Unit 1 Festivals around the world Reading课时作业

第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

　When I was six, Dad brought home a dog one day, who was called "Brownie". My brothers and I loved Brownie and did different things with her. One of us would walk her, another would feed her, and then there were baths, playing catch and many other games, Brownie, in return, loved both of us. One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them. We always felt better when she was around.

　One day, as I was getting her food, she chewed up(咬破)one of Dad's shoes, which had to be thrown away in the end. I knew Dad would be mad and I had to let her know what she did was wrong. When I looked at her and said, "Bad girl," she looked down at the ground and then went and hid. I saw a tear in her eyes.

Brownie turned out to be more than just our family pet, she went everywhere with us .People would stop and ask if they could pet her. Of course she'd let anyone pet her. She was just the most lovable dog. There were many times when we'd be out walking and a small child would come over and pull pm her hair. she never barked(吠) or tried to get away. Funny thing is that she would smile. This frightened people because they thought she was showing her teeth. She loved everyone.

Now many years have passed since Brownie died of old age. I still miss days when she was with us.

1. What would Brownie do when someone was ill in the family?

A. Look at them sadly. B. Be with them.

C. Play games with them. D. Touch them gently.

2. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that Brownie__________.

A. would eat anything when hungry B. felt sorry for her mistake

C. loved playing hide-and-seek D. disliked the author's dad

3. Brownie was died of _____.

A. illness B. hunger C. accident D. old age

　B

Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius. "There is no such thing as genius," Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work.

But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he