Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30．and at 6:30 she

Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in centralBirmingham at 5：30．and at 6：30 she was expectedto be chairing a meeting of the tennis club．At last，thetraffic was moving．She swung quickly racing to her house As sheopened the door，she nearly tripped over Sheba．

    “Hey，Sheba，”shesaid，“I've got no time for you now，hut I'll take youout as soon as I get back from tennis club．”Then she noticedSheba seemed to be coughing or choking Obviously，she could hardlybreathe．Immediately．Joanne realized shewould have to take her to the vet .When she got there，thevet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba，Dr．Sternebrought her quickly into his office．

    “Listen，doctor，I'mreally in a rush to get to a meeting, can I leave her with you，andgo and get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up，andthen I'll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”

    “Sure．”saidthe doctor

    Joanne made the quick tripback to her house in a couple of minutes'．As she was once moreentering the hallway，the phone by the door began to ring．

    “This is Dr．Sterne，”saidan anxious voice．“I want you to get out of that house immediately，”saidthe doctor's voice．“I'm coming round right away，andthe police will be there any time now．Wait outside!”

    At that moment，apolice car screeched to a stop outside the house．Two policemen gotout and ran into the house．Joanne was by now completely confused and veryfrightened．Then the doctor arrived．

    “Where’s Sheba? Is sheOK?”shouted Joanne．

    “She’s fine，Joanne．Itook out the thing which was choking her，and she’s OK now．”

    Just then，thetwo policemen reappeared from the house，half-carrying awhite—faced man，who could hardly walk．Therewas blood all over him．

    “My God，”saidJoanne，“how did he get in there? And how did you know he wasthere?”

    “I think he must be a burglar．”saidthe doctor．“I knew he was there because when I finallyremoved what was stuck in Sheba’s throat：it turned out to bethree human fingers”

1.What was Joanne supposed to do at 6：30？   

    A．Towalk her dog．                      B．To see her doctor．

    C．Toattend a club meeting．                D．Toplay tennis with her friends．

2.Joanne wanted to get back to her home again           ．

       A．todress up for the meeting                B．tophone the police station

       C．tocatch the badly hurt burglar      D．towait for her dog to be cured  

3.From the passage，we can infer that         ．

       A．Shebafought against the burglar

       B．thepolice found the burglar had broken in

       C．Joannehad planned to take her dog to the meeting

       D．thedoctor performed a difficult operation on the dog

4.In this passage，the writer intendsto tell us that the dog is           ．

       A．clever            B．friendly           C．frightening               D．devoted

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

【解析】略