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Goldie’s Secret

She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. “We’re moving house.”; “No space for her any more with the baby coming.” “We never really wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present.” People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.

I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner's. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.

That's why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.

By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them. “We didn't know what had happened to her,” said the woman at the door. “I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared.” “She must have tried to come back to them and got lost,” added a boy from behind her.

I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I've got Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. And I’ve learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.

1.How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?

A．Shocked.

B．Sympathetic.

C．Annoyed.

D．Upset.

2.In her first few days at the author's house, Goldie        .

A．felt worried	B．was angry
C．ate a little	D．sat by the fire

3.Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she       .

A．saw her puppies

B．heard familiar barking

C．wanted to leave the author

D．found her way to her old home

4.The passage is organized in order of ­       .

A．time

B．effectiveness

C．importance

D．complexity

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】文章按照时间顺序回忆了可爱感人的小狗Goldie。

1.作为第一道题显然定位到文章第一段(因为第二段首句作者就给小狗起了一纠结的小名儿G)，从段末重要信息出处——极端词得知作者对小狗持正态度，故ACD直接排除，B选项浮出水面。

2.题干定位词“first few days”直接锁定到第二段but 之前，通过重要信息出处——极端词hardly一句排除C;由“小狗G一开始在我家为负态度情绪”而关注A、B项，由“转折前小狗G为不平静状态”+sadness(hardly一句)可知B选项angry不太符合气氛，语句中并无提到小狗G愤怒的表现，排除后直接得A为相对正确选项。

3.题干定位词“ rushed off to a farmhouse”, 知是故事情节变化的地方，按题目序号也该在故事后半段，容易找到定位点，第三段重要信息出处——极端词not any longer，得知小狗G跑向farmhouse且有一段距离，故排除A，BC此处并无提到，直接排除，直接得D选项。

4.技术难度低，扫完故事不难得出，作者按时间回忆自己曾经无敌可爱感人的小狗Goldie，直接选入A选项。