Question

    It was 21 years ago, on a very cold morning, Mary opened the library in New York. She heard a cat cry and found a white cat in a pile of books at last.

Mary recalled, “His little feet were frozen, we gave him a bath to warm him up and he purred（咕噜叫）all the time.”

It was a Cinderella story for Garfield in 1988, the cat who has lived happily among the books ever since.

“His story has a life of its own,” Mary says while reading the cat’s fan mail. “We have people drive hundreds of miles out of their way just to see Garfield. We even had a Japanese public television crew come here to make a short film of him.”

Shortly after the cat’s rescue, a photo of the library’s “new employee” sitting on the card catalog appeared in local newspapers. Local people were invited to help name the cat and many cast votes . “We have never had such a big crowd for a contest and there wasn’t even a prize,” Mary says with a laugh.

Garfield grew from a popular local “library employee” to a national star with his pictures on calendars. However, he is not the only cat who lives among books. Library cats greet people in about 100 libraries across America. Most live and “work” in comfortable, small town libraries where they don’t get lost in the books. Library cats used to earn their keep by catching rats, but modern library cats have more “white-collar” duties: to act charming and make the library a pleasant homey place.

“Library cats just create a nice, warm atmosphere,” says Roma, producer of Puss in Books, the film about library cats. “The cats attract children to the library and the elderly who maybe can’t have pets in their apartments,” Roma says. “Books, libraries, and cats just go together.”

1.A contest was held after the cat’s rescue to ________ the cat.

A.win B.name C.film D.feed

2.We probably won’t be able to see the picture of Garfield in ________.

A.a Japanese film B.the calendars

C.the card catalogs D.the local newspaper

3.People keep cats in the libraries because ________.

A.cats don’t like big places B.cats can create a nice and warm atmosphere

C.there are more rats there D.librarians are more friendly

4.Library cats can do many things including ________

1) arranging card catalogs   2) greeting people

3) acting for a film     4) catching rats

5) making people feel at home

A.2;4;5 B.1;3 C.1;4;5 D.2;3;5

5.From the passage we can infer (推断) that ________.

A.library cats only attract children and old people B.Garfield is one of the cats who live among books

C.library cats are not as popular as they used to be D.every library in America has at least one cat

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要介绍了图书馆的猫，过去，图书馆的猫靠抓老鼠来维持生计，但现代这些猫不仅可以拍电影并且还可以使图书馆成为一个令人愉快的地方。

1.细节理解题。根据“Local people were invited to help name the cat and many cast votes …such a big crowd for a contest …Mary says with a laugh.”可知，这个比赛是为了给猫起名。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据“We even had a Japanese public television crew come here to make a short film of him.”可知，这只猫在日本电影里出现过，故排除A；根据“Garfield grew from a popular local “library employee” to a national star with his pictures on calendars.”可知，这只猫的图片在日历上出现过，故排除B；根据“Shortly after the cat’s rescue, a photo of the library’s “new employee” sitting on the card catalog appeared in local newspapers.”可知，这只猫在当地的报纸上出现过，故排除D。综上所述，故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据“Library cats just create a nice, warm atmosphere,”可知猫被留在图书馆是因为他们可以营造美好的气氛。故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据“Library cats used to earn their keep by catching rats, but modern library cats have more “white-collar” duties: to act charming and make the library a pleasant homey place.”可知，猫会抓老鼠，可以使图书馆给人一种家的感觉，故4) 、5)符合题意；根据“Library cats greet people”可知，猫会问候人们，故2)符合题意，结合选项，可知，A符合题意。故选A。

5.细节理解题。根据“he is not the only cat who lives among books.”可知，他只是众多住在书里的猫中的一个，故选B。