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From the beginning of human history, wild animals provided food, clothing and sometimes medicine. We may not depend so much on wild animals now. But we hear about them every day. Americans use the names of animals in many ways. Automobile manufacturers (制造商) and gasoline companies especially like to use big cats to sell their products. They like lions, tigers and wildcats. When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat. All these cats attack quickly and fiercely. So wildcats represent something fast and fierce.

An early American use of the word wildcat was quite different. It was used to describe members of Congress who declared war on Britain in 1812. A magazine of that year said the wildcat congressmen went home. It said they were unable to face the responsibility of having involved their country in an unnecessary war.

Wildcat also has been used as a name for money. At that time, some states permitted banks to make their own money. One bank in the state of Michigan offered paper money with a picture of a wildcat on it. Some banks, however, did not have enough gold to support all the paper money they offered. So the money had little or no value. It was called a wildcat bill or a wildcat bank note.

The banks which offered this money were called wildcat banks. A newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.

Wildcat then was used for an oil well or gold mine that had almost no oil or gold in it. Dishonest developers would buy such property. Then they would sell it and leave town with the money. The buyers were left with worthless holes in the ground. Today, wildcat oil wells are in areas that are not known to have oil.

小题1:What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Wildcats and their stories.

B.Wildcats and their characters.

C.Varieties of animal species.

D.Relationship between animals and humans.小题2:From the passage we can know that ______.

A.wildcats represent the state of Michigan.

B.the use of wildcats was not always the same

C.wildcats are the best friend of human beings

D.honest developers never buy wildcat oil wells小题3:The underlined words “a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat”in Paragraph 1 may refer to ______.

A.gasoline companies

B.automobile manufacturers

C.names of wildcats

D.brands of automobile小题4:It can be inferred that during the days of wildcat money ______.

A.people couldn’t buy anything with the money

B.people didn’t know how to save money

C.the rich invested too much on oil wells

D.people complained and suffered a lot

答案

小题1:A

小题2:B

小题3:C

小题4:D

题目分析:本文主要讲了野猫以及它们的故事。

小题1:根据全文内容以及When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat. All these cats attack quickly and fiercely. So wildcats represent something fast and fierce,故选A。

小题2:根据An early American use of the word wildcat was quite different. It was used to describe members of Congress who declared war on Britain in 1812. A magazine of that year said the wildcat congressmen went home. It said they were unable to face the responsibility of having involved their country in an unnecessary war.故选B。

小题3:根据Americans use the names of animals in many ways. Automobile manufacturers (制造商) and gasoline companies especially like to use big cats to sell their products. They like lions, tigers and wildcats.可知答案为C。

小题4:根据So the money had little or no value. It was called a wildcat bill or a wildcat bank note.可知答案为D。

点评:本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议,所以要把握其议才是主要方面。阅读这类文章,先弄清其引入的话题,再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法,然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。

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