2025高考英语一轮复习外刊阅读与词汇专练
专题07【猫奴必备】为何猫咪才是真爱？
1.精编外刊阅读
2.阅读理解专项
3.语法填空专项
4.课标高频词专练
5.外刊中的课标词
【精编·外刊阅读】
Catstyle,catsociety,catworld
文中红色粗体为课标词，下面有专门的高频课标词训练和课标词梳理表格
[A]It’salwayssupposedthatoneiseithera“catperson”ora“dogperson”.Dogs,theassumptiongoes,areloyal,affectionate,andfun;cats,asMrsBeetonsuggestedin1862,are“selfish,cruel,greedy,andwithoutabitofaffection”.ButwhatdoesitrevealaboutsomeonewhoprefersthecompanyofcatsThisinterestingquestionisattheheartofKathrynHughes’sCatland,wheresheexplorestheculturalsignificanceofcatsthroughouthistory.
[B]Hughestracesthehistoryofthecatincultureandsociety,focusingonitsjourneyfrompesttopetinthemid-19th-century.Shealsoexplorestheanthropomorphic（拟人的）worldof“catart”createdbythe19th-centuryartistLouisWain.H.G.WellscreditedWainwithinventingacatstyle,acatsociety,andawholecatworld.InWain’scomic-likepictures,catsadopthumanform,wearclothes,drivecars,andparentnaughtybabycats.Standingontheirbacklegswithhuge,expressiveeyes,Wain’scatsubjectsoftenreflecttheirview,offeringauniquesocialobservationontheperiod.
[E]InadditiontoWainscontributions,Hughesexploresthebroader19th-centuryinterestincats.Shesuggeststhatthemysterysurroundingcatscouldeasilyleadtomisunderstandingsbetweenhumansandtheseanimals,potentiallyexplainingtheoriginsofailments（疾病）likeailurophobia(thefearofcats).
[G]Thebookalsohighlightstheinfluenceofcatsonfamousfiguresofthetime,suchasEdwardLearandThomasHardy.WhileHardyisburiedatWestminsterAbbey,hisheartisfamouslytransportedandburiedinagraveyardinDorset,havingbeentransportedthereinabiscuittin.
[H]ReturningtoLouisWain,hislateryearstookadarkerturn.Declaredmentallyillandcommittedtoamentalhospital,Waincontinuedtocreateart,