Question

Do you know how a young dog or cat gets to know a new home? The animal uses its nose. Right away it smells its new places. Then it makes wider and wider circles, smelling all the time. Before long it can find its way home very well, even in the dark. It simply follows something it knows well.

Stories happen about animals who found their way across land they had never smelled before. Take the case of Smoky, a small white cat. Smoky had some funny red hair around its right ear. One day Smoky and his owner began a long journey. They were moving from Oklahoma to Tennessee. When they were just eighteen miles from their Oklahoma home, Smoky jumped out of the car. Then he found his way back to the old house. There he wandered around outside for many days. Finally he disappeared.

A year later Smoky meowed at the door of a house in Tennessee. A man opened the door. “Is that you, Smoky?” he said in surprise. At first he couldn’t believe it. Then he saw the red hair around its right ear. It was Smoky!

1.What is the first thing a pet does in a new place?

A. It smells the new place.    B. It finds its way in the dark

C. It follows something it knows.

2.Put these events in the right order that they happened.

①Smoky got to Tennessee. ②Smoky jumped out of the car. ③Smoky went to his old house.

A. ③①②    B. ②③①    C. ①③②

3.The underlined word “wandered” in the passage means _________.

A. 思考    B. 围绕    C. 游荡

4.How long did Smoky take to get to the house in Tennessee?

A. A year.    B. A month.    C. A week.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. An Excellent Memory    B. A Surprising Journey    C. A Humorous Cat

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】本文讲述了某些动物有很灵敏的鼻子，它们可以用鼻子找到很远的家，即使主人搬到很远的地方。

1.细节理解题。根据The animal uses its nose. Right away it smells its new places可知，动物初到一个新地方，先用鼻子熟悉它的“新家”。故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据2,3段叙述可知，Smoky跳出汽车后，首先到了以前的家，一年后，它又找到了主人的新家。故选B。

3.词义猜测题。根据There he wandered around outside for many days. Finally he disappeared可知。Smoky在老房子附近四处游荡，然后就消失了。故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据A year later Smoky meowed at the door of a house in Tennessee可知Smoky找到Tennessee用了一年。故选A。

5.主旨大意题。本文讲述了一只猫的令人惊奇的旅行。故选B。

点晴：这篇文章介绍了动物通过鼻子就能找到远方的家。在做细节判断题时，首先我们要仔细研读题干中每个句子的意思，带着问题阅读原文，在原文中找出相对应的句子，只有完全符合文章意思的句子，才可判断为正确，需要学生认真仔细地去推敲。如3，4题都是根据文中的真实句子判断选出正确答案。