Question

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Considering (考虑) 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 (温柔地) , "Take this to the butcher (屠户). 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 (消费者) .

But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more 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!

1.Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite _______.

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

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

3.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog _______.

A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith

B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear

C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop

D. until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith

4.From its experience, the dog found that _______.

A. only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words on 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

5.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

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.D

【解析】文章讲述了史密斯太太的狗饿了，但是家里没有肉了，史密斯太太给了它上面写字的纸，让它去肉店，肉店老板给了它一块肉，后来，这只狗又叼着纸条来了好几次，每次都得到肉，最后肉店老板发现纸条上没字。

1.根据Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently (温柔地) , "Take this to the butcher (屠户). And he's going to give you your lunch today."故选C

2.根据Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's故选B

3.根据The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. 故选A

4.根据文章可知狗在第一次得到肉吃之后，又屡次带纸条去肉店要肉吃，可以推断它发现一张纸能带给它半磅肉；故选D

5.根据Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!可知肉店老板发现自己被这只聪明的狗骗了；故选D