Question

My cat Toto is aging，and as she ages，her body is failing her．Mentally，she seems sharp，but after nearly sixteen years，Toto’s hips are causing her obvious trouble．In fact，they make it so that she can’t use a litter box effectively．She tries to squat（蹲坐），but mostly she just pisses（撒尿）out the back end of the box．
I spent the summer working with my vet to find things to help Toto，but nothing works．Since we can’t stand the smell of cat urine in the house，two weeks ago I took drastic measures．I banished Toto outside．（She gets to come in while I work，but I put her out for 80％of the day and night．）
Because Toto now lives outside，she eats and drinks outside．I’ ve set up a heating pad on the porch．a(chǎn)nd given her own food and water area nearby．She seems perfectly content with this arrangement except when she’s out of food，or she wants to be petted．
Strangely enough，she’s been out of food a lot lately．“I think another cat is eating Toto’s food．”I told Kris when I first noticed how quickly she was going through her bowl．
“Actually，”I said a couple of days later，“maybe it’s a dog．Whoever is eating Toto’s food keeps knocking the bowl over．”
But a few days after that，I realized that the food thief probably wasn’t even a dog．Whatever the critter（動(dòng)物）was，it was messy．  Every morning，Toto’s water dish was filled with mud．The food bowl was tipped over and the porch scattered with mud and debris（殘?jiān)�）．“I’ ll bet it’s a coon（浣熊），”I told Kris．Though we live in a residential neighborhood not far from Portland，we’ ve seen plenty of raccoons in the six years since we moved in．
Today I got to see the cat－food thievery first－h(huán)and．Turns out it’s not one raccoon－it’s a family of four．I was lucky enough to have my camera handy as they performed their daring raid：My favorite part of this video is how Toto simply sits on her heating pad and watches the raccoons eat her food．She isn’t bothered at all．
小題1:Which of the following about Toto is true?

A．She is physically sharp．

B．She is at least sixteen years old．

C．She can’t use a litter box properly．

D．She stays outside all the while recently．

小題2:The underlined part in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to________．

A．drove away or forced somebody or something to leave

B．put away or stored something

C．protected somebody or something from being harmed

D．threw something away

小題3:What does the writer like most about what he filmed?

A．How Toto fought against the raccoons．

B．A family of raccoons stole the food together．

C．Toto’s casual attitude toward the raccoons．

D．How the raccoons made the writer’s porch dirty．

小題4:What would be the best title of the passage?

A．My Aged Cat	B．A Banished Cat
C．An Unforgettable Experience	D．The Raccoons on My Porch

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：
作者的貓因年老而發(fā)生行動(dòng)障礙，總是弄臟供其小便用的盒子，弄得屋內(nèi)滿是尿味。于是作者多數(shù)時(shí)間將它關(guān)在室外的門廊里。后來發(fā)現(xiàn)它的食物經(jīng)常不見，作者頗費(fèi)周折，最終確定原來是被一群浣熊吃了。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。由第一段Mentally，she seems sharp，but after nearly sixteen years，Toto’s hips are causing her obvious trouble 一句可知，這貓接近16歲，腦子依然敏銳，排除A,B兩項(xiàng)。根據(jù)she can’t use a litter box effectively 一句可知，貓不能正確使用litter box. 第二段but I put her out for 80％of the day and night．一句表明，貓并非整天被關(guān)在室外，排除D項(xiàng)。故C項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:詞義推斷題。第二段I banished Toto outside．（She gets to come in while I work，but I put her out for 80％of the day and night．）一句中，outside 與out表明是將貓趕出房間。B項(xiàng)的put away意為“收藏起來”；C項(xiàng)protect意為“保護(hù)”；D項(xiàng)throw sth away意為“扔掉”；均與文章不符。故A項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。由最后一段My favorite part of this video is how Toto simply sits on her heating pad and watches the raccoons eat her food 一句可知，視頻中作者最喜愛的部分是那只貓對待浣熊一家搶食所表現(xiàn)出來的漫不經(jīng)心的態(tài)度。故C項(xiàng)正確。
小題4:主旨大意題。全文從發(fā)現(xiàn)貓食不見開始，花費(fèi)主要篇幅描述查找偷食者的過程：起初以為是另一只貓，后來判斷是一只狗，最后斷定是浣熊，而結(jié)果卻是一群浣熊。寫貓只是為后面的偷食事件做鋪墊。故選擇D項(xiàng)。