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1、高考英语二轮复习专题训练:阅读理解97阅读理解AGoldies Secret She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. Were moving house.; No space for her any more with the baby coming. We never really
2、wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present. People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen. I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name. She was so unse
3、ttled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owners. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by my side
4、, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire. Thats why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldnt hold her any longer and she ra
5、ced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could. By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them. We didnt know what had happened to her, said the woman
6、at the door. I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared. She must have tried to come back to them and got lost, added a boy from behind her. I must admit I do miss Goldie, but Ive got Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. And Ive learnt a good
7、 lesson: not to judge people.1. How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house? A. Shocked. B. Sympathetic. C. Annoyed. D. Upset.2. In her first few days at the authors house, Goldie . A. felt worried B. was angry C. ate a little D. sat by the fire3. Goldie rushed off to a farmho
8、use one day because she . A. saw her puppies B. heard familiar barkings C. wanted to leave the author D. found her way to her old homeBYou can never be too sure these days in the United States of your neighbours or even your customers! Try to keep a low profile姿态in your neighborhood: dont announce t
9、o just about everyone that you are running a home business with thousands of dollars worth of equipment. As much as possible, dont invite clients客户or visitors to your home. In fact I know of some home-based entrepreneurs企业家who would rather meet their clients in a neutral中间的ground, e.g. the clients o
10、ffice or even Starbucks.There are other ways to keep burglars away from your house.Keep lights on around your house in the evenings. Light is a natural fright for burglars.Invest in a security alarm, particularly if your house is located in a remote spot. Security systems can often bring down the co
11、st of your homeowners insurance premiums费用.Make sure that all windows and doors are locked and the security alarm turned on before you sleep at night or go out of the house. Avoid keeping house keys in obvious places, such as under the lamp or top of the doorframe.Adding an additional lock will prov
12、ide extra security when you are home. The dead-lock, sometimes called an “exit-only deadbolt is an deadbolt that doesnt have an external外部的key. Its clearly visible on the door from the outside, but cant be broken into without destroying the door, frame, or lock itself. While the security wont help d
13、irectly when you arent home, the visibility may discourage an intruder from trying the door.Your door itself should be made of strong materials, such as one-inch thick solid hardwood or heavy metal.4. The advice given by the writer in the passage focuses on _.A. how to make your house safer from bur
14、glarsB. what to do when your house is broken intoC. how to improve social security in the United StatesD. how to run a home business5. Some home-based entrepreneurs dont invite clients to their home _.A. to enjoy convenience outside their homeB. for reasons of their property safetyC. not to let othe
15、rs know their businessD. in order to avoid being seen by burglars6. All of the following are part of the writers advice except that the homeowner _.A. buy a security alarm and turn it on in the eveningB. fix an extra lock on the door from insideC. have the doors made of solid hardwood or heavy metalD. keep lights on in all rooms to threaten burglars7. What does the underlined word “intruder most probably mean in this passage?A. Someone who is invited to visit.