From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition
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To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful dog, I hardly need to take the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable. There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of the person who has had frequent occasions to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
I married early, and was happy to find in my wife a disposition not uncongenial with my own. Observing my partiality for domestic pets, she lost no opportunity of procuring those of the most agreeable kind. We had birds, gold-fish, a fine dog, rabbits, a small monkey, and a cat. This latter was a remarkably large and beautiful animal, entirely black, and sagacious to an astonishing degree. In speaking of his intelligence, my wife, who at heart was not a little tinctured with superstition, made frequent allusion of the ancient popular notion, which regarded all black cats as witches in disguise. Not that she was ever serious about this pointand I mention the matter at all for no better reason than that it happens, just now, to be remembered.
Pluto一this was the cat’s name was my favorite pet and playmate. I alone fed him,and he attended me wherever I went about the house. It was even with difficulty that I could prevent him from following me through the streets. Our friendship lasted, in this manner,for several years, during which my general temperament and character through the instrumentality of the Fiend Intemperance had (I blush to confess it) experienced a radical alteration for the worse. I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others. I suffered myself to use intemperate language with my wife. At length, I was even violent with her. My pets, of course, were made to feel the change in my disposition. I not only neglected, but ill-used them. For Pluto, however, I still retained sufficient regard to restrain me from maltreating him, as I made no scruple of maltreating the rabbits, the monkey, or even the dog, when by accident, or through affection, they came in my way.
But my disease grew upon me, and at length even Pluto, who was now becoming old,and consequently somewhat peevish even Pluto began to experience the effects of my ill temper. One night, returning home, much intoxicated, from one of my haunts about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence. I seized him; when, in his fright at any violence, he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth.
單選題第1題The author of the passage is ______.
A.a jester
B.a pet lover
C.a short-story thriller
D.a pet shopper
參考答案：B
答案解析：推斷題。從第1段第3句可知，作者尤其喜歡動物，其父母也放任他養(yǎng)了許多寵物，故正確答案為B （一名寵物愛好者） 。
單選題第2題______ is similar in meaning to the underlined part in Paragraph 1.
A.The person who is the laughing stock among his friends
B.Someone who enjoys making fun of his friends
C.The boy who is spoiled by his parents with pets
D.A sentimental person who feels deeply homesick
參考答案：A
答案解析：語義題。在原文中， make me the jest of my companions意為“讓我成為同伴們嘲笑的對象”，故正確答案為A （受朋友嘲笑的人） 。 B （喜歡跟朋友開玩笑的人）與原文意思正好相反，不符合題意。
單選題第3題The author married a woman ______.
A.who was a gossamer fidelity to him
B.who lost no opportunity to make fun of him
C.whose disposition was similar to him
D.whose duty was to cherish the family pets
參考答案：C
答案解析：細節(jié)題。根據題干關鍵詞定位第3段第1句，作者很高興發(fā)現(xiàn)妻子與其志趣相投。故正確答案為C （她的性格和他相近） 。事實上，當考生看到happy這個詞時，便可以猜到作者的妻子與其志趣相投了，否則也不會“高興”了。
單選題第4題When talking about the black cat, the author's wife ______.
A.got excited to an astonishing degree
B.regarded it as a beautiful animal
C.was silly with her ancient notions
D.cherished superstitious beliefs
參考答案：D
答案解析：細節(jié)題。根據題干信息定位第3段第4句，可知作者的妻子不斷提及古代流行的說法，即黑貓是偽裝的女巫。由此可見她還是很相信這種說法的，故正確答案為D（相信迷信） 。
單選題第5題Which of the following statements is NOT true ?
A.Pluto was the name of the cat.
B.Pluto was the author’s favorite pet.
C.The whole family were fond of the cat and fed him.
D.The friendship between the author and the cat lasted for years.
參考答案：C
答案解析：推斷題。根據選項定位第4段，仔細比對后，可知C與原文不符，因為第2句講到這只貓由作者自己一人喂食，故正確答案為C （全家人都喜歡它，并給它喂食） 。
單選題第6題The phrase “regardless of” underlined in Paragraph 4 most nearly means ______.
A.indifferent to
B.irregular toward
C.indignant at
D.irreverent toward
參考答案：A
答案解析：語義題。 A意為“漠不關心的”， B意為″不規(guī)則的”， C意為〃憤怒的”， D意為“不敬的” 。 regardless of意為“不管，不顧”， A的語義與其最接近，故為正確答案。
單選題第7題The sentence”I not only neglected，but ill-used them” underlined in Paragraph 4 most directly contradicts the author’s ______.
A.partiality for domestic pets
B.dislike of a faithful sagacious dog
C.dislike of his wife’s superstition
D.being indulged by his parents
參考答案：A
答案解析：推斷題。從第1段可知，作者是個寵物愛好者，但在第4段，作者講到他的性格大變，脾氣暴躁。畫線句意為“我不僅忽視，而且虐待寵物” �？梢娮髡邔櫸锏膽B(tài)度發(fā)生了翻天覆地的變化。 contradict意為“與……相矛盾”，故正確答案為A （對寵物的喜愛） 。
單選題第8題When he grew more irritable, the author still kept in control and did NOT mistreat ______.
A.his dog
B.his monkey
C.his rabbits
D.his cat
參考答案：D
答案解析：推斷題。第6段最后一句表明，對于Pluto，作者還保留著足夠的尊重，從而克制自已，不去虐待它，故正確答案為D。
單選題第9題In context,the word "consequently" underlined in Paragraph 5 most closely means ______.
A.habitually
B.as a result
C.appropriately
D.incorrectly
參考答案：B
答案解析：語義題。 consequently意為“因此，因而”，只有B與其語義相同，故為正確答案。
單選題第10題The general tone of the passage is of.
A.concern
B.righteous aloofness
C.humor
D.self-possessed indignation
參考答案：C
答案解析：語氣題。本文作者對自己從一名寵物愛好者到一名寵物虐待者的轉變進行了描述，語言輕 松、談諧，故正確答案為C （幽默） 。
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