Ⅳ. 阅读理解。（共10小题，计20分）
阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Hello, welcome to Sunshine Animal Center. This is Helen Friend.
Every day, humans abandon lots of dogs and cats. What can we do for such animals? Sunshine Animal Center works to improve the lives of dogs, cats and other animals in our communities. At the center, we believe every animal should have a safe and loving life.
Today is World Animal Day. We're thanking our supporters for helping us go on with our work. Let's hear from Neo, Sherry and Betty. They have much to be thankful for.

()36. What is Helen Friend?
A. A worker at Sunshine Animal Center.
B. A pet business woman.
C. A social worker at Sunshine Community.
D. An animal watcher.
()37. Which phrase has the same meaning as the underlined word “abandon” in Paragraph 2?
A. Care about.
B. Look for.
C. Throw away.
D. Pay for.
()38. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Sunshine Animal Center is a pet shop.
B. There is something wrong with Neo's tail.
C. Sherry's master left her by the bin when she was 11.
D. Betty found a warm home at Sunshine Animal Center.

36. A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Hello, welcome to Sunshine Animal Center. This is Helen Friend.”以及结合后文介绍阳光动物中心的工作等内容可知，Helen Friend 是阳光动物中心的工作人员，故选 A。
37. C 【解析】词义猜测题。根据后文“What can we do for such animals? Sunshine Animal Center works to improve the lives of dogs, cats and other animals in our communities.”以及 Neo、Sherry、Betty 的经历，像“my master didn't like me any more and I had to leave”“My master threw me away when I was a baby dog.”等可知，该中心对被遗弃的动物提供救助工作，所以“abandon”意思是丢弃，“Throw away”(扔掉；丢弃)与之意思相近，故选 C。
38. D 【解析】推理判断题。根据“Sunshine Animal Center takes care of me and helps me to feel safe again.”可知，Betty 在阳光动物中心找到了一个温暖的家，故选 D。

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，包含细节理解、词义猜测、推理判断三类基础题型。解题思路：1. 第36题是细节理解题，需定位文中关于Helen Friend的身份描述，结合上下文语境判断其职业；2. 第37题是词义猜测题，需结合文中动物被遗弃的相关描述，推测划线词“abandon”的含义，再匹配对应选项；3. 第38题是推理判断题，需逐一分析选项，结合文中动物的经历判断选项是否符合文意，选出最佳答案。
【解析】
36. 细节理解题。根据文中“Hello, welcome to Sunshine Animal Center. This is Helen Friend.”以及后文介绍阳光动物中心救助动物的工作内容，可知Helen Friend是阳光动物中心的工作人员，故选A。
37. 词义猜测题。根据后文提到的动物被主人抛弃的经历（如Neo被主人赶走、Sherry被主人扔掉），结合阳光动物中心救助被遗弃动物的工作，可知“abandon”意为“丢弃”，选项C“Throw away”（扔掉、丢弃）与之意思相近，故选C。
38. 推理判断题。A选项：阳光动物中心是救助流浪动物的场所，不是宠物店，错误；B选项：文中未提及Neo的尾巴有问题，错误；C选项：是Betty被主人留在垃圾桶旁，不是Sherry，错误；D选项：根据Betty的描述“Sunshine Animal Center takes care of me and helps me to feel safe again”，可知她在中心找到了温暖的家，正确，故选D。
【答案】
36. A 37. C 38. D
【知识点】
阅读理解细节理解、词义猜测、推理判断
【点评】
本题围绕阳光动物中心救助流浪动物的主题展开，题型为初中英语常见的阅读理解基础题型，考查学生查找细节、猜测词义、推理判断的能力，贴近生活实际，易于学生理解。
【难度系数】
0.7

B
One night, four students stayed up late partying, even though they knew they would have a test the next day. The next morning, they came up with an idea to get out of their test.
Each student put some dirt(土) on their faces and hands, and then they went to the teacher's office. They told the teacher that they had helped an old woman with her car on the way to school, and they spent the whole morning pushing her car back.
The teacher listened, and to the students' surprise, he said that they could do the test in three days' time.
On the day of the test, the students went to their teacher's office. The teacher put four students in four different rooms to take the test. The students didn't mind. They were just so happy because they had three extra days to study and prepare for the test.
In fact, to get a better grade, they did go over the lessons carefully. However, as they read the paper, the students found there were only two questions on the paper.

Now it's not hard to imagine how ashamed(羞愧的) they all felt.

39.C 40.D 41.D

39. 从原文第一段内容可知，四名学生考试前一晚熬夜开派对，其余选项描述的事件都是学生编造的谎言或不符合事实，对应选C。
40. 学生往脸上抹泥，是为了配合自己编造的帮老人推车的借口，目的是让老师相信他们的话，对应选D。
41. 梳理故事情绪变化：一开始担心考不好想逃考→担忧，老师同意延后考试→意外惊喜，获得额外三天复习时间→开心，最后发现谎言被考题戳穿→羞愧抱歉，对应顺序选D。