When my father was dying, I traveled a thousand miles from home to be with him in his last days. It was far more heartbreaking than I’d expected, one of the most difficult and painful times in my life. After he passed away I stayed alone in his apartment. There were so many things to deal with. It all seemed endless. I was lonely. I hated the silence of the apartment.
But one evening the silence was broken: I heard crying outside. I opened the door to find a little cat on the steps. He was thin and poor. He looked the way I felt. I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. He ate it and then almost immediately fell sound asleep.
The next morning I checked with neighbors and learned that the cat had been abandoned by his owner who’s moved out. So the little cat was there all alone, just like I was. As I walked back to the apartment, I tried to figure out what to do with him. Having something else to take care of seemed like the very last thing I needed. But as soon as I opened the apartment door he came running and jumped into my arms. It was clear from that moment that he had no intention of going anywhere. I started calling him Willis, in honor of my father’s best friend.
From then on, things grew easier. With Willis in my lap time seemed to pass much more quickly. When the time finally came for me to return home I had to decide what to do about Willis. There was absolutely no way I would leave without him.
It’s now been five years since my father died. Over the years, several people have commented on how nice it was of me to rescue the cat. But I know that we rescued each other. I may have given him a home but he gave me something greater.
小題1: When the author first saw the cat, she_____________.
A．was very happyB．felt sympathy for him
C．didn’t know what to doD．was angry with his crying
小題2: The underlined sentence in the third paragraph implies that the author___________.
A．needed something to fill the empty apartment
B．was too busy and tired to keep a cat
C．loved to stay alone in the apartment
D．needed something to take care of to kill time
小題3: The cat rescued the author by ____________.
A．making her feel better in her hard times
B．giving her courage to go on with her life
C．helping her tidy the department
D．telling her what life is
小題4: We can learn form the passage that _________.
A．Willis was named after his previous owner
B．Willis didn’t like staying in the apartment
C．the author and Willis were both homeless
D．time passed quickly after the author adopted Willis
小題5: What’s the best title for the passage?
A．A little catB．A painful experience
C．How to take care of animalsD．What I got from a little cat

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:D

小題1: 根據(jù)I opened the door to find a little cat on the steps. He was thin and poor. 他又瘦又可憐，可知選B.
小題2:根據(jù)I tried to figure out what to do with him.可知我并不是想收養(yǎng)這只貓，故選B。
小題3:根據(jù)From then on, things grew easier. With Willis in my lap time seemed to pass much more quickly. When the time finally came for me to return home I had to decide what to do about Willis. There was absolutely no way I would leave without him.這段描述可知這只貓讓作者在那段艱難的日子里感到不再孤單，故選A，讓他感覺(jué)好點(diǎn)。
小題4:根據(jù)From then on, things grew easier. With Willis in my lap time seemed to pass much more quickly.可知選D。
小題5:本文中作者正處于孤獨(dú)悲傷地時(shí)候，自從救了這只貓以后，作者快速的忘記悲傷，重新面對(duì)生活。所以選D，最符合短文中心。
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