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 pleasantly 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.cruelly B.fairly C.kindly D.unfriendly

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 it 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 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.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个狗骗肉吃的故事。

1.

细节理解题。根据第二段中的“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 ”可知史密斯太太拿了一张纸,在上面写着“给我的狗半磅的肉”然后把这张纸给了狗狗。故选D项。

2.

推理判断题。根据第二段“Considering that there was no better way, Mrs Smith took Take this to the butcher(卖肉者), and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”可知史密斯太太拿了一张纸,在上面写着“给我的狗半磅的肉”然后把这张纸给了狗狗。由此判断出史密斯太太在家里没肉的情况下想办法给狗狗吃肉，她对狗狗是很好的。故选C项。

3.

推理判断题。根据文章第三四五段“At midday… third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled.”可知第一次换到肉之后，狗又连续带着纸去换肉，由此判断出这只狗认为这些纸可以给它带来半磅肉。故选B项。

4.

细节理解题。根据最后一段“Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!”可知屠夫看着纸条，发现上面一个字也没有，也就是说屠夫被狗狗给骗了。故选D项。