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

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了斯密斯夫人家的狗没有肉吃了，她就写了一张纸让它叼着去买肉。狗发现纸可以换到肉，就叼着空白的指去换肉了。

1. 细节题。根据第二段第二句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.”可知她给了狗一张写好字的纸条。故D正确。

2. 推理题。根据文章2,4段可知她连续给狗买了两次肉，可知她对这条狗非常好，要不然她不会给它买肉吃的。故C正确。

3. 推理题。根据文章最后一段可知狗后来叼过去的纸上都没有字，说明狗形成了条件反射，认为纸可以换肉。故B正确。

4. 推理题。根据文章最后一段Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

可知纸上没有字，他被狗骗了。故D正确。

考点：故事类阅读理解