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could find for anything. I remember her taking me 1 and taking no 2 of the shop assistants when they suggested that 3 dress or pair of shoes was very 4 “we39。ve sold fifty already this week”. That was all she needed to hear. “No”,she would say,“we39。re not 5 in that. Haven39。t you got something a little more unusual?” And then the assistant would 6 out all the strange colors no one 7 would buy. And later she and I would 8 because I wanted to be ordinary but my mother wanted to be 9 . I can39。t stand that hairdo(發(fā)型).“she said,when I went to the 10 with my friend and came back 11 a boy haircut,”It39。s so terribly ordinary.“Not ugly,not unsuitable. But ordinary...” “ 12 you please wear something else.”I asked one day when she was dressing for Parents39。 Day in tightfitting bullfighter39。s pants and a bright pink sweater. “What39。s wrong with 13 I39。m wearing.” What wasn39。t wrong with it! “It39。s just that I wish you39。d wear something ordinary,”I said,“something that people won39。t 14 at.” She looked at me angrily and then said,“Are you ashamed of your own mother? If you are,Isadora,I feel sorry 15 you,really do.” 1. A. shopping B. traveling C. playing D. washing 2. A. stare B. notice C. care D. look 3. A. no B. some C. certain D. any 4. A. smooth B. bright C. popular D. good 5. A. tired B. surprised C. moved D. interested 6. A. carry B. work C. put D. bring 7. A. of them B. others C. else D. also 8. A. quarrel B. argue C. fight D. struggle 9. A. unusual B. usual C. ordinary D. especial 10. A. assistant B. doctor C. tailor D. hairdresser 11. A. with B. without C. and D. or 12. A. Will B. Couldn39。t C. Can D. Would 13. A. clothes B. that C. what D. which 14. A. glare B. stare C. look D. laugh 15. A. for B. to C. with D. but 參考答案 1. A 從下文可知,媽媽帶我去購物。 2. B take no notice of是個固定結構,意為“毫不理會別人的話”?! ?. B some 表示“某種”,certain前要加不定冠詞a?! ?. C 買衣服考慮比較多的是目前是否流行?! ?. D be interested in 是“對……感興趣”的意思?! ?. D “拿出”習慣用bring out 或take out?! ?. C 不定代詞后用else,表示“其余的”。 8. B 兩人觀點不一致時,作者的媽媽一般是爭論?! ?. A 從文章開頭可看出,作者的媽媽不喜歡“普通”或“平?!保矚g“不尋?!保矮C奇”?! ?0. D 從“a boy hair cut”可以看出,作者理發(fā)回來?! ?1. A with表示“帶著”,“留著”?! ?2. B 這是個否定式一般疑問句,意思是“難道你不……嗎?” 13. C what 作賓語從句的賓語,譯作“所……的”?! ?4. D 對于穿著古怪的人,人們更多的是嘲笑。 15. A be sorry for sb. 的意思是 “為某人感到遺憾、難過”.In Canada you can find dogs,cats,horses, almost every are their love these pets and have them as their good I .Before they keep them in their houses,they take them to Animal Hospitals to give them injections2they won39。t carry have spe cial animal food stores,though they can _33 animal food in almost every people spend around two hundred Cana dian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people39。s homes,they would be very 4 to show you their pets and they are very proud of will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their 5 .All kinds of birds are weled to e and have a good are free to e and go and nobody 6 to kill animals in have a law against killing 7 you killed an animal,you would be an animal happened to get run over by acar,people would be very 8 about it.People in Canada have many reasons to like of them might be their family tie is not as close as ours. When children grow up,they 9 their par ents and start their own the old will feel pets can 10 this prob can be friends and never leave them alone.1 . that ,houses allowed made fed up with out 【答案與解析】1.B人們自然是把寵物當作好朋友看待。2.D由于人們擔心那些動物會是某些傳染病的載體,或感染疾病,因此在準備飼養(yǎng)它們之前,要給它們注射,以免傳染給它們的主人。3.A加拿大人很愛他們的寵物,當然要買一些飼料來喂養(yǎng)它們,不可能是偷或者乞討。4.C他們把寵物看作朋友,就要在客人面前展示這些 動物。5.C加拿大人讓鳥在食器里吃食物,就只能把這些食器懸掛在花園里。6.B從而后的“If you killed an animal,you would be punished.”可以看出,在加拿大是不允許捕殺動物的。7.D從短文內(nèi)容可以看出,這里指的是他們制定了法律制止捕殺野生動物。8.A加拿大人很愛野生動物,如果不小心碾上了野生動物,他們當然很傷心。9.B在西方國家,子女成年以后,會離開父母獨立生活。1 0.C由于子女們離開以后,老人們會感到寂寞。寵物 能給他們帶來樂趣,解決了這個問題。