It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry

题目内容：

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（* person whose job is selling meat）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 himeself,“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！

小题1:Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite 　.

A．cruelly

B．fairly

C．kindly

D．friendly小题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小题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小题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小题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

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:B

小题3:A

小题4:D

小题5:D

答案解析：

文章主要讲的是一条狗在一个屠夫那里“骗”肉吃的笑话。

小题1:推理判断题。从文中第1段可知Mrs. Smith家里没肉给狗吃了，她想了一个主意让狗屠夫那里，可见她对狗很好(kindly)。

小题2:推理判断题。从狗一天三次叼着纸去换肉吃可推知狗知道Mrs. Smith给它的纸的作用，故答案选B。

小题3:事实细节题。从The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to(屠夫仔细看了字条上的笔记，认出确实是…)可知答案A正确。

小题4:推理判断题。从最后一次狗叼着一张无字的纸来“买”肉吃可知狗以为只要有纸就能换肉，故答案选D。

小题5:推理判断题。从文章最后一段Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it可知他发现自己被骗了，故答案选D。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。