13. A. terrible　　　　 B. uncomfortable　 C. unusual　　　　　 D. bad

析：C. 她感到家里有点“反常”(unusual)。

12. A. lonely　　　　　 B. alone　　　　　 C. away　　　　　　 D. busily

析：B. 从全文看，Mrs Clarke 是独自一人住。

11. A. by　　　　　　 B. to　　　　　　 C. with　　　　　　 D. for

析：D. 俱乐部对于孤独老人来说是一种消磨时光的好方法。

4. Which of the following is TRUE？

A. People buy animal food only at the animal food stores.　 B. Pets eat better than people.

C. Almost every family has a birdcage in his house.

D. Any bird can come to the bird feeders to eat.

析：D. 文章第一段提到每个家庭的花园里都为飞鸟设置了喂食处。

完形填空

On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clarke locked the door and went to the women's club as usual. It was a pleasant way of passing time　 11　 an old woman who lived　 12　 .

When she came home she sensed something　 13 . Had someone got in? The back door and the windows were all locked and there was no　 14 of forced entry (进入). Had anything been taken? She went from room to room,　 15　 , and found her camera and spare watch missing.(发现她的相机和备用手表不见了)

The following Thursday she went out at her usual time, but didn't go to the club. 16　 , she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home,　 17　 herself in through the back door. She settled down to wait and see (静下心来等着看) what would　 18　 .

It was 4 o'clock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs Clarke was　 19　 tea at the time. The bell rang again, and　 20　 she heard her letterbox being pushed open. 11 the kettle (壶) of boiling water, she moved quietly　 22　 the door. A piece of wire (金属丝) appeared through the letter-box, and then a　 23　 . The wire turned and caught around the knob (圆形旋钮) on the door-lock. Mrs Clarke raised the kettle and　 24　 the water over the hand.　 25　 was heard outside as the　 26　 fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back, which was　 27　 by the sound of running feet.

It wasn't long　 28　 the police caught the thief. And Mrs Clarke was greatly　 29　 at the club for her successful　 30　 .

析：本文讲述Mrs Clarke在发现家中被盗后采取的对策，以及她惩治小偷的经过。

3. In Canada, children leave their parents when they grow up because ____.

A. they don't love their parents any more B. they can only find jobs far from their parents

C. their parents' houses are too small　　 D. they wouldn't depend on their parents any more

析： D. 根据文章第二段第三句“When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life.”可以得出答案。

2. They give their pets injections before keeping them at their houses because ____.

A. the pets are sick　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the pets are wild

C. they want to stop them from getting sick　　 D. they want them to sleep on the way home

析：C. 第一段提到“...they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections so that they won't carry disease.”，从中可以得出答案。

1. The passage mainly talks about____ .

　　　 A. how to keep disease from pets　　　 B. pets in Canada

C. how to take good care of pets　　　 D. life of the old in Canada

析：B. 其他三个选项比较片面。

3. On the third day, the blind man____ .

A. accepted Julia's fifty cents quite happily

B. noticed that Julia had only given him fifty cents

C. refused Julia's fifty cents　　　　　　　 D. also received one dollar from Julia

析：B. 乞丐注意到Julia只给了平时的一半时很不高兴，但并没有拒绝。

C

　　　 In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections(注射)so that they won't carry disease. They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people's houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a feeding place for birds in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. (他们有一项不准捕杀野生动物的法律。)If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.(如果动物不巧被车轧了，人们就会很伤心。英语中被动语态除常用“be +过去分词”构成外，还可用“get + 过去分词 ”结构。这种结构多用在口语中，强调动作的结果。 get paid 得到报酬 ，get hurt 受伤，get lost 迷路，get punished 受罚。如：①I got caught for speeding. 我因超速而被抓住。②Some glasses got broken when we were moving. 我们搬家的时候，有些玻璃杯被打碎了。注意在这种结构中，动作执行者(即by短语)一般不表示出来。)

　　　 People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be that their family ties are not as close as ours.(原因之一可能是他们的家庭不像我们这样联系密切。) When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely, but pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.

析：本文主要讲述了加拿大人喜欢动物且注意保护动物。

2. On the first two days, ____.

A. the blind man waited for Julia　　　　　　 B. Julia gave the blind man some money

C. the blind man demanded money from Julia　 D. Julia gave him nothing

析：B. 从文中可以看出是Julia因为同情那个乞丐而主动给钱的。

1. Where was the beggar sitting?

A. Between Julia's hotel and the market.　　 B. In the busiest part of the city.

C. Outside the shops.　　　　　　　　　 D. In the market.

析：A. 从第二段第一句“...as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar.”中可得出答案。