16．It was Monday．Mrs．Smith's dog was hungry，but there was not any meat in the house．
Considering that there was no better way．Mrs．Smith took a piece of paper，and wrote the following words on it："Give my dog half a pound of meat．"Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently："Take this to the butcher（*person whose job is selling meat）and he's going to give you your lunch today．"
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth，the dog ran to the butcher's．It gave the paper to the butcher．The butcher read it carefully，recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to．The dog was very happy，and ate the meat up at once．
At noon，the dog came to the shop again．It gave the butcher a piece of paper again．After reading it，he gave it half a pound of meat once more．
The next day，the dog came again exactly at noon．And as usual，it brought a piece of paper in the mouth．This time，the butcher did not take a look at paper，and gave the dog its meat，for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers（*people who buy sth．from a shop）．
But，the dog came again at four o'clock．And the same thing happened once again．To the butcher's more surprise，it came for the third time at six o'clock，and brought with it a third piece of paper．The butcher felt a bit puzzled．He said to himself，"This is a small dog．Why does Mrs．Smith give it so much meat to eat today？"
Looking at the piece of paper，he found that there were not any words on it！
36、It seemed that the dog knew well that the paperB．
A、might do it much harm
B、could do it much good
C、would help the butcher
D、was worth many pounds
37、The butcher did not give any meat to the dog A．
A、before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs．Smith
B、when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C、because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D、until he was paid enough by Mrs．Smith
38、From its experience，the dog found that D．
A、only the paper with Mrs．Smith's words in it could bring it meat
B、the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
C、Mrs．Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
D、a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
39、At the end of the story，you'll find that D．
A、the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
B、the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more
C、the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D、the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal．
分析 本文是一篇故事类阅读，属于记叙文，时间是星期一，Smith女士的狗饿了，但家里没有任何肉．本文以此展开，主要讲述了狗用纸去骗肉吃的故事．
解答 36．B 推理判断题．根据文章上下文内容可知，那只狗正是知道了这张纸可以给它带来好处，所以才一次又一次的带着纸去骗肉吃，故B正确．
37．A 细节理解题．根据第三段2，3行．The butcher read it carefully，he was sure that it was really the lady's handwriting说明屠夫在确认了这是，Mrs Smith的笔迹以后才把肉给了狗，故A正确．
38．D 推理判断题．根据But，the dog came again at four o'clock．And the same thing happened once again．To the butcher's more surprise，it came for the third time at six o'clock，and brought with it a third piece of paper．可知，后来，狗又连续带着纸去换肉说明它认为这些纸可以给它带来肉．故D正确．
39．D 推理判断题．根据文章最后一段He said to himself，"This is a small dog．Why does Mrs．Smith give it so much meat to eat today？"说明，他被狗给骗了．故D正确．
点评 本文是一篇故事类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题，推理判断题．做题时学生应仔细阅读原文，把握文章主要内容，联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义，从中选出正确答案，一定要做到有理有据，切忌胡乱猜测．
