Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs. They loved each other and played together so often that they had made a path through the grass between their houses.
One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t come home. They went out to look for him but with no success. Brownie didn’t appear the next day, and by the next week, he was still missing.
Spotty went to Brownie’s house on his own. He barked loudly. But Brownie’s family was too busy to care about him. Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take no for an answer. He followed Ted, Brownie’s owner, everywhere he went. He barked, then ran toward a nearby empty lot and looked back, as if to say, “Follow me!”
Ted followed the dog across the empty lot. The little dog took the man to a tree a half mile from the house. There Ted found Brownie alive. One of his legs was caught in a trap(老鼠夹子). Ted wished he had come earlier.
Then Ted noticed something amazing. In a circle around the injured dog, he saw a lot of dog food. It was the remains of lots of meals. Spotty had been visiting Brownie every day. He had stayed with Brownie to protect him, hugging him at night to keep him warm and nuzzling(用鼻子安抚) him to keep his spirits up.
【小题1】What can we learn from paragraph 3 and 4?| A．Spotty didn’t like Brownie’s family. | B．Spotty knew where Brownie was. |
| C．Spotty came to ask for some food. | D．Spotty barked loudly to look for Brownie. |
| A．nuzzle him | B．hug him | C．bark at him | D．get food for him |
| A．Honest. | B．Humorous. | C．Confident. | D．Caring. |
| A．Dogs are human’s best friends. | B．Dogs are the cleverest animals. |
| C．Dogs have a special way to communicate. | D．Dogs can have strong friendships, too. |
