Was the Dog Clever？
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’s，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 shop．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 immediately．
At midday，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 midday．And as usual，it brought a piece of paper in the mouth．This time，the butcher did not take a look at the paper，and gave the dog its meat，for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers．
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！
Mrs.Smith treated her little dog quite________．

A．cruelly

B．kindly

C．badly

D．unfairly(不公平地)

It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper its master gave it________．

A．might do it much harm

B．could do it much good

C．would give the butcher some meat

D．was worth many pounds

The butcher did not give any meat to the dog________．

A．when he found the words on the paper were not very clear

B．because he happened to have sold out all the meat in his shop

C．before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs.Smith

D．until he was paid enough by Mrs.Smith

From its experience，the dog found that________．

A．only the paper with Mrs.Smith’s words on it could bring it meat

B．the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

C．a piece of paper could bring him half a pound of meat

D．Mrs.Smith would pay for the meat he got from the butcher

At the end of the story，you’ll find that________．

A．the butcher found himself cheated by the smart animal

B．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper

C．the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any more

D．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog

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