1 . Rhubarb was very friendly. Whenever someone came to the house, she was always happy. We had an older dog named Willie, and it was important that Rhubarb get along well with him. She wanted to play, but was very respectful to Willie and left him alone when he was tired. Willie was not well and died about a year later, but I believe Rhubarb helped him keep going for longer.
But the interesting thing about Rhubarb was that she never barked. She would sometimes get excited when she saw a chipmunk(花栗鼠) and make a little crying sound, One hot night when she was about 4 years old, we went to bed with the windows open and the doors unlocked. At about 3 a.m. ,1 woke up to the sound of Rhubarb barking. I woke Donald and we got out of the bed.
Rhubarb was coming toward us quickly. We turned on the lights and noticed the door to the kitchen was open. Then we saw the door leading into the house from the garage was also open. We locked all the doors immediately, and we did not get any sleep that night.
The next day we noticed there were cigarette ashes(烟灰) on the floor. I called the police to report a break-in. I told them nothing had been taken, but they sent a police officer over to talk with us anyway. While he was here, we found out some local homes had been burglarized over the weekend. Most people lost their wallets and purses.
My purse was right next to the door, but Rhubarb had scared the robber(盗贼) away before he could steal it. Rhubarb lived to be almost 12, but that night was the only time she barked. Fortunately, she never saw the need to warn us of any other danger. We loved her like a member of the family.
1. We can learn from the first paragraph that________| A．Willie was good at communicating | B．Rhubarb and Willie fought at times |
| C．Rhubarb treated Willie well | D．Willie was lonely before his death |
| A．There was a break-in. | B．She saw a chipmunk. |
| C．She got excited. | D．The doors were closed. |
| A．Found. | B．Refused. | C．Helped. | D．Stolen. |
| A．Rhubarb scared the robbers away. |
| B．Rhubarb saw no other danger needed to warn us. |
| C．Rhubarb became a member of her family. |
| D．Rhubarb barked once in her entire life. |
| A．Kind. | B．Brave. | C．Strong. | D．Friendly. |
2 . Chuck, unlike other frogs, didn’t like catching flies himself. But he did love eating them.
Some frogs thought Chuck was lazy. Some believed he must think he was too good for them. Some thought Chuck was the strangest frog ever.
That didn’t matter to Chuck. Each morning, Chuck jumped over and sat under the spider’s web. Then when Lady Eightlegs went off to dip (浸) her feet in the pond, Chuck ate flies from her web.
One morning while Chuck was enjoying his fly breakfast, Lady Eightlegs returned and caught him.
“You’re the one who keeps eating my flies!” she cried.
Chuck jumped away and into the pond. Now there was an idea! Why not spin (结) his own web?
He collected some vines (葡萄藤) from a nearby farm. Then he began to spin his web. He worked on his web for hours, until very late at night. And then he fell asleep.
When he woke up the next morning, he found that he got caught by the vines.
“Help!’’ he shouted.
Lady Eightlegs looked up from the edge of the pond. She hurried up to help Chuck out of the vine web.
“No matter how hard I try, I can’t spin a spider’s web,” Chuck said.
“Of course not,” Lady Eightlegs said. “You’re a frog. Frogs can’t spin spiders’ webs any better than spiders can swim, I guess.”
“But I always see you in the water,” Chuck said.
“I only wade in (蹚水) up to my knees, Lady Eightlegs sighed. “How wonderful it would be to swim in the middle of the pond and float (漂浮)peacefully under the sun. ”
Chuck smiled, “I have an idea.”
From that day forward, Chuck carried Lady Eightlegs out to the middle of the pond, where they floated and played together. When they returned to land, they shared a breakfast of flies from the spider’s web.
It wasn’t exactly an ordinary friendship. But Chuck was not an ordinary frog.
1. The second paragraph is written to show that Chuck ______.| A．was different from other frogs |
| B．didn’t get along well with other frogs |
| C．led a lonely life |
| D．was a proud frog |
| A．He stole it from Lady Eightlegs. |
| B．He cooked it himself. |
| C．His friends gave it to him. |
| D．He found it in the pond. |
| A．Lady Eightlegs helped Chuck spin it. |
| B．It was successfully spun by Chuck. |
| C．It was spun far from the pond. |
| D．Chuck failed to spin it himself. |
| A．Chuck had tried to catch Lady Eightlegs |
| B．Chuck had difficulty collecting vines |
| C．Lady Eightlegs was very wise |
| D．Lady Eightlegs swam well |
