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: “Take this to the butcher. 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 once more.
  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 a 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!
【小題1】Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite_________.

A.cruelly B.fairly    C.kindly    D.rudely
【小題2】It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it_______.
A.might do it much harm  B.could do it much good
C.would help the butcher  D.was worth many pounds
【小題3】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(chǎn) piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
【小題4】At the end of the story, you’ll find that _______.
A.the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
B.the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any more
C.the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D.the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】D

解析試題分析:這篇文章講述的是一天,斯密斯太太的小狗餓了,但是家里沒有一點(diǎn)肉,于是,斯密斯太大寫了一張紙條讓狗帶給屠夫,后來,小狗以為只要帶一張紙就可以得到半磅肉。
【小題1】推斷題。根據(jù)第二段she gave the paper to her dog and said gently:“Take this to the butcher(* person whose job is selling meat)and he's going to give you your lunch today. Mrs. Smith把紙條給她的狗,并且溫揉的說:“把這張紙給屠夫,他將會給你午餐!笨芍,斯密斯太太對她的狗很溫柔,溫和。故選C
【小題2】推斷題。根據(jù)文章大意可知,這條狗已經(jīng)很了解了斯密斯太太給它的那張紙對它很有好處。故選B
【小題3】推理題:從文章的五六兩段可知這條狗拿了沒有字的紙去買肉,從此可推斷出,小狗認(rèn)為只要一張紙就可以得到半磅肉。故選D。
【小題4】推斷題。由最后一句Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!可知屠夫被聰明的狗騙了。看了看那張紙,發(fā)現(xiàn)上面一個字也沒有?蛇xD
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