题文

阅读理解。

"Track!" said my master.      Like any good tracker-dog who has received the command(命令)he most loves, I gave a bark of excitement, put my nose down to the ground and sniffed. The ground was rich with smells. Even in the high-class housing area where we were working, the stones held traces of many soft and confusing scents (smells). As I searched for the scent that would give me a clue to the tail of the guilty man, my tail wagged slowly, thoughtfully, delightedly. Work was like play to me; I enjoyed it.      A small group of people gathered behind us. Among these onlookers was the old caretaker of the building next door to ours. He spoke in a scornful voice, "You actually think your dog might catch a thief three days after the event?" My master said nothing, but I'm sure he must have smiled. I did not turn to look. I knew he would not speak unless it was to give me a new command.      I needed to concentrate. My task was difficult. I had to pick out one scent among the many that lay about and then tracked it to its source.      "You're wasting your time," said the caretaker. I looked at him without raising my head. He was running his hand over his fat stomach. His rough palm and smooth shirt combined to make a slight noise. It was part of my training to be aware-often it is only a little whisper of a noise that alerts(提醒) you to be drawing of a weapon. But of course the aging caretaker was going to do no such thing. There was no smell of fear or nervousness about him. He was merely being clever and talkative.      "I've seen many tracker-dogs in my time," said the caretaker to the onlookers. "I served with the police years ago. We would never have thought of using a tracker-dog to find a car thief. Impossible. Everyone knows that dogs are useless in such matters."      In a sense he was right. I'm sure there's no need to tell you that, just as a dog's hearing is much better than a human being's, so his sense of smell tells one thing from another far better than a great detective. If Sherlock Holmes could work out that a man had had an egg for breakfast by seeing the yellow stain on his mouth, a trained dog could tell you whether the hen that laid the egg was healthy or not.      I know it sounds funny and I mean it to be. But I'm not exaggerating. A dog can tell you-if you understand a dog's way of communicating-all this and more without even setting eyes on the man he is investigating.

1. Who do you think the dog was tracking?

A. The thief. B. The caretaker. C. The master. D. The onlookers.

2. How did the dog react to the command to track?

A. It thought for a while and did what was asked. B. It was happy, even though it wasn't trained for the task. C. It was angry because there were so many smells. D. It was excited because it took pleasure in tracking.

3. In the dog's opinion, its sense of smell ______.

A. can give us fewer details about what a human has already discovered B. can achieve more than what a human's only if the smell is not hidden C. is particularly trained to pick out one scent among hundreds D. is better than its sense of hearing when it does tracking

4. According to the passage, the dog is ______.

A. honest and hopeful B. smart and helpful C. kind and careful D. popular and thoughtful

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

1~4     ADCB

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 "Track!" said my master. Like any good tracker..”主要考查你对  故事类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

故事类阅读

考点名称：故事类阅读

• 故事类阅读：
  文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。
  命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
  阅读这类材料时，同学们一定要根据主要情节掌握文章主旨大意，同时抓住每一个细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。

• 故事类阅读注意：
  初中生接触到的阅读材料大都是故事类。
  阅读故事类的材料，应该抓住人物线索、地点线索、时间线索和情节发展线索。
  
  特别注意的是，以上线索往往是并存的。因为情节的发展总是涉及到人物的变化、时间的推移、场景的变换等。
  而阅读材料后的阅读理解往往会围绕这些内容设计一些事实类的理解题。
  
  凡事实类的理解题都可以从阅读材料的表层文字中找到答案。
  
  在阅读故事类短文时，应理解文章的深层含义，也就是它的主题。在此需要注意的是，现在的阅读理解题在测试事实类的理解题的同时，往往有一道推理类理解测试题．