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Bobby

and

his

master,

farmer

John

Gray,

were

familiar

sights

in

Edinburgh.

Every

Wednesday after a visit to market and exactly as the time-gun boomed one o'clock, the two would

enter Traill's Dining Room for their midday meal, a frugal lunch for Gray, and a bun for Bobby.

Then in 1858, the schedule was interrupted. Farmer Gray died. Three days after the funeral

exactly at one o'clock, Traill found himself looking into a pair of beseeching canine eyes. Bobby

got

his

bun

and

disappeared.

This

was

repeated

for

several

days

until

Traill's

curiosity

got

the

better of him. He followed the small terrier as he left and raced to his master's grave. There he

remained each day, fair or foul, despite the efforts of dog-loving townspeople to give him a new

home. The graveyard caretaker, while sympathetic, was at first not so willing to let him in. But

Bobby's devotion and fidelity were so great that the caretaker provided Bobby with a shelter close

to the grave to protect him from bad weather.

Then,

after

nine

years,

Bobby

was

arrested

as

a

vagrant

because

he

had

no

license.

The

restaurant keeper appeared in court with Bobby. He was released by merciful justice. But just to

make sure the law could not touch him. Lord Provost William Chambers paid Bobby's fee each

year and presented him with a brass-plated collar inscribed

Provost, 1876, Licensee.

After

iars'

Bobby

was

allowed

to

keep

his

lonely

vigil

undisturbed.

He

never

varied his mealtime. Each day he left the graveyard as the gun roared one o'clock to pick up his

bun and take it back to eat at his master's side. He must have been really hardy for he lived until

1872,

having

kept

to

his

solitary

post

for

fourteen

long

years.

He

was

buried

in

Greyfriars',

of

course, in a flower bed near John Gray's tombstone.

1. An appropriate title for the passage could be _____.

A) Traill's Dining Room

B) Farmer John Gray

C) Bobby the Faithful

D) Lord Provost William Chambers

Key

；

C

。文章主要讲了一条名叫“

Bobb y

”的义犬的故事，因此宜以

Bobby the Faithful

为题。

2. The phrase

A)

B)

C)

D)

K ey

；

D

。

“

familiar

sights

”原 意为“熟悉的景象”

，从上下文看显然是指人们“经常能

看到的 人或物”

。

3. The phrase

A) the graveyard

B) the weather

C) Bobby

D) Traill

Key

B

。

fair or foul

紧接在

each day

之后，作修饰语，表示“不论天气好坏”之意。

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned or implied about Bobby?

A) Bobby had refused to live in other people's home.

B) Bobby was devoted and faithful to his master.

C) Bobby was once arrested because he did something wrong.

D) Bobby was protected by Lord Provost William Chambers until his death.

Key

；

C

。第三段第一句“

Bobby was arrested

…

because he had no l icense,

”并非由于它干

了什么错事。

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5. From the passage, we know that Bobby was _____.

A) John Gray's servant

B) a dog

C) a vagrant

D) John Gray's son

Key

：

B

。从“

master

”

（第一段第一句）

“

canine eyes

”

（第二段第三句）和“

terrier

”

（第

六句）等词

,

可推断出

Bobby

是一条狗。

B

It

is

curious

how

often

sympathy

for

the

old

and

infirm

takes

a

form

which

actually

humiliates

them.

Their

friends,

or

mere

acquaintances,

wishing

to

show

good

will,

paw

them,

sometimes leaning forward to rearrange their neckwear, pulling at their shawl, touching their hair

or

patting

their

faces

—

things

they

would

never

presume

to

do,

unasked,

to

one

of

their

contemporaries.

An equally humiliating habit of many people who are quite unconscious of being rude is to

talk about old people in front of them, as if they were not there, discussing their health, or making

playful remarks on the lines of

It is now universally accepted that children should be encouraged to do as much as they can

for themselves in order to develop their brains and muscles, but so few people today seem to have

time to allow the elderly the same means of keeping their minds and muscles active. With what

they believe to be unselfish kindness they perform innumerable services for them that they would

be much better left to do, even with a struggle, for themselves.

Convenient

flats,

well-run

homes,

visitors,

or

organised

entertainments

cannot

make up for the fundamental need which must be satisfied

—

the need to retain to the end of life

human dignity and the respect of one's fellows.

6. Many people are not aware that it is rather rude to

A) talk casually about old people in front of them as if they were not there

B) pat old people in their face

C) rearrange the neckwear for the old

D) pull at old people's shawls

Key

；

A

。见第二段第一句：

“

An equally humiliating habit of many pepple who are quite

unconscious of being rude

…”

。

7. According to the passage the old would very much like to _____.

A) keep themselves to themselves

B) live in comfortable and well-furnished flats

C) keep human dignity

D) get unselfish help from their friends and relatives

Key

：

C

。文章最后一段明确指出“

the fundamental need

”是“

to retain to the end of life

human dignity and the respect of one's fellows

”

。

8. The author suggests that_____.

A) too much sympathy will inevitably humiliate the old

B) kindness and unselfish help are not necessarily what the old need

C) the old should be left to do all they can by themselves

D) to the old, the friends' and relatives' respect is, at least, as important as their concern

Key

；

D

。

A

）

、

B)

及

C

）三项内容均在文中直接陈述出来，并非作者“暗示”

（

suggest

）

的内容。只有

D

）项是作者言词暗含的内容。

9. If the old are left to do as much as they can for themselves,_____.

A) they may keep human dignity and enjoy the respect of the fellows

B) they won't feel hurt or humiliated

C) they will be able to develop their brains and muscles