Prana, our beautiful dog whose name means ‘breath of life’, isn’t with us any more. But she brought such joy and love that we still miss her.
There are so many wonderful stories about the love in this dog, but my favorite is this one.
It was an autumn day in Minnesota, but the weather didn’t know the difference between autumn and winter. Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big snow fall for which no one was prepared.
We have two apple trees in our backyard. Prana loved apples. When she went outside, she’d take hold of an apple, put it far back in her mouth, and sneak into the house to save for eating later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house. Feeling my displeasure, she would turn her head so I wouldn’t see her hidden treasure.
On the day that it snowed too early in the season, Prana went outside and I watched her from the window. I noticed that she was madly digging holes and brought the apples to the surface so they could be seen above the snow. I wondered why she was doing this. She seemed to be completely busy with some kind of important task to dig up as many apples as possible during her yard time.
When I called her back into the house, she had her usual one apple in her mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The yard was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat. She knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food to live through such an early winter.
小題1:The story about the dog happened _______.
A．in autumnB．in winterC．in springD．in summer
小題2:What does the underlined phrase sneak into mean in the fourth paragraph?
A．enter quicklyB．enter secretlyC．enter happilyD．enter slowly
小題3:Prana was busy digging up the apples in the snow because________.
A．she liked digging holes and eating apples
B．she was always saving the apples for eating later
C．she wanted to leave the apples to her bird friends
D．she loves playing with snow
小題4:From the story we can learn that______.
A．Prana is helpful to the writer
B．Prana is devoted to the writer
C．Prana is not only beautiful but also joyful
D．Prana is especially loving and thoughtful

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要記述了自己養(yǎng)過的一條狗,通過兩件事表明了這是一條很有愛心,很會關(guān)心朋友的狗.
小題1:根據(jù)It was an autumn day in Minnesota, but the weather didn’t know the difference between autumn and winter.描述,可知這個故事可能發(fā)生在秋天.故選A.
小題2:聯(lián)系前文put it far back in her mouth,描述,可知此處指的是偷偷進(jìn)入房間去吃蘋果.故選B.
小題3:聯(lián)系最后一段The yard was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat.描述,可知選C.
小題4:通過短文最后兩段描述,可知普蘭娜是條非常有愛心和會關(guān)心朋友的狗.故選D.
點(diǎn)評：本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，學(xué)生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。
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