One day, a cat met Mr. Fox in the woods. She spoke to him, “Good day, my dear Mr. Fox. How is it going? How are you?” The fox first looked at the cat from head to feet, and for a long time did not know whether he should give an answer. At last he said, “Oh, you poor cat, what are you thinking? Have you the nerve to ask how I am doing? What do you know? How many tricks (诡计) do you understand?”

    “I understand one,” answered the cat.

    “What kind of trick is it?” asked the fox.

    “When the dogs are chasing me, I can jump up into a tree and save myself.”

    “Is that all?” said the fox. “I have a sackful (一大袋) of tricks. I feel sorry for you. Come with me, and I will teach you how one escapes from the dogs.”

    Just then four dogs came. The cat jumped quickly up a tree, and sat down at its top, where the leaves completely hid her.

    “Untie (打开) your sack, Mr. Fox, untie your sack,” the cat shouted to him, but the dogs had already caught him and were holding him fast.

    “Oh, Mr. Fox,” shouted the cat. “You and your hundred tricks are useless. If you had been able to climb like I can, you would not have lost your life.”

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1.What was the cat’s attitude (态度) to Mr. Fox?

A Pleased.

B Uncaring.

C Friendly.

D Worried.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第一段的“She spoke to him, ‘Good day, my dear Mr. Fox. How is it going? How are you?’”可知，猫很友好地和狐狸打招呼。故选C。

2.The cat’s trick is about saving herself from __________.

A tigers

B bears

C foxes

D dogs

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第四段的“When the dogs are chasing me, I can jump into a tree and save myself.”可知，猫的本领是当有狗追她的时候，她会爬到树上来保护自己。故选D。

3.What do the underlined words “escapes from” mean?

A Looks forward to.

B Catches up with.

C Gets away from.

D Runs out of.

解析：选C。C词义猜测题。根据前面的“When the dogs are chasing me, I can jump into a tree and save myself.”和“Is that all?”可知，猫的本领是当有狗追她的时候，她会爬到树上来保护自己，而狐狸对此很不屑，他打算让猫跟着他并教她怎么从追捕中“逃脱”。故选C。

4.What did the cat do when four dogs came?

A Untied Mr. Fox’s sack.

B Shouted for help.

C Lay down on the ground.

D Jumped up into a tree.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据倒数第三段前两句“Just then four dogs came. The cat jumped quickly up a tree”可知，来了四条狗，猫敏捷地窜到一棵树上，茂密的树叶把她遮挡得严严实实的。故选D。

5.What is the ending of the story?

A The cat lost her life.

B Mr. Fox lost his life.

C Mr. Fox saved the cat.

D The cat saved Mr. Fox.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的“the dogs had already caught him, and were holding him fast.”和最后一段的“If you had been able to climb like I can, you would not have lost your life.”可知，狗已经将狐狸扑倒咬住了。猫对狐狸喊道：“假如你能像我一样爬树就不至于丢了性命了！”。故选B。