Question

  It was windy and cold when a store owner was sticking a sign above his door that read “Puppies(寵物狗)   for Sale”. Just as he expected,a little boy soon appeared by the store owner’s sign.

“How much are you going to sell the puppies for?” he asked. The store owner replied, “ $ 10.” The little boy reached in his pocket and pulled out some change. “I have $ 2. 50. ” he said. “May I please look at them?”

The store owner smiled and whistled,taking out five dogs. One puppy was left behind. Immediately the little boy singled it out and said, “What’s wrong with that little dog?” The store owner explained that the little puppy was disabled. It would always be lame.

The little boy became excited. “That is the little puppy that I want to buy. ” The store owner said，“No，you don’t want to buy that little dog. If you really want him,I’ll just give him to you. ”

The little boy got quite upset,looked into the store owner’s eyes，pointing his finger,and said，“I don’t want you to give him to me. That dog is worth as much as all the other dogs and I’ll pay full price. In fact，I，ll give you $ 2. 50 now,and 50 cents a month until I have him paid for. ”

The store owner countered, “You really don’t want to buy this little dog. He is never going to be able to run and jump and play with you like the other puppies. ”

On hearing this,the little boy reached down and rolled up his leg to reveal a badly twisted,crippled left leg supported by a big metal brace. He looked up at

the store owner and softly replied, “Well，I don’t run so well myself and the

little puppy will need someone who understands him!”

1. Why did the shop owner stick the sign?

   A. To advertise all his goods.

   B.  To attract people to buy his puppies.

   C.  To warn about the danger of dogs.

   D.  To keep the wind out.

2. Why did the boy become excited when he knew the dog was lame?

   A. Because he could buy it at a low price.

   B.  Because he didn’t have enough money for a good one.

   C.  Because he had the similar disability.

   D.  Because he found a partner to share his sadness.

3. If the boy bought the dog,he would pay for it      .

   A. in 15 months

   B.  in 3 months

   C.  in one year

   D.  at that time

4. The underlined word “countered” can be replaced by “     ”.

   A. agreed

   B.  insisted

   C.  calculated

   D.  disapproved

5. According to the passage,which of the following statements is TRUE?

   A. The store owner was cheating the boy by selling him a disabled dog.

   B.  The boy was glad to hear that he could get the dog for free.

   C.  The little boy would take good care of the dog.

   D.  The writer told us a sad story about the disabled.

Answer 1

  1. B細節(jié)理解題。從第一段內容了解到該商店老板是要出售寵物狗。

2.C推理判斷題。男孩聽到老板說這只小狗是只殘疾狗,結合自己的經歷和遭遇，他好像找到了自己的知己，感到了自己的責任和幫助它的義務，由此感到興奮。文章最后也揭示了小男孩這一心理活動。 

3. A推理判斷題。由于小男孩只帶了 $2.50,而小狗的i 價格是每只$10,既然男孩要全價買下來，那當時是不能付清的，他答應每月還50 cents,所以剩下的$7.5還要； 15個月能付清。

4. D詞義猜測題。由上文可知店主不相信也不愿意讓男孩買這只小狗，選項中只有disapprove表示“反駁”。

5. C細節(jié)理解題。店主一再申明那是一只殘疾小狗，并不想賣給他，所以沒有欺騙孩子，排除A;孩子不愿意免費i 得到這只小狗，排除B;本文敘述了孩子天真、友善地對待殘疾小狗的動人故事，排除D;通過孩子的話語和行為我們可以推斷孩子十分喜愛和同情小狗他也十分理解它，因此他肯定會很好地照料它，因此選C.