Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30 and
at 6:30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club.At last,the traffic was moving.She swung quickly racing to her
house. As she opened the door,she nearly tripped over Sheba.
“Hey,Sheba,”
she said,“I’ve got no time for you now,but I’ll take you out as soon as I get
back from tennis
club.” Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking. Obviously,she could hardly breathe.Immediately, Joanne realized
she would have to take her to the vet(兽医)
When she got there,the vet was just about to close for
the day. Seeing the state of Sheba,Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office.
“Listen,doctor,I’m really in a rush to get to
a meeting. Can I leave her with you,and go and get changed? I’ll be back in ten minutes to pick her up,and then I’ll take her on to
the meeting with me. Is that OK?”
“Sure.” said the doctor.
Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes.As she was once more
entering
the hall,the phone
by the door began to ring.
“This is Dr. Sterne,” said an
anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately,” said the
doctor’s voice.“I’m
coming round right away,and the police will be there any time now.Wait outside!”
At that moment,a police car screeched to a stop outside the house.Two policemen got out and ran
into the house.Joanne
was by now completely confused and very frightened.Then the doctor arrived.
“Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted
Joanne.
“She’s fine,Joanne.I took out the thing which was choking her, and she’s OK now.”
Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying
a white-faced man,who
could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.
“My God,” said Joanne,“how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”
“I think he must be a burglar.”
said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was
stuck in Sheba’s throat:it turned out to be three human fingers.”
1.Joanne wanted to get back to her
home again
.
A.to
dress up for the meeting B.to phone the police station
C.to
catch the badly hurt burglar D.to wait for her dog to be
cured
2.From the passage we can infer that
.
A.Sheba fought against the burglar
B.the
police found the burglar had broken in
C.Joanne
had planned to take her dog to the meeting at first
D.the
doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog
3.The underlined
word a burglar in the last paragraph probably means ____________.
A. a cleaner B. a
physician C. a
thief D. a murderer
4.In this
passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is
.
A.clever
B.friendly C.frightening D.devoted