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：“Take this to the butcher（* 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 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（*people who buy sth. from a shop）.

　　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. 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

2.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

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 piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat

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

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：

1.B 推理题。根据文章最后一段可知这只狗是用空白的纸来骗取屠夫的肉，是因为在前几次的行动中，它得出结论。这样的纸可以换到肉，故这样的纸对它是有好处的。故B项正确。

2.A 细节题。根据第三段2，3行The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to.说明屠夫仔细第看了这张纸，确认这的确是那位女士的笔迹才给肉给狗吃。故A正确。

3.D 推理题。根据文章最后一段内容可知这只狗是用空白的纸来骗取屠夫的肉，是因为在前几次的行动中，它得出结论。这样的纸可以换到肉。说明D正确。

4.D 推理题。根据文章最后一句Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it！说明这张纸是空白的，说明屠夫被骗了。故D正确。

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