From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition
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To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful dog, I hardly need to take the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable. There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of the person who has had frequent occasions to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
I married early, and was happy to find in my wife a disposition not uncongenial with my own. Observing my partiality for domestic pets, she lost no opportunity of procuring those of the most agreeable kind. We had birds, gold-fish, a fine dog, rabbits, a small monkey, and a cat. This latter was a remarkably large and beautiful animal, entirely black, and sagacious to an astonishing degree. In speaking of his intelligence, my wife, who at heart was not a little tinctured with superstition, made frequent allusion of the ancient popular notion, which regarded all black cats as witches in disguise. Not that she was ever serious about this pointand I mention the matter at all for no better reason than that it happens, just now, to be remembered.
Pluto一this was the cat’s name was my favorite pet and playmate. I alone fed him,and he attended me wherever I went about the house. It was even with difficulty that I could prevent him from following me through the streets. Our friendship lasted, in this manner,for several years, during which my general temperament and character through the instrumentality of the Fiend Intemperance had (I blush to confess it) experienced a radical alteration for the worse. I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others. I suffered myself to use intemperate language with my wife. At length, I was even violent with her. My pets, of course, were made to feel the change in my disposition. I not only neglected, but ill-used them. For Pluto, however, I still retained sufficient regard to restrain me from maltreating him, as I made no scruple of maltreating the rabbits, the monkey, or even the dog, when by accident, or through affection, they came in my way.
But my disease grew upon me, and at length even Pluto, who was now becoming old,and consequently somewhat peevish even Pluto began to experience the effects of my ill temper. One night, returning home, much intoxicated, from one of my haunts about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence. I seized him; when, in his fright at any violence, he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth.
单选题第1题The author of the passage is ______.
A.a jester
B.a pet lover
C.a short-story thriller
D.a pet shopper
参考答案：B
答案解析：推断题。从第1段第3句可知，作者尤其喜欢动物，其父母也放任他养了许多宠物，故正确答案为B （一名宠物爱好者） 。
单选题第2题______ is similar in meaning to the underlined part in Paragraph 1.
A.The person who is the laughing stock among his friends
B.Someone who enjoys making fun of his friends
C.The boy who is spoiled by his parents with pets
D.A sentimental person who feels deeply homesick
参考答案：A
答案解析：语义题。在原文中， make me the jest of my companions意为“让我成为同伴们嘲笑的对象”，故正确答案为A （受朋友嘲笑的人） 。 B （喜欢跟朋友开玩笑的人）与原文意思正好相反，不符合题意。
单选题第3题The author married a woman ______.
A.who was a gossamer fidelity to him
B.who lost no opportunity to make fun of him
C.whose disposition was similar to him
D.whose duty was to cherish the family pets
参考答案：C
答案解析：细节题。根据题干关键词定位第3段第1句，作者很高兴发现妻子与其志趣相投。故正确答案为C （她的性格和他相近） 。事实上，当考生看到happy这个词时，便可以猜到作者的妻子与其志趣相投了，否则也不会“高兴”了。
单选题第4题When talking about the black cat, the author's wife ______.
A.got excited to an astonishing degree
B.regarded it as a beautiful animal
C.was silly with her ancient notions
D.cherished superstitious beliefs
参考答案：D
答案解析：细节题。根据题干信息定位第3段第4句，可知作者的妻子不断提及古代流行的说法，即黑猫是伪装的女巫。由此可见她还是很相信这种说法的，故正确答案为D（相信迷信） 。
单选题第5题Which of the following statements is NOT true ?
A.Pluto was the name of the cat.
B.Pluto was the author’s favorite pet.
C.The whole family were fond of the cat and fed him.
D.The friendship between the author and the cat lasted for years.
参考答案：C
答案解析：推断题。根据选项定位第4段，仔细比对后，可知C与原文不符，因为第2句讲到这只猫由作者自己一人喂食，故正确答案为C （全家人都喜欢它，并给它喂食） 。
单选题第6题The phrase “regardless of” underlined in Paragraph 4 most nearly means ______.
A.indifferent to
B.irregular toward
C.indignant at
D.irreverent toward
参考答案：A
答案解析：语义题。 A意为“漠不关心的”， B意为″不规则的”， C意为〃愤怒的”， D意为“不敬的” 。 regardless of意为“不管，不顾”， A的语义与其最接近，故为正确答案。
单选题第7题The sentence”I not only neglected，but ill-used them” underlined in Paragraph 4 most directly contradicts the author’s ______.
A.partiality for domestic pets
B.dislike of a faithful sagacious dog
C.dislike of his wife’s superstition
D.being indulged by his parents
参考答案：A
答案解析：推断题。从第1段可知，作者是个宠物爱好者，但在第4段，作者讲到他的性格大变，脾气暴躁。画线句意为“我不仅忽视，而且虐待宠物” 。可见作者对宠物的态度发生了翻天覆地的变化。 contradict意为“与……相矛盾”，故正确答案为A （对宠物的喜爱） 。
单选题第8题When he grew more irritable, the author still kept in control and did NOT mistreat ______.
A.his dog
B.his monkey
C.his rabbits
D.his cat
参考答案：D
答案解析：推断题。第6段最后一句表明，对于Pluto，作者还保留着足够的尊重，从而克制自已，不去虐待它，故正确答案为D。
单选题第9题In context,the word "consequently" underlined in Paragraph 5 most closely means ______.
A.habitually
B.as a result
C.appropriately
D.incorrectly
参考答案：B
答案解析：语义题。 consequently意为“因此，因而”，只有B与其语义相同，故为正确答案。
单选题第10题The general tone of the passage is of.
A.concern
B.righteous aloofness
C.humor
D.self-possessed indignation
参考答案：C
答案解析：语气题。本文作者对自己从一名宠物爱好者到一名宠物虐待者的转变进行了描述，语言轻 松、谈谐，故正确答案为C （幽默） 。
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