“You'll have to take care of the baby today,”a woman told her husband. "I'm not feeling well." "Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear" her husband said. "I'll be pleased to look after our baby." "By the way, shall I do the shopping for you as well? " her husband asked.

　　　 The woman was very glad and said, "That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy"　 She wrote out the list and gave it to him.

　　　　 The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things and looked for those that were on his list.

　　 At first everything was OK, but then the baby began to cry. Then he started to scream. And scream! And SCREAM!

　　 “Keep calm, George,” the man said. “Don’t get excited. Don’t shout, George. Don’t lose your temper, George.”

　　　 A woman in the supermarket heard him saying so. She walked up to him.

　　　 “I think you are wonderful,” she said. “You are so patient with your little George.”

　　 “Madam,” the man said, “I’m George. He’s Edward.”

36.The man took care of the baby instead because his wife was ________ 　　 .

A. ill　　　 B. busy　　　　 C. pretty. D.angry

37.The baby cried so hard ________ 　　 .

A. at home　　　　 B. in the supermarket　　 C. in the street D. in the city.

38.When the baby was crying, the father kept taking to ________ for relaxing.

A. his baby　　　　　　　 B. the woman　　　　　　　 C. himself

39. The underlined sentence “Don’t lose your temper.” in this passage means“______　 ”.

A. calm down　　　　 B. shut up　　　 C. walk on

40. The baby’s name is ______　　　 .

A. George　　　　 B. Edward　　　　　 C. Scream

Something was crying outside. So I went out to see what was happening. A big cat sat by the door. It must run for a long time as it looked tired and dirty. I let it in my house and took out some food; this poor cat ate all, but still looked starving…, so I got my own cats’ fish, and the cat ate that too!

My five-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter were interested in the cat. They bathed (给……洗澡) it and fed it more food. They wanted to keep it. But I didn’t agree. It was not because I didn’t love it. We already had 2 cats and 2 dogs and our house was not big enough to keep more. Another reason was that I thought maybe it got lost. And its owner (主人) must be worried about it. Then I posted notices all over the town in the hope of finding its home. I also bought an ad (广告)time on a radio station. Three weeks passed, but there was no response (答复).

Finally, I decided to keep the cat. Our house was small, but I would take good care of it as possible as I could.??

1.What did the cat look like when it came to the writer’s home?

A. Tired but beautiful.??????????????? B. Cute and clean.

C. Dirty but lovely.?????????????????? D. Tired and dirty.

2.Why didn’t the writer agree to keep the cat?

A.? The children liked to hit the cat.????????? B. The cat was too small.

C. He wanted to help the cat find its owner.? D. He didn’t like it.

3.What does the underlined word“starving”mean in Chinese？

A.? 饥饿的????????? B. 忧郁的???????? C. 恐惧的???????? D.沮丧的

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. At last, the writer had three cats and two dogs.

B. The writer’s house was too small to keep the cat.

C. The writer’s daughter is three years younger than his son.

D. The writer tried hard to find the cat’s home.

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Why the writer didn’t want to keep cats any more.

B. How the writer found a cat and raised 饲养 it.

C. How the writer’s family looked after a cat.

D. What the writer did to find the cat’s owner.

We'll take care of your child when you are out.

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　　A. look at　　   B. look after

　　C. have a look   D. look for