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（卖肉者）, 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 shop. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and presently did as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up immediately.

At midday, 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 midday. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had thought of the dog as one of his customers.

However, 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.When Mrs. Smith’s dog was hungry, what did she give to the dog?

A. some chicken

B. half a pound of meat

C. a hot dog

D. a piece of paper with some words on it

2.Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite __________.

A. rudely       B. proudly

C. friendly     D. angrily

3.From its experience, the dog found that __________.

A. only the paper with Mrs. Smith’s words on it could bring it meat

B. a piece of paper could bring him half a pound of meat

C. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

D. Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher

4.At the end of the story, you’ll find that __________.

A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paper

B. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog

C. the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any more

D. the butcher found himself cheated by the smart animal

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：史密斯夫人的小狗很饿，但是家里已经没有肉了。史密斯夫人只好在一张纸上写上一句话并让小狗把它带给卖肉的人。确认过纸条之后，卖肉的人给了小狗一块肉。

1.Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it:... Then she gave the paper to her dog”可知，Mrs. Smith把一张写着一句话的纸给了她的狗，故选D。

2.Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently”中的“gently”可知，Mrs. Smith对她的小狗很友善，故选C。

3.for he had thought of the dog as one of his customers”和最后一段“he found that there were not any words on it”可知，卖肉的人从第三次开始就没有看纸上的字，而是直接把肉给了小狗，后来，卖肉的人发现小狗送来的是白纸，说明小狗认为只要带一张纸，就能得到一块肉，故选B。

4.Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!”可知，小狗用没有写字的白纸骗过了卖肉的人，当看到空白的纸时，卖肉的人意识到自己上当了，故选D。

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