消灭老鼠的话，古埃及不可能成为重要的谷物种植中心，故选C项。

　　3．选D　由该空前的"Cats were also trained to help hunters"可知，D项内容符合此处语境。

　　4．选G　由该段所讲述的守护神Bast可知，在古埃及很多家庭都饲养猫以求好运，故选G项。

　　5．选E　由该空后的"Foreigners sometimes took cats out of Egypt secretly"和"Egyptian soldiers ...bring them back home to Egypt."可知，应该有法律规定不许将猫带出埃及，故选E项。

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　One day last June, Clifford Luther served a burger and fries to a man passing through his restaurant, Old West Express, in Saskatchewan, Canada. Two __1__ later, the man__2__ and wrote him a check (支票) for $160,000."I thought, they were good burgers and fries, __3__ they weren't that good，" Luther told CTV News.

　　The __4__ man was Bob Erb of British Columbia, who won Canada's $25 million Lotto Max jackpot (累积赌注) in November 2012 and has been giving money to people __5__. He's donated (捐献) his __6__ to food banks, the old people, and some organizations, and he __7__ 20 people in Terrace, his hometown, to get necessary care they couldn't __8__.

　　While giving the burger that first afternoon, Luther __9__ Erb that his 25­year­old daughter had just got cancer in Vancouver, about 1,000 miles away."He and I had a __10__experience. One of my children had cancer, too. But he died four years ago. So, I know the __11__ a parent has，" says Erb."I__12__ on the way home I'd __13__ him some money so he could go see his __14__."

　　Two days later when Erb was on his way back to British Columbia, he __15__ the restaurant for another burger, which Luther __16__ to buy him because Erb had tipped (给......小费) him well just two days ago. Erb said "no way" and asked the restaurant owner for a __17__， then wrote the check and left it on the table. "Luther looked at the __18__ and couldn't say anything. He just held his arms out，" Erb says.

Erb, 60，__19__ works on a building site (建筑工地) part­time and hasn't __20__ twice about the $7 million he's given to his family, friends, and society. "If you have enough to feed yourself, you help others out，" he says.