19．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!
36．The little dog went to the butcher'sCaltogether during the two days．
A．three times
B．four times
C．five times
D．six times
37．The butcher did not give any meat to the dogA．
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
38．From the story，we can know that the dog was veryC．
A．honest B．kind C．clever D．foolish
39．At the end of the story，you'll find thatD．
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．
分析 文章主要讲的是一条狗在一个屠夫那里"骗"肉吃的笑话．
解答 36．答案是C．细节理解题，根据文章内容可以看出第一天来了两次，第二天中午来了一次，四点钟一次，六点钟又来了一次，所以总共五次，故答案选C．
37 答案是A 细节理解题．从The butcher read it carefully，recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to（屠夫仔细看了字条上的笔记，认出确实是…）可知答案A正确．
38．答案是C．推理判断题，根据故事的叙述狗为了吃肉，竟然骗了屠夫好几次都没有被发现，可见这只狗是聪明的，所以答案选C．
39．答案是D 推理判断题．从文章最后一段Looking at the piece of paper，he found that there were not any words on it可知他发现自己被骗了，故答案选D．
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释．考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点．
