For their nick-of-time acts, Toby, a 2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a cute cat, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.   
As Amy Paul choked(哽住) on a piece of apple at her home, her dog jumped up, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece in her throat out. When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy’s hair until she woke up and called for help.
No one could explain their timely heroics.
Both pets were rescued by their owners in infancy-----Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Cathy’s husband, Eric, had to feed her milk with an eyedropper.
As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie went to rescue, the couple’s 14-year-old son was already unconscious. “Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry sound,” Cathy Keesling said. The state police responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.
Amy Paul’s husband was at his job when she took a midday break from making jewelry and bit into an apple. “Normally I peel them, but I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients, so I ate the skin, and that’s what caused me to choke,” she recalled. “I couldn’t breathe and I was in panic when Toby jumped on me. He never does that, but he did, and saved my life.”
Both Toby and Winnie accompanied their owners to the awards luncheon.
小題1:What would be the suitable title for the passage?
A．Great Honors for Cat and Dog
B．Dog and Cat Honored for Saving Their Masters
C．Unforgettable Experiences
D．So Smart Animals Are
小題2:Winnie saved the lives of its owner’s whole family in an accident by __________.
A．jumping onto its ownerB．calling for help
C．making some strange noisesD．clawing at Cathy’s hair
小題3:Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “infancy” in Paragraph 4?
A．babyhoodB．YouthC．Middle ageD．a(chǎn)gedness
小題4:What caused the carbon monoxide spreading through the house?
A．A pump breaking down.B．A driver breaking into the house.
C．The burning gas.D．The poisonous gas.
小題5:Why did Amy Paul choke on a piece of apple?
A．She was too young to care for herself.
B．She had a big bite.
C．She didn’t peel the skin as usual.
D．The apple was too hard.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:A
小題5:C

試題分析：文章介紹了一只狗和一只貓因?yàn)橛⒂碌木攘酥魅硕艿郊为?jiǎng)。文章具體報(bào)道了事情發(fā)展的經(jīng)過(guò)。
小題1:主旨題：從前面兩段的內(nèi)容，可知這篇文章講的是貓和狗因?yàn)榫攘酥魅耸盏郊为?jiǎng)。選B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy’s hair until she woke up and called for help.可知Winnie是抓主人的頭發(fā)，救了一家的命。選 D
小題3:猜詞題：從破折號(hào)后面的句子：Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, 可知兩個(gè)動(dòng)物是在很小的時(shí)候被主人救了，選A
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第五段的句子：As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. 可知是氣泵壞了，選A
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：“Normally I peel them, but I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients, so I ate the skin, and that’s what caused me to choke,” 可知Amy Paul 沒(méi)有削蘋果皮所以被噎到了。選C
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章介紹了一只狗和一只貓因?yàn)橛⒂碌木攘酥魅硕艿郊为?jiǎng)。文章具體報(bào)道了事情發(fā)展的經(jīng)過(guò)。本文意思通俗易懂，考查了細(xì)節(jié)題主旨題等，要求考生仔細(xì)閱讀全文，做好相應(yīng)的標(biāo)志，以提高閱讀的效率和速度，閱讀時(shí)可以先看題目再讀文章，這樣可以減少閱讀的時(shí)間，提高閱讀的效率。
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