浙江省2021届高三上学期9月百校联考 英语（含答案） 试卷

浙江省2021届高三上学期9月百校联考
英语试题
（考试时间120分钟。共8页。满分150分。）
第I卷
第一部分： 听力 （共两节，满分30分）
第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At home. B. In a zoo. C. In a restaurant.
2. What will the woman do tomorrow afternoon?
A. Watch a movie. B. Eat with her brother. C. See a doctor.
3. How will the speakers go to the bookstore?
A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By taxi.
4. How does the woman feel?
A. Uncertain. B. Relieved. C. Surprised.
5. What do we know about Dario?
A. He feels hopeless.
B. He survives on Coke.
C. He was too busy to go shopping.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What kind of room does the woman need?
A. A single room. B. A double room. C. A room for three.
7. How much will the woman pay per night?
A. $100. B. $120. C. $150.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Who is Pat?
A. The repairman. B. Susan’s friend. C. The house owner.
9. What is the woman angry about?
A. The front door didn’t work.
B. Pat always appeared without informing.
C. The house owner failed to repair the pipe.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Which company does the woman work for?
A. Customer Service. B. Smiths Retailers. C. Benson Software.
11. What are the speakers talking about?
A. The wrong order.
B. The impolite service.
C. The delayed delivery.
12. How many CD players will the woman send afterwards?
A. 150 B. 100. C. 50.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What’s the main purpose of the international summer course?
A. To win more fame.
B. To play music with friends.
C. To have a concert tour together.
14. How does Tim find the young musicians?
A. By advertising online.
B. By looking for new stars.
C. By handing out application forms.
15. What requirement do applicants need to meet?
A. Good-looking appearance.
B. Years of on-stage experience.
C. A basic level of spoken language.
16. Why is the course held in a university?
A. It’s more spacious.
B. Transport around is convenient.
C. It has enough halls for practicing.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. When will the school be closed on July 15?
A. 11:30 am. B. 12:30 pm. C. 1:00 pm.
18. Where can you find the information on supplies ordering?
A. In the school e-mail.
B. On the school website.
C. On the school notice board.
19. How will the things left in Lost and Found be treated?
A. Be sent to their owners.
B. Be kept in Lost and Found.
C. Be donated to the community charity.
20. What information will students know the night before school starts?
A. Who their teacher is.
B. Where the classroom is.
C. When the new term begin.

第二部分：阅读理解 （共两节，满分35分）
第一节：（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Worn-out tires are no good for a car, right? But they can be good for another type of transportation: walking!
In Zimbabwe, and in many other countries, old tires are not thrown away. Instead, craftsmen cut them up and make them into sandals (凉鞋). One of these craftsmen is Casper Mamutse, who runs a small sandal-making business just outside his house.
When Casper first saw a man named Isaac wearing tire sandals, he thought they looked funny. So he asked Issac where he got them. Issac said he had made them himself. Casper decided to buy a pair to make his friends laugh. But his friends didn’t laugh, instead they wanted their own. “Finally, I asked him to teach me how to make tire sandals,” says Casper.
For more than six months, Casper learned how to cut and shape soles (鞋底) from tires. To make the right size, Casper traces a shoe sole on the tire and cuts out a sole. “Cutting a tire with a knife requires as much brains as strength,” he says. “You have to use a lot of power and concentration or else you will cut your finger along with the tire.” After the sole is cut, Casper tears off the soft inside part of the tire and cut it into strips (带状物). He attaches the strips to the sole for “belts”. From one tire, Casper can make about four pairs of sandals for adults or about six pairs for kids.
The Zimbabwe countryside is full of sharp stones. Unless you have thick soles, your shoes can be easily pierced (刺穿). But strong boots are expensive, and many people walk barefoot. But now they can get tire sandals, which are strong enough and much less expensive than leather shoes.
Fedzai, a 10-year-old boy, thinks that what his friends need now are not cars to take them to school, but shoes. “Going to school on foot instead of in a car does not bother me very much,” he says. “After all, we are still moving on tires.”
21. Why did Casper buy a pair of tire sandals at first?
A. To entertain his friends
B. To keep it as a souvenir
C. To learn the producing technique
D. To prepare for his sandal-making business.
22. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Cutting soles from tires only needs power and strength.
B. Tire sandals are much stronger and more comfortable than boots.
C. It took Casper over six months to learn to make a pair of tire sandals.
D. Many people can’t afford to buy strong boots in Zimbabwe countryside.
23. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Special Sandals
B. Walking on Tires
C. Tire-sandals Business
D. A Journey in Zimbabwe

B
Singing has always made Stephen Dunn, 64, of Melbourne, feel joyful. He occasionally sang with bands in the past. When he was diagnosed (诊断) with Parkinson’s disease two years ago, he remembered that his father, who’d also had the condition, lost his ability to sing as the disease progressed.
Hoping to prevent a similar fate, Stephen joined ParkinSong last year, a local group of Parkinson’s patients who meet monthly with a music therapist (治疗学家). They sing together and learn skills to help preserve their singing and speaking voices.
“The session involves vocal exercises, breathing exercises, correct posture and that sort of thing,” he says. “Our vocal cords (声带) are like any other muscle in our body. If you don’t use it, you lose it.”
Helping Parkinson’s patients maintain their voices is just one way that music therapy benefits people. A variety of music programmes can improve the mental or physical health of people with numerous diseases and conditions. There are no potential side effects, except, perhaps, getting a song stuck in your head.
When therapy is needed to relieve pain or maintain or restore function to the body, different options are available. Physical therapy can be effective, but repetitive exercises may be boring. Music can add an element of fun to therapy.
Music is an ideal motivator, because people have deep emotional responses to it on many levels; researchers and music therapists latch onto this to create treatments that can be as effective as, or more effective than, traditional therapies.
“Music’s so multi-dimentional,” says Jeanette Tamplin, a music therapist and research fellow at the University of Melbourne who’s involved with ParkinSong. “It can be very functional. Like you’re getting people to walk in time to music. Or it can help them to access emotions and process grief (悲伤) and adjustment through songs.”
Doctors recommend music therapy to treat certain conditions, and researchers are working to expand the reach of treatments.
24. What’s the purpose of Stephen Dunn’s joining ParkinSong?
A. To train his vocal cord. B. To learn more singing skills
C. To meet people with Parkinson D. To stop himself losing his ability to sing
25. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Music motivates people to express all their feelings.
B. Music has the best effect on restoring the function of body.
C. Music therapy brings patients more fun than traditional one.
D. Music therapy helps maintain people’s voice in a limited way.
26. What will probably be talked about in the following paragraph? 
A. ParkinSong gathers more Parkinson patients to sing together.
B. Music therapy is used in treatments of other conditions.
C. Doctors found new therapies for Parkinson’s patients.
D. The origin of music therapy in Parkinson treatment.

C
One of the most traditional British holidays is the “seaside holiday”. Typically, families get on a train or into a car and travel to British seaside towns. They sunbathe on the beach, buy ice creams, eat fish and chips, build sandcastles and so on.
In the early 1970s, air travel became affordable for the average family in the UK, and more and more British people started travelling abroad for their summer holidays. After all, the British weather isn’t very good, even in summer, so a lot leave the UK for a vacation. Particularly popular with families on a budget is the “package holiday”, where the cost of flights and accommodation are offered as one discounted price by travel agents.
In the 1980s and 1990s, young people in the UK became more wealthy, or at least had more disposable income. As a result, young people started to go abroad in groups, to places such as Spain and Greece. Once at their destination, they socialized with other groups of young people and had one long party.
British holidaying habits have begun to change, however, climate change means that the UK now has a warmer climate than before, so people don’t always feel they need to go overseas to find good weather. Also, the world seems a less certain place as interconnected economics rise and fall, which means that the cost of foreign holidays is less predictable than it used to be. As a result, more and more Britons are choosing to spend their summer holidays in the UK.
In the UK, the domestic (国内的) tourism industry-- when people go on holiday in their own country--is healthier than it has been in decades. There is now an increased appreciation among Britons for the diversity of the UK. It is not just the geography and the diversity of climate-based activities on offer. It’s also the diversity of the cultures in the UK that is beginning to be of interest to domestic tourists.
The UK has always been famous for its international explorers, but now it is starting to discover itself.
27. What mainly caused Britons travel abroad for holidays in the early 1970s?
A. The bad weather in the UK. B. The lower cost of flights.
C. The trend of going overseas. D. The rise of tourism industry.
28. What does the underlined word “disposable” mean in paragraph 3?
A. easy to handle B. steady in amount
C. available for use D. flexible to change
29. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Climate change has an impact on the change of British holidaying habits.
B. Steady interconnected economics encourage more Britons holiday in the UK.
C. Package holiday was particularly popular with rich families in the early 1970s.
D. Both domestic and international tourists are interested in the diversity of the UK.
30. What’s author’s attitude towards UK’s domestic tourism industry?
A. Uncertain. B. Pessimistic. C. Optimistic. D. Objective.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
You never forget how to ride a bike, but most of us forget how hard it was to learn. That’s why when adults teach children, the experience can be frustrating. 31 The fundamentals of biking are balance, coasting, pedalling (踏板) and steering (操控).
To help your child learn to balance, have her sit on the bike seat with both feet touching the ground. Then have her scoot (快速移动) the bike forwards by pushing off with her feet. 32 Show how she can coast with her feet very near the ground and how she can stop simply by placing her feet down.
33 Have her stand over the bike with one foot on the ground and one on a pedal. Before beginning, remind her how to put her feet down in order to stop the bike or regain balance. Instruct her to push down on the pedal with the first foot while placing the other foot on the other pedal just as she begins to move forward. You can place your hand on the back of the seat to reassure and steady her as soon as she is in motion, and then let go. 34
After several successful straight runs, introduce steering. Start by making her ride in large circles that give her the feel of controlling the direction of the bike. 35 Eventually, she’ll master her turns, her speed and her stops.
When she’s really comfortable riding and steering, talk about using the brakes to stop the bike. Whether that means pedal brakes or hand brakes, emphasize slowing down before braking gently.
A. Once she’s a confident coaster, it’s time to pedal.
B. In the meanwhile, remind her to keep her feet moving.
C. The most important part in teaching cycling is to emphasize the basics.
D. If she masters scooting, encourage her to lift up her feet to coast a little.
E. Before beginning, remind her how to put her feet down to stop the bike.
F. Ride along with your child to check whether she’s using proper techniques.
G. Then set up some markers and have her practise pedalling around them, weaving in and out.

第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完型填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Lots of children want to know what to give their mom for Mother’s Day. Of course, a handsome card is always great, but it can be 36 to come up with that extra something.
One day, my friend Ollie and I were discussing what gift is good enough for his 37 Abuela, who is pretty much like a mom to him. Right then, Abuela walked 38 with a tray (托盘) of food. “Sweetie, won’t you 39 us for lunch? We’re having sandwiches. It’s my speciality.” she said to me. “This is delicious!” I said after taking a 40 and then asked. “Speaking of delicious, what’s the most delicious food you’ve ever eaten?”
She thought for a minute. “Well, nothing could 41 the special strawberry ice cream my grandmother made when I was a girl on certain 42 . ” We winked at each other, knowing that we had already 43 a Mother’s Day surprise his grandmother would love.
Over the next few days, Ollie and I asked everyone we knew if they 44 to have an old-fashioned ice-cream machine hanging around----but no 45 . So my dad helped us search for some recipes online, and 46 we found a fun one that didn’t require any fancy __47 , just a couple of empty coffee 48 in different sizes.
Mother’s Day finally arrived, we were pretty 49 to make the ice cream. Sitting outside, we all took turns rolling the can 50 we sang the Mother’s Day song for Abuela. We had to roll the can for half an hour, but it was so much 51 ! When the ice cream was finally ready, Abuela was the 52 to try it. “Mmm! The ice cream you made is even 53 better than I remember!” Abuela smiled from ear to ear.
For Mother’s Day, 54 time together while we made the ice cream was just as much fun as eating it. It is 55 with love that means more than gifts.
36.
A. easy
B. tough
C. different
D. funny
37.
A. father
B. mother
C. aunt
D. grandmother
38.
A. out
B. by
C. inside
D. around
39.
A. help
B. join
C. blame
D. ask
40.
A. bite
B. chance
C. look
D. breath
41.
A. compare
B. cover
C. beat
D. make
42.
A. conditions
B. occasions
C. spots
D. times
43.
A. learned
B. witnessed
C. revealed
D. found
44.
A. attempted
B. managed
C. pretended
D. happened
45.
A. time
B. luck
C. surprise
D. facility
46.
A. fortunately
B. specially
C. obviously
D. oppositely
47.
A. technique
B. material
C. equipment
D. ingredient
48.
A. cans
B. bottles
C. bags
D. boxes
49.
A. anxious
B. excited
C. exhausted
D. satisfied
50.
A. before
B. after
C. so
D. while
51.
A. interesting
B. complex
C. fun
D. simple
52.
A. first
B. second
C. next
D. last
53.
A. perhaps
B. almost
C. enough
D. far
54.
A. costing
B. spending
C. taking
D. making
55.
A. flavor
B. hope
C. company
D. joy

第II卷
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
There is no such thing as being born “good at languages”. 56 , there are people who learn language well, but that has nothing to do with them being 57 (natural) good at it. It has to do with their attitude and the way they approach learning.
You may already have heard or read about learning styles. The idea is that everyone has a style of learning that 58 (suit) them best. You want to figure out how you learn most easily and apply your 59 (prefer) learning style to your language learning.
Good language learners take responsibility 60 their own leaning. Besides regular language classes, they create opportunities to use 61 they have learned. They know practice is very important and are willing to take risks.
Good language learners have a good attitude towards the culture where the language ___62 (speak). They learn the customs of nonverbal behavior and the important 63__ (value) of the culture. They learn how to behave in stores and restaurants, how to behave with strangers and how to behave in society.
Good language learners work through any feelings of 64 (frustrate) or lack of confidence. They are able to cope with the challenges of learning a new language. They don’t let themselves give up, instead reminding themselves how important 65 is to keep going.

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
2020年8月，安徽省多地遭受特大洪水袭击，无数孩子失去家园。为此，校学生会号召大家本周日上午9：00在主教学楼前面为灾区孩子捐款。假定你是学生会主席李华，请你以学生会的名义写一则书面通知。
　　 注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
　
第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Chester was born in a cardboard box with four other cats. He was in a smaller cardboard box marked “free kittens” when Sasha met him and took him home. From that moment on, he loved boxes. In the mornings he sat, licking (舔) his paws and fur with his tongue in the rainbow-colored sunlight. Then he would look around for a box to sleep in.
He slept in hatboxes and shipping boxes, gift boxes and takeout food boxes. He slept in Sasha’s sock drawer, if she left it open. When he was a kitten, the size of a small load of bread, he had slept in shoeboxes. But he grew and grew, and now he was a lot bigger. When he tried to sleep in a shoebox, his furry tummy (肚子) hung over the sides.
Chester didn’t just sit in boxes, though. Sometimes he sat in flowerpots, pans, or laundry baskets. Chester also liked to sit in the bedroom of Sasha’s dollhouse, her birthday gift, with the furniture in a mess. Sasha had to redecorate the dollhouse every day, but she didn’t mind as long as Chester was happy. Sasha’s mom suggested Chester need a fixed house of his own, but Sasha ignored.
One day Sasha came home from school, and she couldn’t find Chester. He wasn’t in the dollhouse, or her sock drawer. “Mom, Dad!” Sasha yelled. “Chester is gone!”
Sasha’s mom looked in the attic (阁楼). There were boxes and dust balls, and even a mouse that had escaped Chester’s notice, but no Chester. Sasha’s dad looked in the kitchen cabinets. There were pots and pans, and the old can of soup he thought he’d lost, but no Chester.
Suddenly, “I found him!” Sasha cried.
The big orange cat was inside her mom’s new glass vase, clear glass with blue and green lines. He curled up in it, his fatty body almost jamming the vase.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
He didn’t look happy at all. ____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
Luckily, not only Chester, but the vase, was still in one piece. __________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________




英语参考答案
第I卷
第一部分： 听力
1-5：CABCC 6-10：CACBC
11-15：ABCAC 16-20：BCACA
听力材料
(Text 1)
W: So, what do you think of the lamb?
M: It’s pretty good, but I think the lamb you make at home is better.
W: You’re sweet to say that. Oh, can you get the waiter’s attention for me?
(Text 2)
M: Do you have any special plans for tomorrow? If you’d like, I can treat you to the movies tomorrow afternoon.
W: Well, I have a doctor’s appointment at noon, and I’m going to have dinner with my brother at six. I could probably enjoy a movie in between, since it’s your treat.
(Text 3)
M: Would you like to go with me to the new bookstore tomorrow morning?
W: I’d love to. But only if we go there by bike rather than by bus or by taxi.
M: No problem. We can use Mobike.
(Text 4)
M: Should I accept this exchange program and head off to France for three months?
W: Are you serious? Everyone I know is lining up to go there and you are actually considering not going.
(Text 5)
W: I feel hungry, Dario. Do you have any food in your fridge?
M: I think there is only a bottle of Coke in the fridge.
W: You are hopeless. You can’t survive on Coke.
M: I know, but work was so busy last week that I didn’t have time to go to the supermarket.
(Text 6)
W: Hello, it’s Emma MacDonald here from AB Electronics. I’d like to book a room for the 25th please.
M: Certainly. Would you like a single or a double room?
W: ⑥A room for three please.
M: The rooms for three are $150 per night, including breakfast.
W: Oh… I see, but my company uses the hotel regularly. We normally get a discount.
M: Oh sorry, ⑦that will be $100 per night then, $120 with breakfast.
W: ⑦Oh, I don’t want breakfast.
(Text 7)
M: Hey, Susan, how’s it going?
W: Terrible. ⑧I’m really unhappy at Pat, the house owner. When I came home yesterday, the front door was wide open; the cat was hiding in the closet, and there was Pat. ⑨He came to change the pipe, but he didn’t even tell me that he was coming. He does this all the time. Last month, one day I was throwing a dinner party for eight people. When I went out for a minute to buy some wine, Pat came to repair the broken light in my bedroom. I nearly had a heart attack when I walked in and found him there.
M: At least he fixed the light.
W: ⑨But it’s terrible not knowing when Pat is going to show up.
(Text 8)
W: ⑩Hello, Benson Software. You’re through to Customer Service.
M: Hello, this is Mike Williams from Smiths Retailers. ⑪I’m phoning about the CD players you sent last week. Um, I’m afraid you don’t seem to have sent us enough.
W: Oh dear. I’m sorry about that. How many did you receive?
M: Well, we received fifty, but I’m pretty sure we ordered a hundred and fifty.
W: Just a moment. I’ll check your order. Well, according to our records, you seem to have ordered fifty.
M: Really? Oh, perhaps there’s been a mistake. I feel certain we have ordered a hundred and fifty.
W: Sorry about the misunderstanding. ⑫We’ll get the extra hundred to you as soon as possible.
(Text 9)
W: My guest today is Tim Jones, who organizes an international summer course for young musicians. Tim, tell us all about it.
M: Well, I’m lucky to have such a great job. ⑬Basically, young musicians come from all over the world and learn to play together to have a concert tour. By the end of the eight-week course, they’re really good, and hearing them play is what gives me most pleasure. Unfortunately, I don’t get to know them all that well, as organizing every single small thing of the course keeps me busy.
W: So, how do you find the young musicians?
M: ⑭We advertise online. Anyone between the ages of 16 and 20 can complete the application form and e-mail it to us. We’re not looking for perfect performance or the good-looking stars of tomorrow. ⑮But the course is in English, so a basic level of spoken language is necessary.
W: Where is the course held?
M: Mostly in a university during the summer holidays. They have halls for practicing, and plenty of bedrooms and dining rooms, which is a low cost for us. ⑯And of course, convenient transport is a must, so somewhere in the quiet countryside is no good, even though it is more spacious there.
(Text 10)
W: Dear students, please pay attention to the following items:
Thursday, July 15 is the last day of school. Students will be dismissed by 11:30 am. Please remind your parents to pick you up no later than 12:30 pm, ⑰and the school will be closed at 1:00 pm.
⑱Supplies for next year: in the school e-mail you’ll find information on ordering all the supplies you need. Of course, it’s optional, but it’s a convenient way to start your next school year. Order now to guarantee delivery. If you don’t buy the supplies from the school, you must make sure you have them by September 1st.
Lost and Found: please check the school Lost and Found and take the things belonging to you back home by this Friday. ⑲Anything left will be donated to our community charity to support people who need our help.
Tuesday, September 1st is the first day of school for 2017-2018. School begins for all students at 8:00 am. New students will meet in front of the office. ⑳Returning students will receive a phone call the night before school starts to learn who their teacher is and the classroom number.
第二部分：阅读理解
第一节
21-23: ADB 24-26: DCB 28-30: BCAC
第二节
31-35: CDABG
第三部分：语言运用
第一节 完型填空
36-40: BDCBA 41-45: CBDDB 46-50: ACABD 51-55: CADBC

第II卷
第三部分 语言运用
第二节 语法填空
56. However 57. naturally 58. suits 59. preferred 60. for
61. what 62. is spoken 63. values 64. frustration 65. it
第四部分 写作
第一节 应用文写作
One possible version:
Dear fellow students,
In August this year, catastrophic floods hit large areas of Anhui Province. The flood destroyed people’s homes and villages, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless, including little children.
It was a great sorrow for every Chinese people. Therefore, we call on all the students to donate money to the children in disaster areas who are desperate for help. The donation activity is scheduled to be held in front of the Main Building at 9:00 on Sunday a. m.
　　We are looking forward to your active participation and your love!
The Students’ Union
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He didn’t look happy at all. Sasha tipped the vase over gently and tried to pull him out, but Chester just yowled painfully. “We had to break the vase to get him out!” Looking at the annoyed and frightened cat inside, Sasha cried. “No,” said her dad, “If we break it, the glass might hurt Chester. Maybe we can put butter on the inside of the vase and slide him out.” Sasha’s mom buttered as much as she could reach, and her dad pulled the unhappy cat out.
Luckily, not only Chester, but the vase, was still in one piece. With tears rolling in the eyes, Sasha held the buttery cat in her arms immediately. “Mom, you’re right. We’d better make a house for him now.” Sasha turned to her mom. After washing the butter out of the vase, mom brought a refrigerator box and helped Sasha made it into a cozy box house for Chester. They cut out round windows, decorated it all around and put pillows inside for him to sit on. Staring it with his glittering eyes, Chester loved it.