Question

　　Pumas (美洲狮) are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When a report came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been seen forty-five miles south of London, they didn't pay much attention. However, more and more reports came, so the experts from the zoo felt they should find out the truth.

　　They began to search for the puma in a small village where a woman saw a large cat only five yards away from her. It ran away as soon as she saw it. The experts said that a puma will not attack a person unless it is cornered. The search was difficult, for the puma was often seen at one place in the morning and at an other place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Several people complained of cat-like noise at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. Now the experts believed that this animal was a puma, but where did it come from? As no puma had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must belong to a private collector and somehow it succeeded in escaping. The search went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is terrifying to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.

(1) From this passage, we know that ________ escaped.

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A．a cat

B．a lion

C．an animal that looks like a cat

D．a monkey

(2) The puma often ________.

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A．stayed where it was

B．went into the farmers'houses to look for food

C．ran about

D．ate grass

(3) Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．One woman saw the puma.

B．The puma was also seen by a businessman.

C．At night, the puma made a lot of noise.

D．The puma could not climb a tree.

(4) The underlined words “unless it is cornered” in this passage can be replaced by ________.

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A．unless it is in a corner

B．unless it can find no way out

C．unless it is kept in a cage

D．unless it is hungry

(5) This puma belongs to ________.

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A．the zoo

B．an unknown person

C．the experts

D．the businessman

Answer 1

答案：C;C;D;B;B
解析：

整体把握：美洲狮像猫但比猫要大，它能吃野兔和鹿。有一只美洲狮不知从什么地方跑了出来，有人看见过吗？结果找到了吗？ (1) 点拨：由短文的第一段可知。 (2) 点拨：根据原文中的for the puma was often seen at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening可知。 (3) 点拨：从原文中的... a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. 可知，美洲狮是能够爬树的。 (4) 点拨：it is cornered表示“被逼入困境”。 (5) 点拨：根据原文中的As no puma had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must belong to a private collector...推知。