单选题 Sam had a dog, its name was Tod. It was very helpful, but it ate too much. So he didn't like it. He wanted to kill Tod. He tied Tod and put it in a small boat. He rowed (划)the boat to the middle of a big river. Just as he threw the poor animal into the river, the boat began to go down. Both the man and Tod fell into the river.
Tod was able to swim, but Sam couldn't. The dog bit(咬) the rope(绳子) and broke it . It tried its best to swim to save Sam. The man was saved, so he was very thankful (感激的)to the dog. He didn't want to kill the dog any more. From then on, he gave the dog as much as it wanted.

单选题 Sam wanted to kill Tod because______.

A. they often fought(打架) each other
B. Tod had a too good appetite (胃口)
C. Tod was not useful

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 文中第一段就说"It was very helpful，but it ate too much．So he didn't like it He wanted to kill Tod．”。Tod虽然很有用，但是它吃的太多所以Sam不喜欢它，想把它杀掉。A的意思是他们经常打架，不符合文意。C的意思是说Tod没有用，也与文意相背。B的意思是Tod的胃口太好，也就是吃得太多，与原文相符。因此正确答案为B。

单选题 From the text we know Tod has the ability to ______ but Sam couldn't.

A. eat too much food
B. bit a rope
C. swim

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查对文章细节的把握。题干的意思是Tod有“干什么”的能力而 Sam没有。A的意思是吃太多食物，虽然文中提到Tod吃很多，但是并不能推断出Sam就没有吃很多的能力，因此不对。B的意思是咬一根绳子，确实Tod是具有这个能力，因为在救Sam的时候它就是这么做的，但是同A一样，我们并不能推断Sam不能。C是说游泳。文中明确说明Tod会游泳而Sam不会，因此C是正确答案。

单选题 Why did Sam take the dog to a river?

A. To let it swim in the river.
B. To let it travel in a boat.
C. To drown the dog.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 题干是问为什么Sam带着狗去河里。A的意思是说让狗在河里游泳，B的意思是让它在小船里旅行，都是与文意相背的。C中可能有一个词drown有些人不是很熟悉，它的意思是“淹死”，他想把狗淹死，符合文章的意思。即使考生不知道drown的意思，因为 A、B都比较容易排除，所以也应该选出正确答案C。

单选题 The boat began to go down because______.

A. we don't know
B. Sam threw Tod in the river
C. Sam fell into the river

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 题干问为什么小船开始下沉了。文中并没有明确提及原因，可能需要我们做一些推断。B的意思是说因为Sam把Tod扔到了河里，文中细节推不出这样的原因。 C的意思是因为Sam掉到河里了，这是文中提及的事实，但是它是小船下沉的结果而不是小船下沉的原因。因此B、C都不对。A是正确答案，我们并不知道小船为什么下沉了。

单选题 Which of the following is true?

A. In fact Tod wasn't helpful enough because he ate too much.
B. In the end Tod could eat as much as he wanted.
C. In the end Sam thought Tod ate too much.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题也是对文中细节的考查，但是并不是直接考查，需要一定的推理。 A的意思是说小狗因为吃得太多并不是很有用，文中提到小狗很有用，但是因为吃太多所以 Sam不喜欢它。A至多是Sam自己的个人情感与判断，而且事实证明恰恰是吃得多的Tod救了Sam的命。所以A与文意不符。B的意思是说最后Tod能够想吃多少就吃多少。文中最后提到了“From then on，he gave the dog as much as it wanted．”从那时起，狗想吃多少他就给多少，契合文意。C的意思是最后Sam觉得Tod吃太多，不合文意。因此正确答案为B。