Question

Maybe you don’t think animals have certain mental powers which human beings do not have. But the truth is that some of them have instincts, and besides this, I am sure they can feel certain things we humans cannot. A personal experience showed me this.

Some years ago, I had a dog named Howard. From the time when he was a puppy, he was timid, so we named him Howard, sounding like “coward”! He was especially afraid of thunderstorms. At the first flash of lightning or crash of thunder, he would run whining into his house and hide under a table.

I often went for a walk with Howard. Once, as we were walking along a road, it began to rain. I quickly ran to a bus stop for shelter. The bus stop had a roof supported by metal poles. Soon after I had got there, Howard caught my trousers in his teeth and tried to pull me away. At first I was puzzled and a little angry at his behavior. But I decided to humor him and walked away from the shelter into the rain and started to go home.

    When I was about two hundred metres from the shelter, there came a flash of lightning and soon after, there was thunder which nearly deafened me. Howard stopped walking and began whining. Thinking he was afraid, I bent to pick him up. As I straightened up, I glanced at the bus shelter we had just left. I was shocked to see that two of the poles were bent and the roof was lying on the ground, broken. The shelter had been struck by the bolt of lightning!

1.The author named his dog Howard mainly because of_______.

A. his timid characteristic

B. one of the author’s friends Howard

C. his loud sound

D. his strange behaviors

2.The reason why the author was puzzled and angry with the dog was that          .

A. Howard had a strange behavior

B. Howard should be afraid of the metal poles

C. Howard should know the approaching of the terrible lightning

D. Howard bit his trousers in his teeth

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Dogs are cleverer and better than men.

B. Dogs are usually afraid of thunderstorms.

C. Some animals can feel certain things humans cannot.

D. Dogs are naturally born heroes.

4.What can be inferred about the bus shelter from the passage?

A. It was about 200 meters from the author’s home.

B. It was destroyed in a rainy day.

C. Its roof was supported by wood poles.

D. It could produce blinding flash of lightning.

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析: 有些人认为动物不会有智商，但是作者却认为动物的确有人类所没有的感知，在文中作者讲述了自己经历的一件事情。她有一只害怕打雷声的狗，但是一天当作者在汽车候车亭避雨时，胆小的小狗却做出了反常地举动，这使作者避免了一场意外。

1.A 细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容可知作者的小狗胆子很小，害怕打雷，于是便给它取名Howard，和coward“胆小鬼，懦夫”音似，答案选A。

2.A推理判断题。根据文章第三段内容Howard caught my trousers in his teeth and tried to pull me away.可知当作者在避雨时，小狗的反常行为让他很困惑，也很生气。选A。

3.C细节理解题。根据文章第一段But the truth is that some of them have instincts, and besides this, I am sure they can feel certain things we humans cannot.和文章所讲述的故事判断动物的确有人类所没有的感知，选C。

4.B细节理解题。根据文章第四段 I was shocked to see that two of the poles were bent and the roof was lying on the ground, broken. The shelter had been struck by the bolt of lightning!可以判断汽车候车亭在雨中被毁了，选B。

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