Itwaswindyandcoldwhenastoreownerwasstickingasignabovehisdoorthatread“Puppies(宠物狗)forSale”.Justasheexpectedalittleboysoonappearedbythestoreowner’ssign.“Howmuchareyougoingtosellthepu

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  It was windy and cold when a store owner was sticking a sign above his door that read “Puppies(宠物狗)   for Sale”. Just as he expected a little boy soon appeared by the store owner’s sign.

“How much are you going to sell the puppies for?” he asked. The store owner replied “ $ 10.” The little boy reached in his pocket and pulled out some change. “I have $ 2. 50. ” he said. “May I please look at them?”

The store owner smiled and whistled taking out five dogs. One puppy was left behind. Immediately the little boy singled it out and said “What’s wrong with that little dog?” The store owner explained that the little puppy was disabled. It would always be lame.

The little boy became excited. “That is the little puppy that I want to buy. ” The store owner said，“No，you don’t want to buy that little dog. If you really want him I’ll just give him to you. ”

The little boy got quite upset looked into the store owner’s eyes，pointing his finger and said，“I don’t want you to give him to me. That dog is worth as much as all the other dogs and I’ll pay full price. In fact，I，ll give you $ 2. 50 now and 50 cents a month until I have him paid for. ”

The store owner countered “You really don’t want to buy this little dog. He is never going to be able to run and jump and play with you like the other puppies. ”

On hearing this the little boy reached down and rolled up his leg to reveal a badly twisted crippled left leg supported by a big metal brace. He looked up at

the store owner and softly replied “Well，I don’t run so well myself and the

little puppy will need someone who understands him!”

1. Why did the shop owner stick the sign?

   A. To advertise all his goods.

   B.  To attract people to buy his puppies.

   C.  To warn about the danger of dogs.

   D.  To keep the wind out.

2. Why did the boy become excited when he knew the dog was lame?

   A. Because he could buy it at a low price.

   B.  Because he didn’t have enough money for a good one.

   C.  Because he had the similar disability.

   D.  Because he found a partner to share his sadness.

3. If the boy bought the dog he would pay for it        .

   A. in 15 months

   B.  in 3 months

   C.  in one year

   D.  at that time

4. The underlined word “countered” can be replaced by “       ”.

   A. agreed

   B.  insisted

   C.  calculated

   D.  disapproved

5. According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE?

   A. The store owner was cheating the boy by selling him a disabled dog.

   B.  The boy was glad to hear that he could get the dog for free.

   C.  The little boy would take good care of the dog.

   D.  The writer told us a sad story about the disabled.

Answer 1

  1. B细节理解题。从第一段内容了解到该商店老板是要出售宠物狗。2.C推理判断题。男孩听到老板说这只小狗是只残疾狗 结合自己的经历和遭遇，他好像找到了自己的知己，感到了自己的责任和帮助它的义务，由此感到兴奋。文章最后也揭示了小男孩这一心理活动。 3. A推理判断题。由于小男孩只带了 $2.50 而小狗的i 价格是每只$10 既然男孩要全价买下来，那当时是不能付清的，他答应每月还50 cents 所以剩下的$7.5还要； 15个月能付清。4. D词义猜测题。由上文可知店主不相信也不愿意让男孩买这只小狗，选项中只有disapprove表示“反驳”。5. C细节理解题。店主一再申明那是一只残疾小狗，并不想卖给他，所以没有欺骗孩子，排除A;孩子不愿意免费i 得到这只小狗，排除B;本文叙述了孩子天真、友善地对待残疾小狗的动人故事，排除D;通过孩子的话语和行为我们可以推断孩子十分喜爱和同情小狗他也十分理解它，因此他肯定会很好地照料它，因此选C.