63. When the author complained in the first paragraph, his mother __________.

A. tried to comfort him

B. told him that his father loved him with action

C. tried to defend his father

D. got a bit angry with him

64. The author’s father didn’t hire a helper because __________.

A. his job was too dangerous

B. his job required high skills

C. he wanted to save money

D. he was not good at communicating with others

65. We may infer from the passage that __________.

A. the author’s father lacked a sense of humor

B. the author quite understood his father as time went on

C. the author’s father didn’t love him very much

D. the author’s father was too strict with him

C

It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together inside the storm door on the top step.

“Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.

“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”

They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.

The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”

I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply. They left after that, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn’t said “Thank you.” They didn’t need to. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.

I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these matched, too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.

66. Two children came to the writer’s front door because __________.

A. it was Thanksgiving Day       B. they were beggars

C. they wanted old papers             D. they wanted a cup of cocoa

67. Why did the writer let the children in?

A. She showed great pity on them.

B. She had old papers to sell. 66～70 CABCD

C. She wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving feast.

D. She wanted them to see how rich she was.

68. The girl thought the writer was rich perhaps because __________.

A. she saw that the lady’s room was comfortable

B. she saw the cups matched the saucers

C. the writer’s slipcovers were very new

D. the writer was preparing a big meal while she was too hungry

69. From the passage, we can infer that whether you are rich depends on __________.

A. how much money you have had       B. how you have helped others

C. how you feel about your life         D. what job your husband is doing

70. The writer left the muddy prints of small sandals on the floor for a while to __________.

A. show her husband that someone had come

B. remind her that she had helped two children

C. remind her that she was very rich in the neighborhood

D. remind her how life should be

D

In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections(注射)so that they won’t carry diseases. They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of stores. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food.

When you visit people’s houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.     People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: Their family ties are not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.

71. The passage mainly talks about __________.

A. how to keep diseases from pets   B. Canadians have pets as friends

C. how to take good care of pets   D. life of the old in Canada

72. Pets are given injections in animal hospitals __________.

A. in order to keep them safe    B. after being taken home

C. because they carry diseases       D. because they are sick

73. The word “bird feeder” in the second paragraph probably means __________.

A. a person who gives food to birds      B. something that catches birds

C. a container that has food for birds     D. an animal that eats birds

74. In Canada, children leave their parents when they grow up because __________.

A. they don’t love their parents any more

B. they can only find jobs far from their parents

C. their parents’ houses are too small

D. they wouldn’t depend on their parents any more

75. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. People buy animal food only at the animal food stores.

B. Pets eat better than people.

C. Almost every family has a birdcage(鸟笼)in his house.

D. Any bird can come to the bird feeders to eat.