

19. B分析前后句可知，此處考查并列結(jié)構(gòu)not —but...，表示"不是……而是……"。句意：他沒有博十學(xué)位也不是心理學(xué)家，而是僅僅通過說，"我在這兒需要一些幫助"，做了一些對我們很重要的事情。故選B項(xiàng)。 

20. B根據(jù)下文的"He needed us,and we need to be nee-ded."可知，貓到達(dá)監(jiān)獄給包括作者在內(nèi)的囚犯們一種被需要的感覺。由此可知，貓對他們做出了重要的事情。

important重要的;funny可笑的，有趣的，滑稽的； annoying惱人的，討厭的；depressing令人沮喪的。