单选题 I admit I am a complete fool about cats, who, for some reason I don't understand, fail to return my admiration. I will wait minutes for cars to pass so that I can cross the road to address a black and white cat at ease in sunshine on a low wall, either to watch the tip of a frightened tail disappear under a neighboring gate or to be met with the most violent cat curses or, while my hand moves gently over the smooth shining fur, to be bitten or scratched or attacked in both ways at the same time. It makes no difference: I continue my journey with my respect increased. After all, the wisest men of one of the oldest civilizations worshipped the noble cat so why should I be ashamed of following their example?
I have sometimes stayed long enough in one place to be owned by a cat and it is on those occasions that I at last feel sympathy with parents who cannot control their children. I have the firmest belief in discipline, especially for the cat who adopts me and is kind enough to allow me to share her home and provide her with food. She will have a comfortable basket and not sit on any furniture; she will come when called or have no supper; and she will at all times behave towards me with the respect I show towards her. And then what happens? She refuses even to consider the basket, and, as soon as my back is turned, settles on my favorite chair, daring me to move her on my return. At some unexpected moment after I have sat down, she springs suddenly on to my knees and delightedly ruins my stockings with her claws, complaining angrily, even painfully with the sharpest of teeth, if I bend down to pick something up. I dare not rise to change the television program, however much I dislike it, and she watches dreamily the moving shadows on the screen. She comes not to my call, but when she is ready, hours later, and I am so relieved to see her that her supper is increased in amount. When put out at night (with fierce disapproval) she waits till I am asleep and then cries noisily at my bedroom to come in. An hour later she cries even more noisily at the bedroom door to be let out again.
If I go away on holiday, a neighbor feeds her, who reports on my return on her sweetness, her obedience and perfect behavior. I am the only one that she delights in defying.
Dogs are pleasant animals, friendly, faithful and intelligent. Dogs have proper respect for the human race. You know where you are with a dog; never with a cat, who will be selfish, vain, ungrateful and quite unreasonable. But that's just it. Who wants to know where he is with any living thing? It is the free, the strange creature of grace and beauty, the independent and unknown, that attracts, not the worthy, respectful, dependable slave.

单选题 What conditions does the writer make when she gives a cat a home?

A. She expects the cat to obey her.
B. The cat must observe a few necessary rules.
C. The cat must accept the writer's authority.
D. The cat will stay only if she behaves herself.

单选题 One example of the cat's refusal to do as she is told is

A. her dislike of her basket.
B. her attacks on the writer's clothes.
C. her attacks on the writer when the latter tries to move.
D. her settling comfortably on furniture.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查推理判断。该题问的是猫拒绝按照主人的命令行事，在文章中的表现是什么。四个选项在文章第二段中都有所提及，选项 [B]与[C]在第二段中间，主人坐下后，猫便开始用爪子抓她的袜子，主人在弯腰拣东西时，猫就恨恨地咬她。这并非猫对主人的命令做出的反应，而是对主人的行为做出的反应，故应排除。而选项[A]只是提出猫不喜欢呆在篮子中，并未有任何实际表现，也应排除。所以选项[D]为正确答案。而且第二段文章中提出，作者希望猫“will have a comfortable basket and not sit on any furniture”(呆在篮子中而不是其它家具上)，但是猫却“as soon as my back is turned，settles on my favorite chair”(在主人一转身的情况下跳到主人的椅子上)。这一行为明显与主人的意志相违背，所以选项[D]是猫拒绝按照主人的命令行事的一种行为表现，故选项[D]是正确答案。

单选题 What happens about the cat's evening meal?

A. She gets more food because she is more hungry when she comes home late.
B. She gets less food because she has not answered the writer's call.
C. She gets more food for having come home.
D. She gets extra food because the writer can stop worrying.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查细节。该题答案也在第二段中：“She comes not to my call，but when she is ready，hours later，and I am so relieved to see her that her supper is increased in amount．”说明猫并不是在主人的召唤下按时吃食的，而是在几个小时后，回到家中，感到饿了才要吃食的。由此可见，猫吃不吃食只与自己饿不饿有关，而不受主人的主观意志支配，同时文章中又指出，当作者看到猫的食量增加了，才把一颗悬着的心放了下来。可见主人的情感变化是以猫吃不吃食以及吃的多与少为动因的，所以主人的情感即使与猫有关也是被动的，并不对猫产生影响。因此选项[B]，[C]，[D]都应当排除。选项[A]为正确答案。

单选题 What happens before the writer goes to bed?

A. The cat is carried out complaining bitterly.
B. She walks out intensely angry.
C. She keeps trying to come straight in again.
D. Once outside she starts making a noise so that she is readmitted.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查细节。该题是问作者在睡觉之前会有什么事情发生。文章第二段倒数第二行“When put out at night(with fierce disapproval) she waits till I am asleep and then cries noisily at my bedroom to come in”指出虽然猫极不愿意，作者还是要在睡觉之前要把猫放出去。这正是该题的答案，即选项[A]。选项[B]，[C]中“She”指代不明，易使读者误认为是作者本人；而[D]项前后两个“she”也属于指代不明，易使读者造成混淆，而且该项所指事情是在作者睡觉之后发生的，故均应排除。

单选题 What is the writer's feeling for cats?

A. She gives them unreturned worship.
B. They are a combination of annoyance and intense admiration.
C. She is quite fond of them.
D. She is ashamed of being their slave.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查推理判断。在文章最后一段话中，作者认为猫之所以吸引她正是因为猫所特有的捉摸不定、自由自在的天性以及它那与生俱来的高傲与美丽。因此可知，作者对猫是喜爱的。但在第二段作者用大量笔墨描写了猫的不驯服与狡猾、表现出她对猫的“亦爱亦恨、无可奈何”的复杂感情，就象“父母对淘气的孩子”一样“无所适从”。由此可知，作者对猫的感情不是单纯的喜欢与否，而是在喜欢它的同时又夹杂着一些无奈与懊恼，即选项[B]为正确答案。