They say that cats have nine lives but our lazy old cat,PJ,had concurrent(并存的)lives and identities. He became well-known for sleeping around the neighbourhood and used to nap in the spare bedroom of elderly couple who lived three doors up from us.While I wasn’t always aware of all his liaisons, it didn’t matter as long as he always came home at mealtimes.
One day we noticed he had gained weight. We guessed he was enjoying snacks at the local takeaway shop bins and so we began to reduce the amount of his food. He didn’t seem to notice.
Some months later. we invited some new neighbours in for drinks. Not long into the evening, our new neighbor saw PJ sitting proudly on the window ledge. “You’ve got my cat!” She exclaimed, laughing.
We let her down gently, and learnt that at their house, PJ was known as Tiger. Thanks to them, he’d been receiving the royal treatment, including removing small insects from his body by spraying medicine. PJ continued living with us until a new cat and a new dog finally tested his patience. He walked out and was missing for ten days before my husband spotted him near his work. He brought our wandering cat home, but it was clear that PJ wasn’t happy. After shouting at him angrily, I let him out and he never returned.
A few months later, our new neighbour told us she’d seen PJ. It seems that an elderly neighbour had welcomed him into her home, and since taking up residence he’d doubled in size and been given his own sitting – room chair to lie. The two had become very fond of each other, ever since he’d followed her home. What a smart cat.
小題1:By exclaiming “You’ve got my cat,” the neighbour implied that           .
A．she admitted the eat belonged to that author
B．the author had stolen the lovely eat PJ
C．she was surprised at seeing the cat there
D．she was very angry with the author
小題2:What does the underlined word “He” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to?
A．The cat PJB．the author’s husband
C．a(chǎn) new neighbourD．a(chǎn) neighbour’s husband
小題3:It can be inferred from the passage that           .
A．the cat had visited all the neighbours before leaving
B．the author found the cat had gained some weight
C．The author couldn’t provide the cat with medical care
D．the neighbours loved the cat PJ very much

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D

試題分析：人說貓有九命，但是我們家的老懶貓PJ可是以不同的身份住在多家。他喜歡到鄰居家睡覺，我們沒在意，他不怎么吃飯了，我們也沒多想。 后來發(fā)現(xiàn)貓?jiān)卩従蛹液苁軐檺邸．?dāng)它發(fā)現(xiàn)自己不受歡迎時(shí)，于是毅然離開并另覓新主，還過得很愜意。
小題1:推理判斷題。第四段的第一、二句和全文，PJ在鄰居家被照顧的很好還有個(gè)名字tiger，當(dāng)鄰居在我家看到PJ時(shí)，自然很驚訝。由此判斷選C。
小題2:詞意猜測(cè)題。畫線詞后的句子意為：他走出去然后十天后在我丈夫工作的地方發(fā)現(xiàn)了他。據(jù)此判斷，he 指的是貓，選A。
小題3:推理判斷題。全文介紹了我家的貓得到了鄰居的照顧。包括喂食、去掉身上的蟲子到最后和一位老鄰居相依為命。所以選D。
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