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She has no close friends () her husband.
A.more than
B.less than
C.other than
D.rather than
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A.more than
B.less than
C.other than
D.rather than
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)
Only two animals have entered the human household otherwise than as prisoners and become domesticated by other means than those of enforced servilities: the dog and the cat. Two things they have in common, namely, that both belong to the order of carnivores and both serve man in their capacity of hunters.
In all other characteristics, above all in the manner of their association with man, they are as different as the night from the day. There is no domestic animal which has so rapidly altered its whole way of living, indeed its whole sphere of interests, that has become domestic in so true a sense as the dog; and there is no animal that, in the course of its century old association with man, has altered so little as the cat. There is some truth in the assertion that the cat, with the exception of a few luxury breeds, such as Angoras, Persians and Siamese, is no domestic animal but a completely wild being. Maintaining its full independence it has taken up its abode in the houses and outhouses of man, for the simple reason that there are more mice they're than elsewhere: The whole charm of the dog lies in the depth of the friendship and the strength of the spiritual ties with which he has bound himself to man, but the appeal of the cat lies in the very fact that she has formed no close bond with him, that she has the uncompromising independence of a tiger or a leopard while she is hunting in his stables and barns; that she still remain mysterious and remote when she is rubbing herself gently against the legs of her mistress or purring contentedly in front of the fire.
The purring cat is, for me, a symbol of the heart side and the hidden security, which it stands for. I should no more like to be without a cat, in my home than to be without the dog that trots behind me in field or street, since my earliest youth I have always had dogs and cats about me. Business like friends have advised me to write a dog book and a cat book separately, because dog lovers often dislike cats and cat lovers frequently abhor dogs. But I consider, it the finest test of genuine love and understanding of animals if a person has sympathies for both these creatures, and can appreciate in each its own special virtue.
Cats, according to the author, ______.
A.are not domestic animals at all
B.are fiercer than dogs
C.are both meek and independent
D.can sometimes be very hostile to people
She kept a close eye__________the sick child and didn’t sleep the whole night.
A.at
B.in
C.for
D.on
A.so does she
B.so has she
C.so she has
D.so she does
Since she________studied hard, she succeeded in her exam.
A. would
B. had
C. has
The sad news broke her______and she has been gloomy ever since.
A.feelings
B.emotions
C.mind
D.heart
The author mentions her own childhood experience to show that ______.
A.she never understood why her parents had odd jobs and argued about the president
B.she didn't know what her parents did to earn money to support the family when she was young
C.she did understand why the American became more and more close and hugged a lot
D.she could see that the American parents keep the stress and tiredness from work to themselves
A.has been to
B.has gone to
C.will go to
D.was going to
Mary has a curious expression on her face as though she ______ about something.
A.is smiling
B.were smiling
C.smiles
D.has smiled