Many people like dogs more and call themselves “dog people”. Robert was one of them. He loved dogs very much and was not interested in cats at all.

One day, Robert saw a homeless cat. The cat was hungry and looked very poor. Robert felt sorry for it and decided to help. Soon, the cat stayed with him and became his new roommate.

Before living with the cat, Robert had many wrong ideas. He used to think a cat’s tongue would hurt people, a litter box was dirty and that cats were hard to look after. He thought cat owners’ homes smelled bad. He also thought dogs were more friendly than cats.

But all these ideas were wrong. Cat owners’ homes smelled bad just because they didn’t clean well. Cats are easy to take care of if people are careful. Robert’s cat was very lovely and liked to cuddle (依偎) him. Now, Robert loves his cat very much. He named it Pawl and shared its photo online.

1.1.What did Robert think of cats at first?

A He loved them so much.

B He had no interest in them.

C He felt really sorry for them.

D He wanted to play with them.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“He loved dogs very much and was not interested in cats at all.”（他非常喜欢狗，对猫一点也不感兴趣），可知罗伯特最初对猫没有兴趣。选项A“他非常爱它们”、C“他为它们感到非常难过”、D“他想和它们一起玩”均与原文第一段表述不符，只有B选项符合原文细节，故选B。

2.2. Why did Robert take the cat home?

A He had no friends.

B He felt pity for it.

C He wanted to sell it.

D He liked cats best.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“Robert felt sorry for it and decided to help.”（罗伯特为它感到难过，决定帮助它），“felt sorry for”与选项B中的“felt pity for”是同义表达，均意为“为……感到同情”。选项A“他没有朋友”、C“他想卖掉它”、D“他最喜欢猫”在文章中均未提及，属于无中生有，故选B。

3.3. Robert thought dogs were______ than cats.

A smaller

B lazier

C friendlier

D quieter

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“He also thought dogs were more friendly than cats.”（他还认为狗比猫更友好），直接对应选项C“friendlier”（更友好的）。选项A“更小的”、B“更懒的”、D“更安静的”均未在文章中出现，与原文细节不符，故选C。

4.4. What is TRUE about cats after Robert knew them?

A They are not easy to keep.

B They often hurt their owners.

C They always smell really bad.

D They are easy to care for.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“Cats are easy to take care of if people are careful.”（如果人们细心的话，猫很容易照顾），可知D选项“它们容易照顾”符合原文细节。选项A“它们不容易饲养”与原文表述相反；选项B“它们经常伤害主人”，原文提到Robert最初误以为猫的舌头会伤人，但实际并非如此，属于错误认知；选项C“它们总是很难闻”，原文说明“养猫人的家难闻只是因为没打扫干净”，并非猫本身难闻，故A、B、C均错误，选D。

5.5. What can be put in the blank “___▲___”?

A judge things easily

B have a pet dog

C keep cats as pets

D help animals

解析：选A。A推理判断题。文章主要讲述罗伯特最初对猫有很多错误的偏见（认为猫伤人、难照顾、家里会难闻等），但收养猫之后，发现这些想法都是错误的，最终改变了对猫的看法。结合空格后“and love may come unexpectedly”（爱可能会意外降临），可推断出前文是提醒我们“不要轻易判断事物”。选项A“轻易判断事物”符合文章主旨；选项B“养一只宠物狗”、C“养猫当宠物”、D“帮助动物”均与文章想传递的“不要有偏见、不要轻易下判断”的核心思想不符，故选A。