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　　15．Tom became interested in books at a very young age. He read every book he could find and bought books of all kinds. Today Tom has a big collection of books. His favourite books are mystery novels and books about detective stories.

　　The story mainly tells us _____ .

　　A. why Tom does the reading

　　B. how Tom learned to read

　　C. how much Tom likes to read

　　D. what Tom’s favourite books are

　　二、完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）

　　阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　Long, long ago, a man had a cat which he loved very, very much. He thought it was such an unusual animal that he decided to name it Sky.

　　One day, a friend said to him, “Allow me to       16       to you that there is something stronger than sky. I mean the clouds, for they       17       the sky.” “You are right,”       18     the man. “From now on, I’m going to give my most unusual cat the name Cloud.”

　　Sometime later, one of his neighbours was drinking tea at his house. “   19      do you call this unusual animal Cloud? For there is    20   much stronger than the clouds. I mean the wind that blows away the clouds    21    it.” So from then on the man called the cat of which he was so    22    by the name of Wind.

　　But a week had not passed when the leader of the town noticed this quite unusual cat. “Wind,” he said, “seems to me a   23    that is not worth the quality of this animal. The wind meets his master every day. I mean the wall that it cannot   24     through.” “Ah, so,” said the        25  of the cat, “my most beloved pet will be called Wall.”

　　A little later, a young man from a nearby school respectfully said to the man that there was something which could beat even a wall — the     26    that bit a hole through it. “That is      27 ,” said the man. “I will name my most unusual cat Mouse.”

　　Just then the gardener’s little son happened by. “Mouse!”     28    cried out. “Aha, I know something much stronger than a mouse. I mean the cat that     29      the mouse and eats him up.” At this the man realized his   30    . And from then on he called the animal by the most beautiful name that anyone had been able to give it — the name of Cat.

　　16．A. carry outB. point out

　　C. put outD. find out

　　17．A. hideB. fillC. cleanD. decorate

　　18．A. askedB. addedC. repliedD. doubted

　　19．A. WhenB. WhereC. HowD. Why

　　20．A. somethingB. anything

　　C. everythingD. nothing