The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.
When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.
A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” the officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said the sppeadeotoned policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied the officer.
Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 8”x11” piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the interstate（州際公路） highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on the billboard for all to see.
“But how can people see it when they whiz（快速移動(dòng)） by on the interstate?” she asked. “Oh, don’t worry, ma’am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.” They told her it would cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month.
The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.
【小題1】How long has the cat been missing?

A．More than a month	B．More than two months
C．More than three months	D．It’s been back.

【小題2】Who did the old lady finally turn to for help?

A．A billboard company	B．The police
C．The phone company	D．The interstate telephone line

【小題3】How is the old lady like?

A．Stupid

B．Loving

C．Smart

D．Decisive(有決斷力的)

【小題4】The underlined word was mistyped（打錯(cuò)了）. But we can still guess it’s most probable meaning:____________.

A．a(chǎn)ngry

B．surprised

C．happy

D．excited

【小題5】What’s the best title for this passage?

A．An advertisement	B．A missing cat
C．A pet’s story	D．Life without cat

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1．I think there will be                       trees and more pollution．

2．Last week she                        my math book and didn't return it．

3．Everyone else in my class was invited                         me．

4．The boy was walking down the street                         the UFO landed．

5．In English, I am                            at reading than listening。

6．I said it would start a bad habit and she got really                at me．

7．If you become a Lion，you'll travel                      the world．

8．The report took a                          and put in the newspaper．

9．Kids won' go to school．They'll study                        on computers．

10．1 went to Shanghai and                       with it last year．

11．There are many famous predictions that never                          ．

12．Your clothes are                          and should buy some new ones．

13．I need to get some money to                       summer camp．

14．1 was sorry to hear that he                         last week．

15．Becoming a professional athlete might                        a dream job for manor young people．

Passage 1  Mobile Phone Madness

How much do you love your mobile phone? A Chinese student had to call 110 for help this week after he got his arm stuck in a toilet trying to rescue（援救） his mobile phone. After dropping his phone in the toilet, he decided to wrap（包，裹） his arm in newspaper in the hopes of keeping clean. But the newspapers became larger in size in the water, and then even his roommates couldn't help him pull his arm out. So policemen were called and they spent an hour unsticking the stuck student.

Passage 2  Crazy Pet Lovers

How much do you love your pets? Many people in China are famous for how much they love their pets. They dress them up in fashionable clothing and buy them high quality food. But would they spend 7,000 English pounds （68,000 yuan） on a wedding（婚禮） for their pets? And that's what a couple in Brazil spent on a fancy wedding for their pet Yorkshire terriers（ a kind of dog）.

Passage 3  Oh, rats!

When something goes wrong, you can often hear Westerners cry “Oh, rats”. But when it comes to Southern China, “Oh, rats!” can mean it's what you want for dinner. According to a report in China Daily, some restaurants in Guangzhou serve rat meat. But, actually, most of those rats are field mice. What would Mickey Mouse say?

Passage 4  Liar（說(shuō)謊者）, liar

Here's some news that most women already know. Men tell more lies than women. The London Daily Mail cites（引用） a new study that says men tell about three lies a day, while women tell only two lies a day. Men are also less likely to feel guilty about lying, according to this week's survey of 3,000 people by a research organization called One Poll. According to the Poll, lying to our mothers is very popular. But then, so is lying at work. And both men and women will lie when it comes to how much they've drunk. So how easy is it to tell when someone is lying?

1. Put the statements into the right order according to passage 1.

① They called policemen for help. 

② He dropped his mobile phone in the toilet.

③ His roommates tried to help him pull his arm out, but failed.

④ The newspapers expanded（膨脹） in the water, so he got his arm stuck.

⑤ He wrapped his arm in newspaper before trying to take out his phone from the toilet.

A．②⑤④③①      B．②④③⑤①         C．①⑤④②③            D．①②⑤④③

2. Why does the writer call the Brazilian couple “crazy pet lovers”?

A．They dress their pets up in fashionable clothing.

B．They buy their pets high quality food.

C．They spent ￥68,000 on a wedding for their pets.

D．They spent ￡7,000 in buying a pet.

3. If you say “oh, rats” in Guangzhou, it can mean that                    .

      A．something goes wrong                                B．you see some field mice

      C．you are a Mickey Mouse lover                     D．you’d like to have rat meat for dinner

4. According to the new study on lying, which of the following is not true?

A．Women tell less lies than men.

B．Women are more likely to feel guilty about lying.

C．Lying at work is more popular than lying to our mothers.

D．Neither men nor women want to tell the truth about how much they have drunk.

5. What is NOT mentioned?

      A．It is difficult to unstick the stuck student.

      B．The couple’s pets are Yorkshire terriers.

      C．People in China enjoy eating rat meat.

      D．3,000 people took part in the survey made by One Poll.

Passage 1  Mobile Phone Madness
How much do you love your mobile phone? A Chinese student had to call 110 for help this week after he got his arm stuck in a toilet trying to rescue(援救) his mobile phone. After dropping his phone in the toilet, he decided to wrap(包，裹) his arm in newspaper in the hopes of keeping clean. But the newspapers became larger in size in the water, and then even his roommates couldn't help him pull his arm out. So policemen were called and they spent an hour unsticking the stuck student.
Passage 2  Crazy Pet Lovers
How much do you love your pets? Many people in China are famous for how much they love their pets. They dress them up in fashionable clothing and buy them high quality food. But would they spend 7,000 English pounds (68,000 yuan) on a wedding(婚禮) for their pets? And that's what a couple in Brazil spent on a fancy wedding for their pet Yorkshire terriers( a kind of dog).
Passage 3  Oh, rats!
When something goes wrong, you can often hear Westerners cry “Oh, rats”. But when it comes to Southern China, “Oh, rats!” can mean it's what you want for dinner. According to a report in China Daily, some restaurants in Guangzhou serve rat meat. But, actually, most of those rats are field mice. What would Mickey Mouse say?
Passage 4  Liar(說(shuō)謊者), liar
Here's some news that most women already know. Men tell more lies than women. The London Daily Mail cites(引用) a new study that says men tell about three lies a day, while women tell only two lies a day. Men are also less likely to feel guilty about lying, according to this week's survey of 3,000 people by a research organization called One Poll. According to the Poll, lying to our mothers is very popular. But then, so is lying at work. And both men and women will lie when it comes to how much they've drunk. So how easy is it to tell when someone is lying?
【小題1】Put the statements into the right order according to passage 1.
① They called policemen for help. 
② He dropped his mobile phone in the toilet.
③ His roommates tried to help him pull his arm out, but failed.
④ The newspapers expanded(膨脹) in the water, so he got his arm stuck.
⑤ He wrapped his arm in newspaper before trying to take out his phone from the toilet.

A．②⑤④③①

B．②④③⑤①

C．①⑤④②③

D．①②⑤④③

【小題2】Why does the writer call the Brazilian couple “crazy pet lovers”?

A．They dress their pets up in fashionable clothing.

B．They buy their pets high quality food.

C．They spent ￥68,000 on a wedding for their pets.

D．They spent ￡7,000 in buying a pet.

【小題3】 If you say “oh, rats” in Guangzhou, it can mean that                    .

A．something goes wrong	B．you see some field mice
C．you are a Mickey Mouse lover	D．you’d like to have rat meat for dinner

【小題4】 According to the new study on lying, which of the following is not true?

A．Women tell less lies than men.

B．Women are more likely to feel guilty about lying.

C．Lying at work is more popular than lying to our mothers.

D．Neither men nor women want to tell the truth about how much they have drunk.

【小題5】What is NOT mentioned?

A．It is difficult to unstick the stuck student.

B．The couple’s pets are Yorkshire terriers.

C．People in China enjoy eating rat meat.

D．3,000 people took part in the survey made by One Poll.