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11．A cat is recovering in California after surviving a 6，500-mile journey across the Pacific stowed inside a Chinese shipping container without food or water．Staff and volunteers have named it"Ni Hao，"which is Chinese for"hello．"
It was discovered breathing shallowly after a two-week trip across the Pacific Ocean．The cat was seriously suffering from loss of water and starvation when the container was opened in California last week，but was said to be doing well after being sent to the Carson Animal Care Center in Los Angeles．At first it was too weak to stand，but finally took its first steps．Then it ate a good meal and slept soundly．The cat woke up Thursday morning，physically in a better condition than 24 hours ago．
"Ni Hao greeted the medical team with its first miaow this morning and is attempting to stand，"said Marcia Mayeda，head of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control．Aaron Reyes，director of the Department，added："We finally got to hear its voice．It sounds like a single-engine plane．"
Ni Hao is expected to be observed for 60 days but afterwards animal workers will look forward to providing it with a good shelter．"It's much better for it to recover in a home environment，"Mr Reyes said．"It's just like a human being in a hospital so we're hoping to move it．"He added："Little by little we're getting there．We're hoping that under the treatment and with rest，it'll be able to recover quickly．''
It was not immediately clear how the cat got into the container．
56．The underlined word"stowed"in Paragraph 1 probably means"D"．
A．packed               
B．driven                                      
C．raised                      
D．hidden
57．The container to California started on its journeyC．
A.60 days ago              
B．one month ago              
C.2 weeks ago                 
D.24 hours ago
58．The cat is likely to be taken care of by         in the future．C
A．a medical team  
B．animal workers                     
C．a caring family             
D．an animal shelter．

Answer 1

分析 这是一个有关猫的故事．一只猫藏在船中横越太平洋，在两周的行程中，它不吃不喝，竟然奇迹般地活了下来．被救后它得到了细心的照料．

解答 56    D    猜测词义题．  根据第二段的第一句的discovered breathing shallowly after a two-week trip可知，Ni Hao之所以两周之后才被发现，是因为它藏身于一个隐秘之处．57    C  细节题．  根据第二段的第一句的after a two-week trip across the Pacific Ocean可知，驶往加利福尼亚的这艘船是在两个星期之前出发的．
58     C   细节题． 根据最后一段的第二句的a home environment和in a hospital so we're hoping to move it可知Ni Hao很有可能会被送到护理动物的动物之家，所以答案选择C项．

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