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He was, in fact, performing a very necessary and humane service, as anyone who had seen the cats would agree. So my lessons in French were being continuously interrupted while the consul leapt to the window to send yet another cat to a happier hunting ground. After the report of the gun there would be a moment’s silence in respect for the dead, and then the consul would blow 45 his nose violently, sigh tragically, and we would plunge once more into the tangled labyrinth of French verbs. BLANK PAGE Copyright Acknowledgements: Reading Passage © ADAPTED; Gerald Durrell; My Family and Other Animals ; Penguin Books; 1956. Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is luded has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been luded, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the bran me of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge. 1 阅读文章（ ）2012 年 5 月/6 月阅读小册子 1 小时 45 分钟首先阅读这些说明本 内容包含适用于试卷上所有问题的阅读段落。 本文档由 3 页印刷页和 1 页空白页组成。 DC (NH)56045 .UCLES 2012 翻 2 仔细阅读下面的段落，然后回答试卷上的所有问题。 杰拉尔德·杜雷尔 (Gerald Durrell)是一位作家和动物 者，他在 20 世纪 30 年代的希腊科孚岛度过了童年的一段时光。在这段文字中，他描述了比利时驻科孚岛领 事，他是他的私人家庭 之一。 新导师领事的家位于 的狭窄、臭气熏天的小巷里，这些小巷构成了镇上的老城区。那是一个迷人的地区，鹅卵石铺成的街道上挤满了摊位， 高高地堆满了色彩缤纷的布包、闪闪发亮的甜食和装饰品打碎的银子，水果和蔬菜。街道太窄了，你不得不退后一步靠在墙上，让驴子驮着货物摇摇晃晃地过去。这是一个 5 小镇丰富多彩，充满喧闹和喧嚣，人们讨价还价的尖 ， 母鸡的咯咯声、狗的吠 、