Renee had been married for a long, long time. Her favorite part of being married

Renee had been married for a long, long time. Herfavorite part of being married was the weekend, when she was with her twohorses. On the weekend, Renee was at the stables(养马场)from morning until dark. She fed, groomed, and rode her horses. She was anexcellent rider. She would ride the horses bareback on Saturday, and then shewould saddle（给马装鞍） them up on Sunday.

Renee loved parades. She used to say, “A parade isn’ta parade without a horse.” Renee loved parades almost as much as she loved herhorses. She belonged to an email list of volunteers for parades. She regularlyvisited the state website list of parades to see if there were any new paradesthat she didn’t know about. All the state parades were organized in hercomputer. In the parades file, she listed the date, drive time and distance,parade time, contact people, and other details she felt were important.

She knew the parade director of every town within afour-hour drive. She never stayed overnight. She always left the parade in timeto get her horses back to the stables before “bedtime”. She had to feed thembefore they turned in. Her horses seemed to like parades, too. They knew a fewtricks that always impressed the children.

Renee was very generous with her time and her horses.But owning horses wasn’t cheap. You had to rent the stables, and there werealways vet(兽医) and feed bills. Renee knew how to copewith expenses, though. Her vet always gave her a 10-percent discount for payingcash. She always bought the no-name, generic food for the horses. Her vet hadtold her it was just as healthful and tasty as the brand name material. Shealways bought economy gasoline. And on parade days, Renee always packed her ownlunch and ate with her horses.

1.What did Renee regularly do on the weekend?

A．She visitedthe state website list of parades.

B．She took partin parades.

C．She fed,groomed, and rode her horses at the stables.

D．She spentwith her family.

2.Which one did Renee like better,horses or parades?

A．She likedhorses better than parades.

B．She likedparades better than horses.

C．She didn’t love her horses as much as she loved parades.

D．She loved herhorses almost as much as she loved parades.

3.Renee never stayed overnight when she took part inparades because__________.

A．she didn’t like to sleep together with horses

B．she had toget her horses back to the stables before “bedtime” to be fed

C．her horsesdidn’t agree to stay overnight

D．she couldn’t sleep well outside

4.How did Renee cope with expenses of owning horses?The following ways were used except that __________.

A．she alwaysbought the brand name food for the horses

B．she had a10-percent discount for paying cash offered by her vet

C．she alwayspacked her own lunch and ate with her horses on parade days

D．she alwaysbought the no-name, generic food for the horses

5.Which of the following words can’t be used todescribe Renee?

A．caring            B．money-saving      C．careful           D．mean

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【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.D

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