My wife Julie and I were out on the road that runs around where we live, when we saw an old worn-out dog stumbling (蹣跚) painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked gently to the dog and patted it. I checked and there was a collar with a phone number. I called but no one answered.
The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog’s food while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk while our new friend made short work of the food. Eventually we got her home.
After trying for many times we got a response from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She explained that Tara had been her father’s dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was safely returned home.
Here is the truth of the story:
Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to come back, but I wasn’t hearing anything that made that sound likely.
I was about to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more important than our problem to worry about. There was a creature in need right before us and we had to work together to help it.
We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.
In the song “Love Is Not a Fight” Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, “And if we try to leave, may God send angels (天使) to guard the door.”
Sometimes angels come disguised (偽裝) as dogs.
【小題1】How was the dog when found?
| A．Too weak to walk. | B．Thin and worn out. |
| C．Unable to eat food. | D．Homeless but gentle. |
| A．the dog didn’t go with the writer |
| B．the writer had his own pet dog |
| C．Julie bought some food for the dog |
| D．the dog didn’t eat any of the food |
| A．the writer didn’t want to take Julie’s advice |
| B．a(chǎn)n old black dog appeared in front of them |
| C．Julie disagreed with the writer’s travel on business |
| D．the couple had some trouble with their marriage |
| A．An Angel Dog | B．A Helpful Couple | C．Saving the Dog | D．A Famous Song |
【小題1】B
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】A
解析試題分析：這篇文章講述作者和妻子在路上撿了一只狗，帶它回家，救了它，但是實際上是這只象天使一般的狗，挽救了作者的家庭。
【小題1】細節(jié)題：從文章第一段的句子：My wife Julie and I were out on the road that runs around where we live, when we saw an old worn-out dog stumbling (蹣跚) painfully up the road. 和第二段的句子：The dog was painfully thin.可知當狗被發(fā)現(xiàn)的時候，又瘦又精疲力竭，選B
【小題2】推理題：從第二段的句子：So Julie ran home to get some of our dog’s food while I tried to encourage the dog.可以推斷出作者有自己的寵物狗，選B
【小題3】猜詞題：從文章第五段的句子：Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to come back, but I wasn’t hearing anything that made that sound likely.可知那天早上作者本來是想離開家的，所以“our problem”指的是這對夫婦的婚姻有麻煩這個事實，選D
【小題4】標題確定題：從全篇文章和最后一段的句子：Sometimes angels come disguised (偽裝) as dogs.
可知這篇文章講的是一個象天使一般的狗，挽救了作者的家庭，選A
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【小題1】The writer's family is the poorest one on that street.
【小題2】The McGarity girl is characterized as rich and nice.
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| B．To consider turning back or not. |
| C．To check his distance from the boys. |
| D．To ask the boys to take down the umbrella. |
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| B．They swam to the pier all by themselves. |
| C．They were washed to the pier by the waves. |
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【小題1】How do Twain’s novels on slavery differ from Stowe’s?
| A．Twain was more willing to deal with racism. |
| B．Twain’s attack on racism was much less open. |
| C．Twain’s themes seemed to agree with plots. |
| D．Twain was openly concerned with racism. |
| A．target readers at the bottom |
| B．a(chǎn)ntislavery attitude |
| C．rather impolite language |
| D．frequent use of“nigger” |
| A．Jim’s search for his family was described in detail. |
| B．The slave’s voice was first heard in American novels. |
| C．Jim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture. |
| D．Twain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent. |
| A．slaves were forced to give up their babies to their masters |
| B．slaves’ babies could pick up slaveholders’ way of speaking |
| C．blacks’social position was shaped by how they were brought up |
| D．blacks were born with certain features of prejudice |
| A．The attacks. |
| B．Slavery and prejudice. |
| C．White men. |
| D．The shows. |
| A．Twain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism. |
| B．Twain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln. |
| C．Twain’s works had been banned on unreasonable grounds. |
| D．Twain’s works should be read from a historical point of view. |
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| A．Going Green |
| B．Protecting the Planet |
| C．Keeping OpenMinded |
| D．Celebrating Our Green Year |
| A．they were expected to follow the green fad |
| B．they didn’t know how to educate other people |
| C．they were unwilling to reduce their energy |
| D．they needed to perform unusual green tasks |
| A．They tried to get out of their ungreen habits. |
| B．They ignored others’ ungreen behavior. |
| C．They chose better chemical cleaners. |
| D．They sold their homemade food. |
| A．The government will give support to the green project. |
| B．The couple may continue their project in the future. |
| C．Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas. |
| D．Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign. |
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Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”
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I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.
【小題1】The writer argued with his son because _______.
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| B．they disagreed about whether the tortoise was stupid |
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| B．boys who Sonny has run races with before |
| C．boys who Sonny has never raced with before |
| D．boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again |
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| C．a(chǎn)re more hopeful than Sonny’s generation |
| D．have different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation |
| A．The tortoise | B．Sonny |
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