Unit 1 AdvertisingWelcome to the unit & Reading
【基础测评】
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. If you want to sell your product, you must advertise（做广告） it.
2. I only need one more card to complete（完成） the set.
3. We don’t have enough books for everyone, so you will have to share（分享）.
4. That company offers excellent after-sales service（服务） on all its goods.
5. The Hope Project is intended（为……而打算） for the children who can’t afford to study.
6. Everyone has the right to be educated(受教育).
7. We should be very creative(有创造性的)in doing our work.
8. Do you have any comment(s) (评论)to make about the cause of the fire
9. These are all policies to promote(促进)economic growth.
10. I think you should go back to your original(原来的)plan.
Ⅱ. 选词填空
be used to, for free, play tricks on, even if, be aware of,
fall for, deal with, commit, connect, place
1. You can’t expect people to work for free.
2. I am used to getting up early and going to bed early now.
3. His poems often deal with the subject of death.
4. The salesman said the car was in good condition, and I was foolish enough to fall for it.
5. She slipped away without him being aware of it.
6. He placed all the books in the right order just now.
7. I’ll get there even if I have to walk.
8. Many people connect Germany with beer.
9. If you commit a crime, you should be punished.
10. Kids always play tricks on their neighbours on Halloween in America.
Ⅲ. 单项填空
1. We should know that we can only reach the top if we are ready to____and learn from failure.
A. deal with B. depend on
C. carry on D. go with
【解析】选A。考查动词短语的意义区别。A的意思是“处置，处理；应对”；B的意思是“依赖，依靠”；C的意思是“进行下去，继续开展，坚持下去”；D的意思是“伴随，与……相配，与……持同一看法”。根据语境可知本题答案选A。
2. The country life he was used to____greatly since 1992.
A. change B. has changed
C. changing D. have changed
【解析】选B。考查动词时态。根据时间状语since 1992，句子应用现在完成时。he was used to 为定语从句，修饰主语the country life。
3. The young army officer was____to the rank of captain.
A. encouraged B. promoted
C. awarded D. permitted
【解析】选B。句意：那个年轻的陆军军官被提升为上尉。promote意为“提升，提拔”，符合句意。encourage鼓励；award授予；permit允许。
4. Mike had a______ look when he heard the______ news.
A. satisfied; satisfying B. satisfying; satisfied
C. satisfy; satisfactory D. satisfaction; satisfy
【解析】选A。satisfy是动词，意为“满意，使满意”；satisfying是形容词，意为“令人感到满意的”，相当于satisfactory; satisfied也是形容词，意为“感到满意的”；satisfaction是名词，意为“满意，令人满意的事”。
5. Tom made his brother_____by____him.
A. to cry; playing tricks on
B. cry; playing tricks of
C. cry; playing tricks on
D. to cry; playing tricks of
【解析】选C。make 后作补语的不定式省略to; play tricks on sb. “捉弄某人”是固定短语。
6. —____doesn’t always happen as we expect.
—Really! So we mustn’t take the impossible things as our aims in case that we might be disappointed in future.
A. Anything B. Everything
C. Nothing D. Something
【解析】选B。答语的意思是：的确，所以我们不要期望发生不可能的事情，以免我们将来会失望。所以问句应是“并不是每件事情都像我们期望的那样发生。”everything与否定词连用，构成部分否定。
7. Many pupils can’t make full use of their time, ____they realize how valuable it is.
A. as if B. now that
C. even though D. so that
【解析】选C。even though尽管；as if好像；now that既然；so that以便，为了。句意：许多学生不能充分利用他们的时间，尽管他们意识到时间是多么的宝贵。
8. The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also_______ a large number of social customs.
A. join B. take C. share D. spare
【解析】选C。句意：英美人不仅说相同的语言而且很多社会风俗也相同。share意为“分享；共有”。join意为“加入（组织）”；take“拿；取得”；spare 意为“抽出，匀出”。
9. —Do you think Li Ping is coming to attend the conference
—Sure. I have____her to.
A. supposed B. advised
C. persuaded D. suggested
【解析】选C。从答语中的“Sure. ”可推知答话人很确定, 因而应该用persuade sb. to do sth. , 意为“（成功地）说服某人做某事”。
10. The manager had fallen asleep where he____, without undressing.
A. was laying B. was lying
C. had laid D. had lied
【解析】选B。where引导地点状语从句，过去进行时表示过去正在进行的动作。lie表示“躺”时，其现在分词为lying。
11. The new school advertised____many newspapers____teachers of all subjects.
A. for; with B. in; in
C. in; for D. on; about
【解析】选C。advertise in. . . for. . . 意为“在……上招聘……”。
12. —I’d like to go to the cinema with you, Dad.
—Sorry, but the film is_______ for adults only.
A. promised B. admitted
C. permitted D. intended
【解析】选D。be intended for意为“为……而设计”。答语句意为：对不起，此电影少儿不宜。
Ⅳ. 完成句子
1. I shared a room with her （和她共住一个房间）at college.
2. She wanted to buy a book intended for young children（专供幼儿阅读的）.
3. Most smokers are perfectly aware of（完全知道）the dangers of smoking.
4. Ben has to live a quiet life（过平静的生活）.
5. I am not satisfied with（对……感到不满意）the way he cut my hair.
Ⅴ. 阅读理解
The next time you use telephone and Internet, you can probably thank Charles Kao（高锟）, who was one of the Nobel Prize in physics winners on October 6，2009. His idea of fiber-optic (光纤) communications has made the modern telephone and Internet possible. People can exchange text, music and photos around the world within seconds thanks to this technology.
Half the$1. 4 million prize goes to Charles Kao, 75, for discovering how to send light signals long distance through hair-thin glass fibers. The other half goes to the Americans Boyle, 85, and Smith, 79, for inventing a sensor (传感器) that turns light into electrical signals. Their invention led to digital cameras.
Kao was born in Shanghai in 1933 and now has both American and British citizenship (公民身份).
Kao has been interested in science since he was a boy. He once tried making a bomb (炸弹) at home using chemicals and water; then he threw it in the street. Fortunately, no one was hurt!
After primary school and the first year of middle school, Kao moved to Hong Kong with his family. He went to Hong Kong University, but he had to go to London University to study electrical engineering. Later he studied fiber-optic communications.
Kao said in 1966 that glass fibers could carry light over long distances. Not many took him seriously at the time. But in 1970, researchers in the US were able to make the material.
Today the fibers are used throughout the world in computer cables and other cables. The light that flows through them sends text, music, pictures and video globally in less than a second. If you put together all the fibers in the world, you would get a single thread over 1 billion kilometers long. That is enough to go around the globe more than 25, 000 times.
1. Why was Charles Kao awarded the Nobel Prize in physics
A. Because he invented the modern telephone and Internet.
B. Because he together with Boyle and Smith invented a sensor which changes light into electrical signals.
C. Because his idea led to the invention of digital cameras.
D. Because he discovered the way to send light signals through glass fibers.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。从文章第二段第一句Half the $1. 4 million prize goes to Charles Kao, 75, for discovering how to send light signals long distance through hair-thin glass fibers. 可知D项正确。
2. The passage mainly tells us____.
A. Charles Kao’s contribution and his growth
B . Charles Kao together with Boyle and Smith won the Nobel Prize in physics
C. how Charles Kao discovered fiber-optic communications
D. how Charles Kao became a great scientist
【解析】选A。主旨大意题。全文从Charles Kao获得诺贝尔物理学奖谈起，文章开始主要讲述Charles Kao对物理学的贡献，后文主要讲述他的成长。
3. When probably did Charles Kao discover fiber could carry light over long distances
A. In 1970.
B. In the mid 1960s.
C. Soon after leaving Hong Kong University.
D. Before his graduation from London University.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。从文章倒数第二段第一句Kao said in 1966 that glass fibers could carry light over long distances. 可知B项正确。
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A. Charles Kao left his parents and went to Hong Kong after the first year of middle school.
B. Charles Kao is a Chinese-American.
C. Only a few people considered Charles Kao’s idea very useful at the very beginning.
D. Charles Kao studied fiber-optic communications in Hong Kong University.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。从文章倒数第二段第二句Not many took him seriously at the time. 可知C项正确。从文章第三段和倒数第三段可知A、B、D三项错误。
Word power & Grammar and usage
【语法专练】
Ⅰ. 请完成下列间接引语（每空一词）
1. He said to me, “I’ve left my book in your room. ”
→He told me that he had left his book in my room.
2. He says，“Your dress is beautiful. ”
→He says that my dress is beautiful.
3. Matt asked Ann, “Are you the happiest person in the world ”
→Matt asked Ann if she was the happiest person in the world.
4. He asked me, “What’s your name ”
→He asked me what my name was.
5. “The moon moves around the earth, ”the astronomer said.
→The astronomer said the moon moves around the earth.
6. He said，“Where has she gone ”
→He asked where she had gone.
7. “Don’t spend too much time on football! ”Mother said to me.
→Mother told me not to spend too much time on football.
8. The hostess said to us, “Please sit down. ”
→The hostess asked us to sit down.
Ⅱ. 单项填空
Can you tell me __________
A. what life will be like in the future
B. what will life be like in the future
C. how life will be like in the future
D. how will life be like in the future
【解析】选A。宾语从句应使用陈述句语序。句意：你能告诉我
未来生活是什么样子的吗？
2. Mother asked the youngest kid___with his toy car.
A. what was the matter
B. what the matter was
C. what the matter is
D. what is the matter
【解析】选A。主句是一般过去时，故从句用过去时态：“What’s the matter with. . . ”是固定用法，无论是否作宾语从句，其语序不变。
3. He asked me_______the store was open or closed.
A. whether B. which C. that D. what
【解析】选A。选择疑问句在变为间接引语时用whether. . . or. . . 表达。
4. He told us he___a concert____.
A. had attended; three days before
B. attended; three days ago
C. would attend; since three days
D. was attending; for three days
【解析】选A。句意为：他告诉我三天前他参加了一场音乐会。由主句时态为一般过去时可知宾语从句中时态应为过去完成时；直接引语中ago变间接引语应改为before。
5. He asked us____we were going away that day.
A. where B. whether C. when D. that
【解析】选B。句意：他问我们那天是否要离开。whether表示“是否”。从句不缺少句子成分，主句谓语是ask，故选B。
6. The teacher asked us_____so much noise.
A. don’t make B. not make
C. not making D. not to make
【解析】选D。考查ask sb. (not)to do sth. 结构。句意：老师告诉我们不要弄出那么大的噪音。
7. I_____you not to move my dictionary—now I can’t find it.
A. asked B. Ask
C. was asking D. had asked
【解析】选A。句意为“我（过去）告诉过你不要动我的字典
——现在我找不到了”。由句意可知应用一般过去时。
8. The teacher told us that light_____faster than sound.
A. travelled B. has travelled
C. travels D. was travelling
【解析】选C。直接引语如果是客观事实或真理，变为间接引语时，不管主句用什么时态，间接引语的时态不变。
9. —Why did you talk to the teacher after class
—I don’t understand ____during the lecture.
A. the problem did she tell us
B. how did she say
C. that she was talking about
D. what she was teaching
【解析】选D。宾语从句应用陈述语序。C项虽为陈述语序，但介词about缺少宾语，应用what引导而不用that, 故选D项。
10. He said that his car____stolen and he____have to telephone the police.
A. was; would B. has been; will
C. had been; would D. had been; will
【解析】选C。“车子被盗”发生在“said”之前，因此应用过去完成时；“报警”发生在“said”后，应用过去将来时。
【基础测评】
Ⅰ. 用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. He works for a company that publishes(publisher)reference books.
2. The house was just as she had imagined(imagination)it was.
3. We are faced with a difficult choice(choose).
4. It is strongly recommended(recommend)that the machine should be checked every year.
5. Economic(economy)growth is slowing down.
6. It would be foolish(fool)to change your mind now.
7. The list of their achievements is pretty impressive(impress).
8. I was thankful(thank)that they hadn’t asked for more.
Ⅱ. 单项填空
1. The custom of girls eating eggs before a marriage ceremony is unique____China, to be exact, unique____our hometown.
A. to; to B. to; in C. in; in D. in; to
【解析】选A。be unique to为固定搭配，意为“独有的，特有的”。
2. —What do you think of his words
—What he said sounds____.
A. nicely B. pleasantly C. friendly D. wonderfully
【解析】选C。只有C项是形容词，可作系动词sound的表语。
3. As we know, the camel is___great help to the Arab
A. in B. with C. of D. by
【解析】选C。句意：我们都知道对阿拉伯人来说骆驼很有帮助。“be of+抽象名词”相当于这一名词的形容词形式。
4. I have no choice but____ his demand.
A. accept B. to accept
C. accepting D. to be accepting
【解析】选B。have no choice but to do为固定搭配，意为“除……之外别无选择，不得不”。
5. He said he would____me to Professor Wang as his postgraduate student.
A. comment B. suggest
C. command D. recommend
【解析】选D。句意为：他说他愿意把我推荐给王教授作他的研究生。 recommend“推荐”；comment“评论”; suggest“建议”; command“命令；指挥”。
6. Compared with last year, our coal output has risen____three times.
A. by B. to C. from D. in
【解析】选A。rise by+倍数或百分数，表示“增加了……倍或百分之……”；to后接具体增长后的数字。句意为：与去年相比，我们的煤产量增长了3倍。
7. My brother is senior____me by two years.
A. than B. to C. with D. on
【解析】选B。senior年长的，表比较之意时，不用than而用to。句意为：我哥哥比我大两岁。
8. He is very popular among his students as he always tries to make them____in his lectures.
A. interested B. interesting
C. interest D. to interest
【解析】选A。考查宾语补足语的用法。make后加宾语补足语时不可用带to的不定式，故D项错误；them与其补足语之间是逻辑上的sb. be interested in sth. 关系，故A项正确。
9. —Why didn’t you tell him about the meeting
—He rushed out of the room____I could say a word.
A. before B. until C. when D. after
【解析】选A。句意：——你为什么没有告诉他这次会议呢？——我还没来得及说话他就跑出教室了。before还未……就……。
10. My students asked me____I would go to Shanghai by air the next year.
A. that if B. that whether
C. if D. how
【解析】选C。题干中仅有一个从句，that/if/whether都是连接词，不能并用，可排除A和B。又因为句中的“by air”已明确说出了方式，所以也不用how。此处用if引导宾语从句。
Ⅲ. 完成句子
1. I have no choice but to go with him（只能跟他走）.
2. His parents tell him to give up smoking over and over again （一遍遍地）, but he won’t listen.
3. The doctor recommended that he (should)take a long rest(长期休养).
4. The panda is unique to China(是中国独有的).
5. The teacher told Jim not to sleep in class again(上课不要再睡觉了).
Ⅳ. 完形填空
Charlie Chaplin, Mr Bean and so on are examples of famous international
comedians and all of them are British. But why has British 1 been so successful Why is it more successful in pleasing others 2 great enjoyment than French or German comedy
Everybody in Britain is expected to have a 3 of humour. And the British pay special attention 4 showing others humour in situations which might seem very strange, almost 5 , to other cultures. Professors giving serious lectures at university often 6 jokes to get people relaxed and interested. Business people often 7 humour and number when making important presentations. Some doctors are 8 for making their patients relax. Even priests（牧师）tell 9 in churches!
But what 10 makes British people laugh And why is British humour often 11 for foreigners to understand
Jokes are connected with 12 . They often refer to people and places that are 13 familiar to the British themselves. Another thing 14 makes British humour difficult for foreigners is that they often play 15 words that sound the same 16 have different meanings, and there are a lot of 17 in English!
However, a lot of British humour is 18 and comedians like Charlie Chaplin and Mr Bean have been successful 19 the world. Their humour is understood on sight and they express it in situations that we can tell—people often find themselves 20 in laughing or being laughed at.
1. A. comedy B. performance C. play D. humour
【解析】选A。喜剧演员演的当然是喜剧了。由本段最后一句所比较对象“than French or German comedy”也可得知讲述的是喜剧方面的内容。
2. A. by B. with C. on D. through
【解析】选B。please sb. with great enjoyment“以快乐来愉悦某人”。
3. A. fact B. experience C. sense D. feeling
【解析】选C。a sense of humour“幽默感”。
4. A. on B. at C. from D. to
【解析】选D。pay attention to为固定搭配，意为“注意”。
5. A. clever B. fun C. interesting D. silly
【解析】选D。在那些在其他文化里看似奇怪的、愚蠢的情形里英国人常能从中发现幽默。
6. A. pick out B. take out
C. find out D. make out
【解析】选A。pick out“挑选出”; take out“拿出”； find out“弄清楚”；make out“辨认出”。
7. A. make B. get C. mix D. attract
【解析】选C。商人进行重要项目展示时常在数据中加入幽默。mix “混合，混入”。
8. A. cruel B. famous C. content D. particular
【解析】选B。be famous for“以……闻名”。
9. A. stories B. fun C. humour D. jokes
【解析】选D。tell jokes“讲笑话”，继续承接对上文humour的讲述。
10. A. naturally B. directly
C. actually D. fortunately
【解析】选C。actually“事实上（用于强调事实）”。naturally“自然地”；directly“直接地”；fortunately“幸运地”。
11. A. different B. difficult C. boring D. suitable
【解析】选B。由下一段第三句“. . . makes British humour difficult for foreigners. . . ”可知B项正确。
12. A. culture B. habit
C. tradition D. nationality
【解析】选A。下一句有暗示，幽默笑话通常与风俗文化有关。
13. A. indeed B. in fact
C. only D. considerately
【解析】选C。only“仅仅；只”。解释说明为何外国人难以理解英国的幽默。
14. A. that B. which C. it D. what
【解析】选A。定语从句的先行词中有thing, 引导词用that。
15. A. from B. through C. on D. to
【解析】选C。play on words“说俏皮话；玩弄字眼”，为固定搭配。
16. A. because B. but C. even if D. and
【解析】选B。由本空前的the same和其后的different meanings可推知表示转折关系。
17. A. them B. those C. whose D. meanings
【解析】选B。此处应是指前面所列举的“sound the same but have different meanings”那类。
18. A. universal B. special C. popular D. especial
【解析】选A。universal“普遍的”；很多英国幽默举世闻名。special“专门的”；popular“流行的”；especial“特别的”。
19. A. through B. throughout
C. all of D. though
【解析】选B。throughout用做介词时后接表示时间或地点的名词，此处相当于all over the world。
20. A. got B. convinced
C. caught D. astonished
【解析】选C。be caught in“陷入”。
Task & Project
【题目要求】
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2. 时间：一星期。
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注意：1. 不要逐句翻译：词数100左右
2. 参考词汇：旅行社 travel agency 蝴蝶 butterfly
【要点词汇】写出下列单词或短语
1. 撞击 crash
2. 加入，参加 join
3. 观光 tour
4. 可得到的 available
5. 组团旅游 a package tour
【主要句型】完成下列句子
1. 你想聆听山水飞流直下，撞击巨岩的声音吗？
Do you want to hear fast-moving water crash onto the big rocks below
2. 你想参加昆明、大理、丽江七日游吗？
Would you like to join us and spend a week touring Kunming，Dali and Lijiang
3. 欲知详情，欢迎致电。
If you require any further information, do not hesitate to call us.
【范文例示】
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Fare:adults 2, 998 RMB, children(age 3 to 15)1, 500 RMB, group rates are available for 20 or more adults.
Package tour includes round-way airfare, and all 3-star hotels and meals.
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【基础测评】
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. Is this evening convenient（方便的）for you to go out
2. He was thought highly（高度地）of by all of his students.
3. TV sets are available(可买到的)in any department store.
4. He determined（决心）that he would never see her again.
5. I wasn’t sure how you would react(反应).
6. There are various（各种各样的）ways of solving the problem.
7. It’s becoming fashionable（流行的）to have short hair again.
8. It’s about time we updated（更新）our software.
9. These traditional tools are both functional（实用的）and attractive.
10. It rained continuously（连续地）for two days.
Ⅱ. 单项填空
1. _____into the college, he had to work hard at all the subjects, some of which he didn’t like.
A. In order to admit B. In order to be admitted
C. So as to admit D. So as to be admitted
【解析】选B。so as to同in order to都可表示目的，但前者不能位于句首，故排除C、D两项。由题意知应使用被动语态，故选B。
2. At the meeting they discussed three different____to the study of mathematics.
A. approaches B. means
C. methods D. ways
【解析】选A。考查固定搭配。approach和介词to连用，表示“做……的方法”；means, method和介词of连用；way常用the way to do sth. 或the way of doing sth. 表示“做某事的方法”。
3. Mr White was so angry at all____Bill was doing____he walked out.
A. that; which B. that; that
C. what; that D. which; that
【解析】选B。第一空的that是定语从句的引导词，修饰先行词all。第二空填that, 与前面的so构成“so. . . that. . . ”句式，即that引导结果状语从句。
4. Teaching as a career____to many people because of the long holidays.
A. attracts B. calls C. appeals D. turns
【解析】选C。appeal to 意为“对……有吸引力，引起……的兴趣”；attract 意为“吸引”，直接跟宾语；call to sb. 意为“向某人呼喊”；turn to求助于。
5. Although he was disabled when he was only ten years of age, yet he aimed_____, for which his classmates spoke____of him.
A. high; high B. highly; highly
C. highly; high D. high; highly
【解析】选D。high用作副词时，指所处位置的“高”，常被置于所修饰的动词之后。highly指抽象的“高”，多用于修饰形容词化的过去分词，也常用在固定搭配之中。第一空表示“目标定得很高”，第二空表示“高度地称赞”。
6. This is a difficult problem, but at the same time it is_____interesting.
A. extremely B. naturally
C. basically D. entirely
【解析】选A。句意：这是一个很难的问题，然而同时又非常有意思。extremely“相当”，说明程度。naturally“自然地”；basically“基本地”；entirely“完全地，彻底地”。
7. I don’t think that your speech____to the crowd, for they appeared quite puzzled.
A. got back B. got away
C. got through D. got across
【解析】选D。考查动词词组辨析。get back“回来”；get away“逃脱；离开”；get through“完成，接通（电话）”；get across“让……领会；被理解”。句意：我认为你的演讲难以使人们理解，因为他们一脸的困惑。
8. In the reading room, we found her____at the desk, with her attention____on a book.
A. sitting; fixing B. sit; fixed
C. sitting; to be fixed D. seated; fixed
【解析】选D。从第一空看，用sitting和seated都可作宾补；第二空考查fix one’s attention这一固定短语，fix和attention之间是动宾关系，所以用过去分词。
9. When_____, the museum will be open to the public next year.
A. completed B. completing
C. being completed D. to be completed
【解析】选A。the museum与complete之间是动宾关系，排除B项；When completed是When it is completed 的省略。
10. If____convenient, do come to attend our party in Hilton Restaurant tomorrow
A. it is B. it will be
C. you are D. you will be
【解析】选A。convenient作表语时，不用人作主语，排除C、D两项，B项时态错误。条件状语从句中谓语动词用现在时表示将来。句意为：如果方便的话，明天一定要来参加我们在希尔顿饭店的聚会。
11. —Whose advice do you think I should take
—_____.
A. You get it B. Up to you
C. Anyone you like D. You speak
【解析】选B。up to you是固定用法It’s up to you(由您来决定)的省略形式。
12. Those who change mobile phones frequently will pay a heavy price for being_____.
A. graceful B. fashionable
C. particular D. available
【解析】选B。句意：那些频繁地更换手机的人将为赶时髦而付出高额代价。fashionable“时尚的，时髦的”。graceful“优雅的”；particular“特别的”; available“可获得的”。根据句意应选B。
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly, ”said Mrs. Brown. She said that Clyde, her 7?year?old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast, either. So she called the police.
“Is Clyde your child or your pet ”the officer doubtfully asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course. ”Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS. You have to ask your neighbors, hand out leaflets(传单)or take other measures, ”said the policeman.
Mrs. Brown thought a billboard(广告牌)would work better than a piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde and put it on the billboard for all to see. It would cost ＄3, 000 a month. So she took most of her money and rented the billboard for a month.
A month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. She has almost no money in savings, so she called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for another month.
主人的猫丢了，主人不惜倾其所有登广告找猫，但是巨额的费用使得主人不得不求助于好心人的资助。
1. How long has Clyde been away from home
A. For one week.
B. For about 30 days.
C. For no more than 60 days.
D. For over 60 days.
【解析】选D。由“My baby has been missing for over a month now, . . . ”和刊登广告的一个月的时间“A month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. ”可知，加起来是两个多月。
2. Mrs. Brown had to rent a billboard to find her cat because____.
A. the policeman did not help her
B. she did not believe the policeman
C. the policeman couldn’t find her cat
D. she followed the policeman’s suggestion
【解析】选D。根据第二段“‘. . . You have to ask your neighbors, hand out leaflets or take other measures, ’said the policeman”可知，选D。
3. What does the underlined phrase “blow up” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Take something with you
B. Make something larger
C. Show something to others
D. Improve something
【解析】选B。根据第三段“. . . put it on the billboard for all to see. . . ”可知是把猫的照片放大后登到广告牌上。
4. From the last paragraph, we can learn that____.
A. Clyde has been found finally
B. Mrs. Brown is not a rich woman
C. Mrs. Brown can afford the rent for the next month
D. some kind-hearted people gave support to Mrs. Brown.
【解析】选B。根据最后一段“She has almost no money. . . help her rent the billboard for another month. ”可知。
