Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs（爬楼梯）. She was soon out of breath.（气喘吁吁）

“I think I had better go to the doctor, ” she thought.

She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

“I’m not at all surprised, ”he said. “It’s obvious （明显的）what your problem is.”

He examined her and then gave her some advice.“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said. “You will have a heart attack（心脏病）. It could kill you.”

Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that would not be easy and it would take time.

The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop（肉店）.

“I’d like ten pounds of steak (大块肉片), please,” she said.

“Certainly, madam,” the butcher(屠夫) answered and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale(秤).

“That’s just ten pounds,” he said.

“That’s big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.

The butcher worked out(计算) the price.

“At $ 4.99 a pound that will be $ 49.90, please. Would you like me to cut it into small pieces for you?”

“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.

“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher said angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?”

“My doctor told me that I am overweight (超重的)and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked liked.”

1.. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

2.. Why did she ask for ten pounds of steak?

3... What was her real problem?

4.. What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen?

Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs（爬楼梯）. She was soon out of breath.（气喘吁吁）
“I think I had better go to the doctor, ” she thought.
She went to the doctor and told him her problem.
“I’m not at all surprised, ”he said. “It’s obvious （明显的）what your problem is.”
He examined her and then gave her some advice.“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said. “You will have a heart attack（心脏病）. It could kill you.”
Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that would not be easy and it would take time.
The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop（肉店）.
“I’d like ten pounds of steak (大块肉片), please,” she said.
“Certainly, madam,” the butcher(屠夫) answered and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale(秤).
“That’s just ten pounds,” he said.
“That’s big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.
The butcher worked out(计算) the price.
“At $ 4.99 a pound that will be $ 49.90, please. Would you like me to cut it into small pieces for you?”
“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.
“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher said angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?”
“My doctor told me that I am overweight (超重的)and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked liked.”
【小题1】. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

　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(屠夫). 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. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

　　At noon, 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 noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers

　　But, 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.Mrs Smith treated her little dog quite_________.

A. cruelly 　　            B. fairly 　　       C. kindly 　　      D. friendly

2.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs Smith gave it _______.

A. might do it much harm                   B. could do it much good

C. would help the butcher                   D. was worth many pounds

3. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________.

A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs Smith

B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear

C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop

D. until he was paid enough by Mrs Smith

4. From its experience, the dog found that ________.

A. only the paper with Mrs Smith's words in it could bring it meat

B. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

C. Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher

D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat

5.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