When Dan Shaw gets up from the sofa in his home, Cuddles is never far away. When

When Dan Shaw gets up from the sofa in hishome, Cuddles is never far away. When he wants to go outside, he doesn’t takeCuddles out for a walk—Cuddles takes him for a walk. Cuddles is clearly noordinary family pet. It is a two-foot-high miniature horse and serves asthe guiding eyes of Shaw, who is blind.

When Shaw lost his sight, his wifesuggested he apply for a guide dog. Shaw, an animal lover, said he couldn’tbear to part with a dog (which usually lives about eight to ten years) and getused to a new one, perhaps several times in his life.

Then Shaw heard of a program about the tinyguide horses. He learned that the horse possess many qualities that that makethem an excellent choice for guiding people. They are clean, friendly, smartand have great memories. They can be trained to remain calm in noisy andcrowded places. Best of all, they live for 25-25years, which would enable Shawto have the same guide companion for most or all of his life.

Shaw immediately applied to be and wasaccepted as the first person to receive a guide horse. The instant he metCuddles, he knew he was making the right choice. Then he began his training.

Through training, Shaw and Cuddles learnedto find way on busy streets, step over curbs（便道沿儿）and find elevator buttons. Cuddles evendemonstrated（显示）itsability to step in front of Shaw and block him, to prevent him from walkinginto a dangerous situation. The little horse also expertly led Shaw throughbusy shopping malls. They got along without any difficulty. Now Shaw isconfident that Cuddles will change his life for the better.

1.What’s the meaning of the underlined word“miniature” in Paragraph 1? (No more than 2 words)

2.Why didn’t Shaw want to choose a dog ashis guide? (No more than 15 words)

3.What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us? (Nomore than 10 words)

4.How does Shaw feel about his future lifewith the help of Cuddles? (No more than 10 words)

5.In your opinion, what is the idealrelationship between man and animals? (No more than 20 words)

试题答案

【答案】

1.Tiny / Little / Small / Very small

2.A dog’s life is short and Shaw couldn’tbear to part with it

3.The tiny horses possess (have) many goodqualities to guide people

4.He feels that his future life will bebetter / easier.

5.They should be good friends and help eachother. (答案不唯一)

【解析】

试题分析:

1.由第三段第一句Then Shaw heard of a program about the tiny guide horses和最后一段倒数第三行The little horse alsoexpertly led Shaw through busy shopping malls可以知道答案

2.由第二段第二行said he couldn’t bear to part with a dog (which usually lives abouteight to ten years) 可以知道答案

3.由第三段第二行He learned that the horse possess many qualities that that make theman excellent choice for guiding people. 可以知道答案

4.由最后一段最后一句Now Shaw is confident that Cuddles will change his life for thebetter可以知道答案

5.由本文的主要意思“一个盲人用动物帮他领路”，所以人和动物要相互帮助

考点：考查分析能力

点评：做此类题时，首先阅读全文，知道短文的主要意思，再看问题，根据问题再短文里找答案，如果短文有现成的答案，就可以用原句；如果没有，则用自己的语言概括