1 . Why I Hate Cats
My name is Oreo, and I’m a ten-year-old, black-and-white Portuguese Water Dog. I’m well-mannered, polite, and friendly. But there is one thing that does set me off: cats. Frankly, I can’t stand them. With their messy hair, beady little eyes, and pointy teeth, they just set my curly coat on end.
I’m particularly not fond of the cat — the gray-colored creature across the street. If she would just stay in her house or even her yard, it wouldn’t be so bad. But, unlike me, she gets to go wherever she wants. No collar, no leash, and no boundaries from what I can see.
Like any responsible pet, I generally stay within my owners’ enclosed back yard. And when I do go out, it’s on a leash held by a human and attached to a collar. Ms. Gray Puss, on the other hand, wanders collarless across the street any time she likes. She even does her business anywhere and anytime she prefers, including on my owners’ lawn.
If she would just stay off my property, I’d be okay with her superior airs and standoffish attitude. But that’s not how she rolls. Sometimes, she comes over and pollutes my owners’ front garden, knowing full well that I’m only a few yards away on the other side of the fence and powerless to stop her.
Sometimes, when my owner takes me for a walk, I’ll spot that animal and take a run at her. Unfortunately, I always forget that I’m on a leash. Before I know it, I’m being dragged backwards. What’s particularly awkward is that the gray one doesn’t even move. I guess she knows I can’t get at her, and that’s why she doesn’t even deign to get up on all fours and at least hiss at me.
Mark my words: Someday, one of my owners will forget to lock the front gate, one of the fence boards will fall off, or my male owner Dave will forget to fully secure the leash. And when that day comes, someone’s going to suffer. I’m not sure why, but Dave keeps saying he thinks it will be me.
1. What do the underlined words “set me off” in Paragraph 1 mean?
| A．To see me off. | B．To make me laugh. |
| C．To make me annoyed. | D．To set out. |
2. Who is number one on my hate list?
| A．Ms. Gray Puss. | B．Dave. | C．Oreo. | D．Portuguese Water Dog. |
3. Why do I hate Ms. Gray Puss?
| A．Because she always shows off in front of me. |
| B．Because I envy her freedom. |
| C．Because she pollutes my owner’s front garden. |
| D．Because she walks around without a leash. |
4. What does Dave mean by keeping saying he thinks it will be me?
| A．It’ll be my fault to forget to lock the front door. |
| B．It’ll be careless of me to forget to secure the leash. |
| C．It will be I who will suffer if anything mentioned above happens. |
| D．It will be I who will break the fence boards. |
