Question

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses.

One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no success. Brownie didn’t show up the next day, and, although they made their efforts to find him, by the next week he was still missing, Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie’s house alone, barking and jumping. Busy with their own lives, they paid no attention to the nervous little neighbor dog.

Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer. Ted, Brownie’s owner, was continuously disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking all the time, then rushing toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! It’s urgent!”

Eventually, Ted followed Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty stopped to race back and barked encouragingly. The little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his legs crushed in a steel trap (圈套). Frightened, Ted now wished he had taken Spotty’s earlier appeals seriously.

Then Ted noticed something. Spotty had done something else besides leading Brownie’s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found some food remains of every meal. Brownie had been fed that week! Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive. Spotty had actually stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up.

Brownie’s leg was carefully treated and he soon got well again. For many years thereafter the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.

1.At the very beginning, Ted paid little attention to Spotty because __________.

A．he was not free at the moment

B．he was sure Brownie would be OK

C．he didn’t like Spotty at all

D．his missing dog made him sad

2. After Ted was brought where Brownie was trapped, he ___________.

A．managed to free his dog at once

B．was very thankful to Spotty

C．regretted not following Spotty earlier

D．was angry with the trap-maker

3. The BEST title for this passage might be____________?

A．Dogs in Love                           B．A Friend in Need

C．Human and dogs                        D．Dogs Are Communicative

4.We can infer from the passage that ___________.

A．humans and animals depend on each other for comfort

B．It’s not right to hunt for animals in any neighborhood

C．Ted has to take better care of his beloved dog later on

D．Brownie would have died without Spotty’s timely help

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D  

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要讲述了两只狗之间的友情，以及在其中一只被困住时另一只如何带领主人前去营救的故事。

1.A 推断题。文章第二段提到Busy with their own lives, they paid no attention to the nervous little neighbor dog，由此可以推断出Ted也是因为很忙所以没有注意。所以选A

2.C 细节题。第四段提到Frightened, Ted now wished he had taken Spotty’s earlier appeals seriously，说明Ted后悔自己当时没有跟着spotty来。所以选C

3.B 主旨大意题。文章主要讲述的是两只狗之间的友情以及它们如何在困难中帮助对方，所以选择A Friend in Need最为合适。选择B

4.D 推断题。从文章中给出的信息可以看出Spotty在Brownie被困的一周内每天都去给它喂食，如果没有它的行动，Brownie很可能会被饿死，所以选择D

考点：考查故事类短文