Question

My 18-month-old son, Adam, called from the front door. “Look, Mama! Doggie!” I dropped what I was doing and stuck my head out of the door. Brandy, our next-door neighbor’s 11-year-old dog, was over again. “Go away!” I shouted.

Brandy’s owner had died about a month earlier. The woman’s family had emptied the house and stuck a “For Sale” sign in the front yard, but the family had left old Brandy behind. For weeks, she’d been wandering around the neighborhood.

It wasn’t that I disliked dogs or anything like that. I just didn’t think about them very much. I never had a dog growing up and had never thought to get one.

Brandy went away and I stayed outside with Adam. Then the phone rang. I went inside to take the call. When I came back, Adam was gone. I searched the yard, front and back, then the basketball court and public pool. No trace of him. I was so nervous that I ran home and called the police, then my husband.

Police searched the neighborhood. Suddenly I heard anothersound: a dog barking. “It’s coming from the woods,” one of my neighbors said. We followed the barking to a wooded cliff（懸崖）. There we found my son, and he was just inches away from the edges of the cliff, fast asleep. Brandy was beside him, leaning（斜靠著）against him to keep him away from the edge（邊緣）. When I picked Adam up, Brandy sank down on her side, breathing quickly. She must have been holding Adam there for hours!

I thanked the police and brought Adam and Brandy back to our house. She hesitated a moment on our doorstep, no doubt remembering the time I’d driven her away.

“Come on, girl,” I said. “This is your home now. ” Brandy stepped in, and once she saw she was really welcome, she relaxed and lay down on the floor just inside the door. She’d done a great thing, and I wondered if she knew it. She’d certainly touched me in a way that no animal ever had. What a pity a dog like Brandy had been left behind!

1.What is the correct order for the events in the story about Brandy?

a. She was left behind by her owner’s family.

b. She stepped into the woman’s house.

c. She appeared at the woman’s front door.

d. She stayed beside the woman’s son for hours.

A. d, c, b, a B. a, c, b, d

C. c, d, b, a D. a, c, d, b

2.What did the woman do when she first saw Brandy?

A. She gave her some food. B. She took her home.

C. She drove her away. D. She said thank you to her.

3.How were they able to be aware that the woman’s son was near the cliff?

A. By searching the neighborhood.

B. By hearing a dog barking.

C. By following a dog’s footsteps.

D. By hearing her son’s crying.

4.What’s the woman’s attitude towards Brandy at the end of the story?

A. Gratitude. B. Dislike.

C. Sympathy. D. Indifference.

Answer 1