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Six years ago, I walked into a local animal shelter on a cold, rainy day. Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter. This time as I was walking down the row of pens full of barking dogs I noticed a small boy looking into one of them.

He had a malnourished(营养不良的) look ing body and a bony face with a big nose sticking out of the middle of it. He was looking at a small, golden dog. Its bony ribs were showing and its thin tail was folded between its legs. It wasn’t begging for attention like the other puppies but was hiding in the corner instead. The boy looked up at me with sad eyes and asked what was wrong with it. “It was probably abused and abandoned”, I said. “That is why it is so scared.” The boy immediately turned to an older lady and said, “Grandma, I want this one.” The old woman smiled and walked to the front desk to fill out the adoption forms. I followed and asked about the boy. I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too. She had just gotten custody(监护权) of him after the state had taken him from his parents. She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him. I looked back at him, holding his scared puppy, and said a prayer for them both. It was yesterday. I was driving down the road enjoying a gloriously sunny, spring day. Then in a green front yard I saw the boy. His teenage body was tall and strong. His nose no longer seemed big but fit well into his smiling face. He was throwing a ball to a healthy, happy dog with shining golden hair. His little act of love and kindness had indeed gone a long way. It had saved a dog’s life, healed his own heart, and given this middle -aged man fresh hope for us all.

1. The author entered the animal shelter because ____________ .

A. he loves dogs and pets

B. it was too cold outside

C. he wanted to buy a dog

D. he wanted to see the boy

【答案】A

【解析】细节理解题。根据Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter.因为他家已经有许多狗了，他因为喜欢去看狗和宠物，故选A。

2. The reas on why the dog was so scared is that _______ .

A. it was afraid of the cold

B. it had been ill-treated

C. it was frightened by the boy

D. it was frightened by the author

【答案】B

【解析】细节理解题。根据It was probably abused and abandoned它被虐待，所以看起来很害怕的样子，故选B。

3 . Why did the boy want to adopt the golden dog?

A. Because the dog looked attractive.

B. Because his grandma also liked the dog.

C. Because they had something in common.

D. Because the author advised him to adopt it.

【答案】C

【解析】细节理解题。根据I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too因为小男孩和这只小狗有共同之处，故选C。

4.The Grandma wanted the boy to adopt a dog so that ___________ .

A. his life could be easier

B. he could play balls with it[来源:Zxxk.Com]

C. he could forget about his parents

D. the dog could be taken good care of

【答案】A

【解析】细节理解题。根据She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him.她让小男孩领养一只狗以便让他的生活过得更加轻松，故选A 。

5. What can we learn from the last paragraph ?

A. The author is a ki nd-hearted old man.

B. The boy’s nose has become smaller than before.

C. The author enjoys watching people playing with dogs.

D. Both the boy and the dog are growing healthily and happily.

【答案】D

【解析】细节理解题。根据It had saved a dog’s life, healed his own heart,小狗和小男孩都幸福滴健康地成长，故选D。