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（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(顾客). 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!

小题1:The little dog went to the butcher’s ________ altogether during the two days.

A．three times

B．four times

C．five times

D．six times小题2:The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________.

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

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3:From the story, we can know that the dog was very ___________.

A．honest

B．kind

C．clever

D．foolish小题4: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 dog

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:A

小题3:C

小题4:D

答案解析：

小题1:C 计算题。根据t 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.和At noon, the dog came to the shop again. 和The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon和But, the dog came again at four o’clock.和To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock,说明这只狗去了5次。故C正确。

小题2:A 细节题。根据第5行he butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to.说明屠夫在仔细看了那张纸以后才给了肉，故A正确。

小题3:C 推理题。这只狗勇空白的纸去骗肉吃，说它很聪明。故C正确。

小题4:D 推理题。根据文章最后一段Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!屠夫发现那张纸上什么也没有，一片空白。说明他知道自己被骗了。故D正确。

点评：文章讲述了一只聪明的小狗的故事，主人在纸上写好字让它叼着纸去屠夫那里换肉，最后这只狗用空白的纸到屠夫那里去骗肉吃。前后一共去了5次。本文内容较为简单，要求考生在审题的时候准确定位考查内容，根据题目要求进行筛选和选择。

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。