Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love.
The combination of these things combined with a life spent outside had their effect on Ugly. To start with, he had only one eye and where the other should have been was a gaping hole. He was also missing his ear on the same side, his left foot appeared to have been badly broken at one time, and had healed at an unnatural angle, making him look like he was always turning the corner. His tail has long ago been lost, leaving only the smallest stub, which he would constantly jerk and twitch.
Ugly would have been a dark grey tabby, striped-type, except for the sores covering his head, neck, even his shoulders with thick, yellowing scabs. Every time someone saw Ugly there was the same reaction. "That's one UGLY cat!!"
All the children were warned not to touch him, the adults threw rocks at him, hosed him down, squirted him when he tried to come in their home or shut his paws in the door when he would not leave. Ugly always had the same reaction. If you turned the hose on him, he would stand there, getting soaked（浸濕）until you gave up and quit. If you threw things at him, he would curl his lanky body around feet in forgiveness.
Whenever he spied children, he would come running, meowing frantically and bump his head against their hand begging for their love. If you ever picked him up, he would immediately begin suckling on your shirt, earring whatever he could find.
One day Ugly shared his love with the neighbor's huskies. They did not respond kindly, and Ugly was badly attacked. From my apartment I could hear his scream and I tried to rush to his aid. By the time I got to where he was laying, it was obvious Ugly's sad life was almost at an end. Ugly lay in a wet circle, his back legs and lower back twisted grossly out of shape, a gaping tear in the white strip of fur that ran down his front. As I picked him up and tried to carry him home, I could hear him wheezing and gasping, and could feel him struggling. It must be hurting him terribly, I thought. Then I felt a familiar tugging, sucking sensation on my ear. Ugly, in so much pain, suffering and obviously dying, was trying to suckle my ear. I pulled him closer to me, and he bumped the palm of my hand with his head, then he turned his one golden eye towards me, and I could hear the distinct sound of purring. Even in the greatest pain, that ugly battled-scarred cat was asking only for a little affection, perhaps some compassion.
At that moment I thought Ugly was the most beautiful, loving creature I had ever seen. Never once did he try to bite or scratch me, or even try to get away from me, or struggle in any way. Ugly just looked up at me completely trusting in me to relieve his pain.
Ugly died in my arms before I could get inside, but I sat and held him for a long time afterward thinking about how one scarred, deformed little stray could so alter my opinion about what it means to have true pureness of spirit, to love so totally and truly. Ugly taught me more about giving and compassion than a thousand book lecture or talk show specials ever could, and for that I will always be thankful. He had been scarred on the outside, but I was scarred on the inside, and it was time for me to move on and learn to love truly and deeply. To give my total to those I cared for.
Many people want to be richer, more successful, well liked, beautiful, but for me, I will always try to be Ugly.
【小題1】Why did the tomcat get 3 things with him?

A．Because his mother deserted him.
B．Because the residents disliked him
C．Because other animals always attacked him.
D．Because he spent his life outside, which affected him..
【小題2】Children were always warned not to touch tomcat, because ___?
A．the tomcat was not kind to the children
B．the tomcat sometimes bit young children
C．the tomcat was really dirty and nasty.
D．the tomcat might carry some viruses with him
【小題3】Which caused the tomcat to die?
A．The adults threw rocks at him
B．The neighbors wanted to drive him with a pipe
C．The owners would get his paws trapped in the doors
D．The tomcat was killed by some dog
【小題4】What did the tomcat do when coming to death?
A．He shared his love with the writer
B．He struggled to stand up
C．He shouted at the writer
D．He begged the writer to save him.
【小題5】Why did the writer say he would try to be Ugly?
A．Because he loved Ugly so deeply
B．Because the Ugly taught him to love totally and truly
C．Because he hated it that his neighbors were so cruel
D．Because he found some similarities between them


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：文章介紹作者我住的公寓大樓里有一只丑八怪。丑八怪曾是小區(qū)里的流浪貓。它滿身傷疤，丑陋骯臟，但是就是這只丑陋的流浪貓教會(huì)作者愛。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第三段的句子：The combination of these things combined with a life spent outside had their effect on Ugly.可知tomcat有三個(gè)東西因?yàn)樗窃谕饷嫔畹�，這會(huì)影響他的生活，選 D
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第三段的句子："That's one UGLY cat!!"和第四段的句子： All the children were warned not to touch him,可知孩子們經(jīng)常被警告不要靠近tomcat ，因?yàn)閠omcat真的很臟，選 C
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第六段的句子：They did not respond kindly, and Ugly was badly attacked.可知導(dǎo)致tomcat死亡的是被某個(gè)哈士奇狗殺死的，選 D
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第六段的句子：Even in the greatest pain, that ugly battled-scarred cat was asking only for a little affection, perhaps some compassion.可知tomcat快要死亡的時(shí)候，他和作者分享他的愛，選A
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章倒數(shù)第二段的句子：Ugly taught me more about giving and compassion than a thousand book lecture or talk show specials ever could, and for that I will always be thankful. He had been scarred on the outside, but I was scarred on the inside, and it was time for me to move on and learn to love truly and deeply.可知作者說他想變成Ugly因?yàn)閁gly教會(huì)他完全的真誠的愛，選B
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The wife replied, “That was for the piece of paper with the name Jenny on it I found in your pocket．” The man then said, “When l was at the races last week Jenny was the name of the horse I bet on．” The wife apologized and went on with the housework． Three days later the man was watching TV when his wife hit him on the head with an even bigger frying pan, knocking him unconscious． Upon regaining consciousness the man asked why she had hit again． Wife replied, “Your horse phoned．”
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【小題2】Who called the husband in Joke 1?
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D．Jenny whom the man made friends with．
【小題3】What dose the boss mean in Joke 2?
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B．The employee’s grandmother has come into heaven after death．
C．He has figured out that the employee told a lie to him．
D．The employee’s grandmother was an honest woman．
【小題4】What can we learn about the little boy from Joke 3?
A．His father likes to make fun of his mother-in-law．
B．He likes to play tricks on others．
C．His mother is strict with him．
D．His father doesn’t like his mother-in-law to come．
【小題5】The husband in Joke 4 means that __________．
A．he is thankful for his selfless and lovely wife
B．he realizes he is unlucky to have married his wife
C．it is fortunate to experience so many unforgettable things
D．his wife deserves all his love because of her devotion

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For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans． 【小題1】 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today．Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world．
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829． 【小題2】   He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847．Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business．This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention．After the gold rush of 1949, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes．
Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals．Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners．At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth． 【小題3】 When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners．These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more．
In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets（鉚釘）．This made the pants last a long time．Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent． 【小題4】  ．
The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world．
By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion．【小題5】  

A．As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States．
B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable．
C．He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since．
D．However, he did not get much business for those products．
E．He also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry．
F．Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture．
G．As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it．

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