Question

My cat Posy．a tortoiseshell tabby,lives with my family in a house in London,England．Like most cats,Posy is never pleased to see another cat on her territory－or anywhere,for that matter．Whenever she encounters a cat-like fellow．her hair stands on end,and she begins to hiss．In extreme cases,she sets up a yowling that warns the whole neighborhood． 　　Though she may be a proud defender of her territory,there is a reason why my dad has always referred to her as“a cat of very little brain”．One day my mum came home with a purchase she was delighted with－a large tea cozy in the shape of a cat,with all the cat features,from ears to tail,drawn in．Naturally,When teatime roiled around the next afternoon,out came the new tea cozy to keep the pot warm．It received a lot of admiration from the rest of the family because it had the Iook of a real cat．This cat looked almost like a king sitting there,guarding the pot,with a half-smile on his cloth face．Suddenly,a slight sound emerged over the clink of teaspoons on china－a slow,Steady hiss I turned around to see Posy behind me in the kitchen doorway,hair standing on end,ears laid back,staring straight at the tea cozy The tea cozy stared back．Posy edged nearer with suspicion,as her eyes narrowed,while she sent Out more hissing sounds as she sized up her rival－a rival who'd not only managed to get INTO her house but was now 0N her table．And here was the family doing nothing about it． 　　Needless to say,we had almost fallen off our chairs laughing by this time we couldn'tbelieve she actually thought the tea cozy was a real cat! Luckily,Posy stopped short of jumping on the unexpected rival．Eventually we took pity on her,lifted the cozy off the pot and finally convinced her that,the presence of this particular cat on her territory was no good reason to cause fur to fly． (1) Posy begins to hiss ________ [　　] A． whenever she sees a tortoise on her territory B． whenever she sees another cat on her territory C． whenever she sees a teapot at home D． whenever she meets the family members at home- (2) It can be learned from the passage that________． [　　] A． Posy is loyal to my dad B． it isn't difficult to read the facial expression of the tea cozy C． nobody gets along well with Posy except my mum D． my mum has been buying something like a cat to protect the pot from being broken (3) “Posy stopped short of jumping on the unexpected rival”in the last paragraph means ________ [　　] A． Posy couldn't launch a successful attack on her rival B． Posy didn't have the ability to attack her rival C． Posy decided not to attack her rival D． Posy's rival is not alive (4) The best title for this story is ________ [　　] A． Posy,The Stupid Cat B． Posy,The Cat of Little Brain C． Posy,The Tortoiseshell Tabby D． Posy,The Proud Territory Defender

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．B;3．C;4．D;
解析：

(1)	直接事实题。从第一段的第二行和第三行“Posy is never pleased to see another cat on her territory．”可以看出。
(2)	推断题。从第二段第七行“a half-smile on his cloth time”和该段的倒数第四行“the tea cozy stared back”可以看出。
(3)	理解句意题。stop short of doing sth．意思是：差点儿散某事。
(4)	主旨大意题。从全文可以看出。