【正文】 Getting your cat’ s mouth to open is going to be the most difficult part. First, be sure the pill is in a handy place. Then you can put your cat on a bookshelf with her bottom in a corner or you can put her on your lap firmly tied. Have your cat facing to the right if you’ re righthanded. With your left hand, hold your cat at the cheekbones, putting your palm (手掌 ) at the top of her head. Keeping your finger off the trigger (扳機(jī) ), with your right hand, Insert the pill gun until the pill is positioned over the tongue and open throat Be sure to give your cat a treat directly after giving the pill. If you don’ t feel fortable using a pill gun, you can try giving the pill by hand. Push your cat’ s head backwards just far enough so that her nose is pointing towards the ceiling. At this point, most cats will slightly open their mouths. With the little finger or ring finger of the hand holding the pill, open the bottom jaw a little more. You may need to hold her top jaw with your other hand while doing this. Aim straight and lightly throw the pill or drop it. Most cats will then swallow the pill. 33. Pilling a cat can be a terrible experience because cats ______. A. are amazingly powerful and dangerous B. may fight with all their strength against pills C. refuse something pressed down their throats D. are difficult to treat once they’ ve got ill 34. Which of the following statements is true according to the second paragraph? A. Wet food with medicine is usually a treat to cats. B. Cats used to dry food must reject wet food. C. The easiest pilling is to press the pill into powder. D. Cats arc most likely interested in something new. 35. Using a “ pill gun” , you had better hold your cat ______ if you’ re lefthanded. A. facing to the right B. with your right hand C. at the head D. on your lap firmly 評(píng)卷人 得分 三、信息匹配（七選五 .10’ ） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。s naval friend showed the wedding march to Edouard D. Edouard Colonne advised Roussel to devote his life to music 27. Which of the following is true according to the text? A. The posing career of Roussel started stably. B. Roussel learned basic music knowledge from his aunt. C. A white lie helped Roussel achieve success. D. Roussel was cheated and hurt by his naval friend. 28. Who told a lie according to the text? A. Roussel’ s grandfather. B. Albert’ s naval friend. C. Roussel39。 inspired the speaker to eat in a more healthy way? report about Americans’ eating habits. report about a restaurant owner. report about fast food restaurants. do we know about Alice Waters’ restaurant? is famous in the US. was started in France. used to be a fast food restaurant. do the vegetables used by Alice Waters’ restaurant e from? markets farms much weight has the speaker lost in the past five years? pounds pounds pounds. 評(píng)卷人 得分 二、閱讀理解（ 30’ ） A Jenny was a pretty fiveyearold girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl (珍珠 ) necklace priced at $. Her mother bought the necklace for her on condition that she had to do some housework to pay it off. Jenny agreed. She worked very hard every day, and soon Jenny paid off the necklace. Jenny loved it so much that she wore it everywhere except when she was in the shower. Her mother had told her it would turn her neck green! Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would read Jenny her favorite story. One night when he finished the story, he said, “ Jenny, could you give me your necklace?” “ Oh! Daddy, not my necklace!” Jenny said. “ But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. Okay? ” “ Oh no, darling, that’ s okay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. “ Good night, little one. A week later, her father once again asked Jenny for the necklace after her favorite story. “ Oh, Daddy, not my necklace! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She’ s my favorite.” “ No, that’ s okay,” her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. “ God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams. ” Several days later, when Jenny’ s father came in to read her a story, Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling. “ Here, Daddy,” she said, holding out her hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father’ s hand. With one hand her father held the plastic pearl necklace and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a