Question

    When I was about ten years old, I spotted a mouse running across our living room floor. My four younger siblings（ 兄弟姐妹） heard me screaming 16 and joined me on the couch， 17 my father found us standing, yelling and pointing.

   Dad grabbed 18  and chased that mouse all over the place. We followed him in hot pursuit,  19  him on，“Get it, Dad. Get it!”

   Finally, the mouse was  20 , but when Dad pushed the broom into it, the mouse  21  a little squeal (尖叫). All  22  of us jumped our father. We  23  his arms and legs, “Don't hurt him. Let him go！”

   Dad dropped his head 24 .He pulled the broom away and the mouse scampered off(奔逃). “Run.” we yelled.

   My father looked at us like we'd turned into numskulls(傻瓜). He bought a trap the next day.

   Ray, my husband, and I live in the country. Our garage is kept free of field mice by our outdoor cat, Snickers. Her mother was a great mouser and 25 her baby well. I was in the garage one day, 26 a mouse ran across the floor. I 27. Snickers was sleeping, so I  28  her name to get her attention. She had the mouse  29  a nanosecond.

   Then…I heard 30 . “Let it go,” I yelled. When she refused, I ran into the house to 31 my husband to save it.

     I watched  32 a crack in the door as my husband donned (戴上) a pair of work gloves, took the mouse out of the cat's mouth, walked it out to the field. When he came back, he bent down to pet the cat and told her she was a good girl for 33  the mouse.

  Opening the door 34, I thanked him. Both my husband and the cat looked up at me. They had a 35 look on their faces. I'd seen that look before. It was the same one my father had on his face, all those years ago...

 

16. A .at the top of my lung		B .at the top of my voices
C. at the top of my lungs		D .at the top of the voice
17. A . that	B. which	C. when	D. where
18. A. a trap	B. a broom	C. a stick	D. a stool
19. A. cheering	B. urging	C. encouraging	D. calling
20. A. caught	B. cornered	C. beaten	D. killed
21. A. left out	B. let out	C. sent out	D. shouted out
22. A. five	B. four	C. three	D. six
23. A. pulled down	B. pulled away	C. pulled at	D. pulled off
24. A. in surprise	B. in disappointment	C. with pleasure	D. in defeat
25. A. taught	B. fed	C. trained	D. educated
26. A. while	B. as	C. when	D. until
27. A screamed	B. escaped	C. froze	D. stood
28. A. called	B. shouted	C. screamed	D. whispered
29. A. in	B. after	C. with	D. for
30. A. the cry	B. the shout	C. the scream	D. the squeal
31. A. have	B. let	C. get	D. make
32. A. through	B. into	C. across	D. cross
33. A. saving	B. catching	C. helping	D. killing
34. A. in the way	B. on the way	C. all the way	D. by the way
35. A. disappointed	B. surprised	C. familiar	D. puzzled

Answer 1

16. C

解析：at the top of one's lungs  意为用最大的声音，声嘶力竭地；at the top of one's voice 意为大声（喊叫. 唱歌）。

17.  D

解析：   where引导非限制性定语从句修饰前面的on the couch.

18.  B 

解析：从下文可知父亲拿起一把扫帚。

19.  A 

解析：cheer sb on 为某人加油，为某人鼓劲。而urge sb on 激励某人。

20. B

解析：父亲满屋追逐，终于将老鼠逼入角落，无法逃脱。corner,此处为动词，意为将.....逼入角落，使......陷入困境。

21. B 

解析：let out a squeal 发出尖叫声，send out 发出（某物）shout out 大声喊出leave out 遗漏

22. A 

解析：作者加上兄弟姐妹4人，总共5人。

23. C 

解析：pull at 抓住并不断拉扯；pull away开走 ；pull down 拆掉；pull off 驶离大路进入小路。

24.

解析：D 父亲在五个孩子的央求下失败地低下头，放了老鼠。

25. A 

解析：作者的猫Snickers 善于捉鼠，Snickers的妈妈是捕鼠好手，故它把自己的孩子教的很好。train与educate 不恰当。

26. C 

解析：be doing......when......正在做......这时....

27. C 

解析：froze是freeze的过去式，意为愣住. 吓住。

28.  D

解析：作者小声呼唤Snickers,以引起它的注意，又不能惊跑老鼠。

29. A 

解析：in a nanosecond 一瞬间，说明猫捉鼠之快。

30. D

解析：由上文可知，这只老鼠也像作者童年时代遭遇到的那只发出尖叫声“the squeal”.

31. C

解析：只有get 一词可用于get sb to do,让某人做某事。

32. A

解析：作者通过门上的裂缝观察丈夫救老鼠。

33. A

解析：作者的丈夫夸奖猫捉到了老鼠。

34. C

解析： All the way 无保留地. 无限制地，此处指作者把门完全敞开，感谢丈夫放了老鼠。

35. C

解析：作者的丈夫和猫的脸上有着和父亲当年相同的表情，那种表情作者很熟悉。