Question

 Alma, our lovely dog, isn’t with us any more. She died several years ago. But while sharing our home, she brought such joy and love that we still miss her.
   It was an autumn day in Minnesota, US. We were hit by a big snow fall for which no one was prepared.
    We have two apple trees in our backyard. Alma loved apples. When she went outside, she’d hold an apple and take it into the house to save for eating later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty. So I wasn’t always happy that Alma had brought them into the house. Feeling my displeasure, she would turn her head so I wouldn’t see her hidden treasure. It was our little game.
   One day it snowed too early in the season, and Alma went outside and I noticed that she was madly digging holes and bringing the apples to the surface so they could be seen above the snow. She seemed busy digging up as many apples as possible during her yard time.
    When I called her back into the house, she had her usual one apple in her mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The yard was full of birds. Alma had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat. She knew that they didn’t have enough food to live through such an early winter. As I saw this, tears filled my eyes. Alma knew how to serve life with such kindness.

1. There was a big snow fall in Minnesota, US _______.

A．in spring  B．in summer  C．in autumn   D．in winter

2. Alma dug up the apples in the snow because________.

A．she loved playing with snow in winter

B．she liked digging holes and eating apples

C．she wanted to save more apples for eating later

D．she wanted to leave the apples to her bird friends

3. From the story we can learn that______.

A．Alma was lovely and brave

B．Alma was strong and helpful

C．Alma was kind and thoughtful

D．Alma was careful and hardworking

Answer 1

1. C     2.D    3. C