题型：阅读选择 题类：模拟题 难易度：普通
江苏省苏州市吴中区2017届九年级英语教学质量调研测试（—模）试卷
In 1989, an 8.2 earthquake killed over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. A father rushed to his son's school, only to discover the building was as flat as a pancake.
But he remembered that promise he had made to his son, "No matter what, I'll always be there for you!" Tears began to fill his eyes. As he looked at the pile of debris(瓦砾)that once was the school, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his words. He rushed there and started digging.
Other parents tried to pull him off what was left of the school. They tried saying many different things: "It's too late!" "They're all dead!" "Come on, face reality, there's nothing you can do!"
A firefighter also tried to pull him away, saying, "Fires are breaking out, explosions(爆炸) are happening everywhere. You're in danger."
The police came and said, "You're endangering(危及)others. Go home."
To which he replied, "Are you going to help me?" And then he went back to his digging, stone by stone.
He went on because he needed to know, "Is my boy alive or is he dead?"
He dug for eight hours ...12 hours…then, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" He heard back, "Dad? It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you'd save me and when you saved me, they'd be saved. You did it, Dad!"
"What's going on there?" the father asked.
"There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad," his son replied. "We're afraid, hungry, thirsty, but thankful you're here."
"Come on out, boy!"
"Let the other kids out first, because I know you'll get me! No matter what, I know you'll always be there for me!"
No one likes thieves (小偷), but for most people in a town in California, they just laugh when they find that something small is lost. That's because the thief is a cat.
Jean Chu and her family adopted (收养) Dusty as their pet cat a few years ago. Not long after Dusty moved in, the family started finding new things around. One day, they would find a shoe. The next day, there would be a sock. At first, no one knew where these things came from. Soon they found that the things always showed up in the mornings. And who went out every night? That might be Dusty. However, it was difficult to catch Dusty in the act (当场). Soon workers of the TV show Must Love Cats heard about Dusty's story and they decided to make a film about Dusty. They used an infrared camera (红外摄像机). Sure enough, the camera caught Dusty in the act when he brought home a toy.
Soon the film of Dusty became popular on the Internet. The cat is a celebrity (名人) now. People come to Chu's house to get back their things every day. They have become good friends with Chu and Dusty.
An Unusual Thief | |
Problem | The family always found {#blank#}1{#/blank#} things around. |
Clue (线索) | New things showed up in the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}; Dusty went out every night. |
Inference (推论) | {#blank#}3{#/blank#} brought these things home. |
Result | A TV show made a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} about Dusty. |
The cat is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} now. | |
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