Question

Prana, our beautiful dog whose name means ‘breath of life’, isn’t with us any more. But she brought such joy and love that we still miss her.
There are so many wonderful stories about the love in this dog, but my favorite is this one.
It was an autumn day in Minnesota, but the weather didn’t know the difference between autumn and winter. Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big snow fall for which no one was prepared.
We have two apple trees in our backyard. Prana loved apples. When she went outside, she’d take hold of an apple, put it far back in her mouth, and sneak 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 Prana had brought them into the house. Feeling my displeasure, she would turn her head so I wouldn’t see her hidden treasure.
On the day that it snowed too early in the season, Prana went outside and I watched her from the window. I noticed that she was madly digging holes and brought the apples to the surface so they could be seen above the snow. I wondered why she was doing this. She seemed to be completely busy with some kind of important task to dig 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 completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat. She knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food to live through such an early winter.
【小题1】The story about the dog happened _______.

A．in autumn

B．in winter

C．in spring

D．in summer

【小题2】What does the underlined phrase sneak into mean in the fourth paragraph?

A．enter quickly

B．enter secretly

C．enter happily

D．enter slowly

【小题3】Prana was busy digging up the apples in the snow because________.

A．she liked digging holes and eating apples

B．she was always saving the apples for eating later

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

D．she loves playing with snow

【小题4】From the story we can learn that______.

A．Prana is helpful to the writer

B．Prana is devoted to the writer

C．Prana is not only beautiful but also joyful

D．Prana is especially loving and thoughtful

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】D

解析试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要记述了自己养过的一条狗,通过两件事表明了这是一条很有爱心,很会关心朋友的狗.
【小题1】根据It was an autumn day in Minnesota, but the weather didn’t know the difference between autumn and winter.描述,可知这个故事可能发生在秋天.故选A.
【小题2】联系前文put it far back in her mouth,描述,可知此处指的是偷偷进入房间去吃苹果.故选B.
【小题3】联系最后一段The yard was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat.描述,可知选C.
【小题4】通过短文最后两段描述,可知普兰娜是条非常有爱心和会关心朋友的狗.故选D.
考点：关于一条狗的记述文阅读
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