Question

      It was Monday. Mrs.Smith’s dog was hungry,but there was not any meat in the house.

       Considering that there was no better way,Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper,and wrote the following words on it ‘‘Give my dog half a pound of meat." Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently,uTake this to the butcher ( a person whose job is selling meat) and he’s going to give you your lunch today."

       Holding the piece of paper in its mouth,the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully,recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy,and ate the meat up at once.

       At noon,the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it,he gave it half a pound of meat again.

       The next day,the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual,it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time,the butcher did not take a look at paper,and gave the dog its meat,for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.

       But the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s surprise,it came for the third time at six o’clock,and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

       Looking at the piece of paper,he found that there were not any words on it!

31. Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite      .

   A. cruelly   B. fairly   C. kindly   D. friendly

32. From its experience,the dog found that       .

   A. only the paper with Mrs. Smith’s words in it could bring it meat

   B. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

   C. Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher

   D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat

33. The underlined word “customers” means       .

   A. 顧客   B. 動(dòng)物   C. 客人   D. 主人

34. How many times did the dog go to the shop the next day?

   A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

35. Which is the best title (標(biāo)題) for the passage?

   A. The Meat and the Dog   B. The Kind Butcher

   C. Mrs. Smith’s Dog   D. The Butcher and the Dog 

Answer 1

31. C  根據(jù)情節(jié)描述，史密斯夫人舍得用肉喂狗，由此判斷，她對(duì)狗很和善。

32. D  狗自己發(fā)現(xiàn)，每次叼去紙條都能吃上一塊肉。其實(shí)它不知道這是主人在紙條上寫(xiě)的字所起的作用。

33. A  根據(jù)上下文可知，屠夫每次能給狗肉吃，是因?yàn)橹魅说綍r(shí)付賬，所以他把狗看作是他的顧客。

34. B  根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段的“it came for the third time at six o’clock”可知，這只狗在第二天去了那個(gè)店里三次，故答案為B。

35. D  本文的情節(jié)描寫(xiě)圍繞狗和屠夫，因此D可作為文章標(biāo)題。