I was sitting in the room reading when I heard a loud noise. To defend my home from break-in, I picked up my defense weapon--- a broom and went out. There on the roof of my porch（门廊）, I saw a grey fluffy squirrel. I drove her away with the broom, but the next day I heard her again.
I searched squirrels on the net and found because their teeth keep growing, they have to constantly chew on things to shorten their teeth. This was disturbing so I asked my husband to call in some wildlife control people.
On Monday morning two men showed up, with guns in their hands. I pointed uneasily to the hole in my porch roof. They held up their guns. Suddenly I saw in my mind the baby nursery inside. I stopped them and confirmed that they wouldn’t harm her. They hesitated, but finally put down their guns. Then they brought out a bottle of deodorizer（除臭剂）and sprayed it into the squirrel’s home. They told me she would not like the smell and would leave.
There was no sign of Mrs. Squirrel, so they blocked the hole, took my cheque for $250 and left. Shortly after they left, Mrs. Squirrel returned from her shopping trip. She was mad at being driven out and began feverishly clawing at the porch roof. In order to stop the destruction of my home, I drove her away with the broom again.
Each day thereafter, Mrs. Squirrel continued her attack on my possession. I then called the company to report that “SHE’S BAAAAAACK…” The receptionist said that if Mrs. Squirrel had managed to find another way into my porch roof, it would be a new charge. I replied I couldn’t continue contributing my husband’s hard-earned income to their silly wildlife experts and hang up.
I went to the porch and banged on the roof. Mrs. Squirrel came out and glared at me. We negotiated some terms, came to an agreeable arrangement and went back into our respective homes.
All is quiet these days, although large quantities of materials have been removed from my garage wall and my daughter claims that some of her doll-house furniture has disappeared. I still hope that Mrs. Squirrel would leave, but I will wait until it is warmer and hopefully until after the birth of the little ones.
1.What did the author think of the squirrel at first?
A．Troublesome. B．Dangerous. C．Interesting. D．Clever.
2.Why didn’t the author ask the wildlife control people to come again?
A．She worried about the safety of the squirrel.
B．She thought the company charged too much.
C．She decided to drive away the squirrel herself.
D．She doubted the ability of the wildlife control people.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A．Getting rid of the squirrel needs patience.
B．The squirrel has destroyed the author’s house.
C．The author has developed affection for the squirrel.
D．The author singed an agreement with Mrs. Squirrel.
4.The author has written the passage in a (an) ________ way.
A．persuasive B．serious C．informative D．amusing
English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my junior year, my 1 allowed me to give spelling tests to the class. I had wonderful 2 of this year. Mrs. Alexander 3 me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was 4 , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected college-level work. Every student received a “C” or “D” grade the first quarter. 5 English was still my subject.
I graduated from high school, 6 early and had children. 7 about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I 8 long articles and beautiful poetry for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an “A” student, I 9 an “A” student. I lived up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I 10 my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle (捆) of report cards 11 back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor’s office, explaining that I had always been excellent at English and complaining that I did not 12 a “D” from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was 13 but unable to change a grade.
My old 14 cards showed something else too. I wanted to tear them up or 15 them. I was not an “A” student in high school English! Somehow, I had convinced myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an 16 student with an occasional “A” or “B”, but mostly “C”s.
Had I lived up to those 17 and define (定义) myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently 18 my writing career. Had I believed in my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of 19 to defeat my enthusiasm and damage my creativity. 20 , I regarded my younger self as an “A” English student, except for that undeserved “D”.
1. A．teacher B．headmaster C．classmate D．monitor
2. A．memories B．thoughts C．expectations D． impressions
3. A．forced B．appointed C．permitted D．begged
4. A．active B．creative C．interesting D． disappointing
5. A．So B．But C．And D．Or
6. A．worked B．married C．succeeded D． progressed
7. A．Confident B．Happy C．Sorry D． Anxious
8. A．wrote B．edited C．read D． copied
9. A．met B．lost C．admired D．remained
10. A． counted B．remembered C．discovered D．approached
11. A． turned B．brought C．held D． put
12. A． deserve B． make C．receive D． learn
13. A． sympathetic B． energetic C．angry D． sad
14. A． birthday B． post C．invitation D． report
15. A． keep B． correct C．hide D． send
16. A． silent B． bright C．average D． outstanding
17. A． figures B． grades C．papers D． words
18. A． changed B． ended C．damaged D．sought
19. A． change B． risk C． stress D． failure
20. A． Otherwise B． Besides C．Instead D． Still
In 1942, Columbus and his crew arrived ________ was so-called the New World by the westerners.
A．what B．in which C．where D．in what
The position, however, ________ you are applying, is not quite a well paid one.
A．that B．for which C．which D．to which
After a new reform, the number of the products in the factory is now ________ it was in 2003.
A．three times as larger as B．more than three times
C．twice as large as D．as twice large as
Martin and his friends didn’t eat up all the food they ordered, _____ they took the rest away.
A．so B．or C．for D．as
