Question

When Debbie Parkhurst choked on a piece of apple at her Maryland home, her dog jumped in, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece of apple to pop out of her throat. Debbie Parkhurst’s husband, Kevin, was at his job at a Wilmington, Del., chemical firm when she took a midday break from jewelry and bit into an apple. When the Keesling family of Indiana were about to be overcome by carbon monoxide(CO), their cat clawed(抓) at wife Cathy’s hair until she woke up and called for help.

　　For their timely acts, Toby, a golden 2 1/2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a gray-eyed American shorthair, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Neither Parkhurst nor Keesling could explain their pets’ timely heroics,though Parkhurst suggested it might have been guided by God intervention(干預(yù)). “That’s what our veterinarian(獸醫(yī)) said,”she said. “He wasn’t making a joke; he’s very spiritual, and now I have to agree with him.” 

But both pets were themselves rescued in baby, Toby as a 4-week-old baby thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Keesling’s husband, Eric, had to feed her milk.

As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump spread carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie moved into rescue spot, the couple’s 14-year-old son, Michael, was already unconscious. “Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry noise,” Cathy Keesling said. “When I woke up I felt like a T-bar had hit me across the head.”

State police and officers responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.

1.We can know Debbie Parkhurst _________.

A．works in a Wilmington, Del.,chemical firm

B．was making jewelry when she had the accident

C．might have died but for her pet’s help

D．was unconscious when her pet found her

2.Both pet’s heroic acts most probably connected with _________.

A．God arrangements                      B．their being once helped

C．their sense of danger                    D．their veterinarians’ training

3.Why did Winnie try to wake Cathy Keesling up?

A．Because a T-bar was going to hit him.

B．Because he was hungry and wanted milk.

C．Because Debbie choked something in her throat.

D．Because there was danger in her house.

4.From the passage we can infer that _________.

A．if you love me love my animals

B．a(chǎn)ll pets are useful to people

C．we can’t never be too careful in our daily life

D．to help others sometimes can get reward

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了Cathy Keesling一家人曾經(jīng)救了一只小貓和小狗，而這兩只小寵物在危急時刻，又救了主人。

1.根據(jù)State police and officers responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house，故選C。

2.根據(jù)But both pets were themselves rescued in baby.故選B。

3.根據(jù)By the time Winnie moved into rescue spot, the couple’s 14-year-old son, Michael, was already unconscious. “Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry noise,” Cathy Keesling said. “When I woke up I felt like a T-bar had hit me across the head.可知Winnie想讓Cathy Keesling醒來的原因是房子里有危險，故選D。

4.這篇文章主要講了Cathy Keesling一家人曾經(jīng)救了小貓和小狗，而這兩只小寵物在危急時刻，又救了主人，故選D。

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