Question

  Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog". Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say "Sheep"，it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep!I'll tell you about some of them.

  Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk.

We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary,my big sister,told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded (点头) and held my nose. " What do you think it is?"

  "It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry."

  "Along came Zip. And goodbye shoe!" I said. "We should take it back." "We can't" said my sister.

  "Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"

(   ) 11. The writer and Mary didn't know         .

   A. what Zip's first present was

   B. how Zip carried its first present home

   C. who owned Zip's first present

   D. what Zip's first present was made of

(   ) 12. Tom calls Zip "the keep dog" because         .

   A. the dog likes keeping things

   B. the dog likes playing with shoes

   C. he doesn't know the dog's name

   D. he can't pronounce the word "sheep" well '

(   ) 13. What made the shoe strange was         .

   A. its color   B. its smell

   C. its size   D. that it was a silk one

(   ) 14. The word "keep" in the last sentence means "         ”.

   A. keeping things for itself   B. bringing things for others to keep

   C. not letting it run about   D. taking care of a small child

(   ) 15. We can know from the reading that the dog .

   A. likes to give presents to people

   B. has been kept in at the writer's home

   C. has brought some trouble

   D. likes to be called "the keep dog"

Answer 1

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