7．Goldie's Secret
She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall．No way could I have sent her away．No way，not me anyway．Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before．"We're moving house．'；"No space for her any more with the baby coming．""We never really wanted her，but what could we have done？She was a present．"People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal．And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen．
I called her Goldie．If I had known what was going to happen I would have given
her a more creative name．She was so unsettled during those first few days．She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her．There was nothing I could do to make her happy，it seemed．Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner's．But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down．Always by my side，whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire．
That's why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk．We were a long way from home，when she started barking and getting very restless．Eventually I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could．
By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie．But when I saw her licking （舔） the four puppies （幼犬） I started to feel sympathy towards them．"We didn't know what had happened to her，"said the woman at the door．"I took her for a walk one day，soon after the puppies were born，and she just disappeared．""She must have tried to come back to them and got lost，"added a boy from behind her．'
I must admit I do miss Goldie，but I've got Nugget now，and she looks just like her mother．And I've learnt a good lesson：not to judge people．
56．How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house？B
A．Shocked．
B．Sympathetic．
C．Annoyed．
D．Upset．
57．In her first few days at the author's house，Goldie．A
A．I felt worried
B．was angry
C．a(chǎn)te a little
D．sat by the fire
58．Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because sheD．
A．saw her puppies
B．heard familiar barkings
C．wanted to leave the author
D．found her way to her old home
59．The passage is organized in order ofA．
A．time
B．effectiveness
C．importance
D．complexity．
分析 本文是一篇記敘文，記敘了作者在她家門口有一條狗，起名為戈爾迪，剛開始這只狗在她家很不安，但是幾周后戈爾迪平靜下來，當(dāng)作者和戈爾迪一起散步的時候，戈爾迪跑回以前的家（農(nóng)場）．
解答 56．答案：B．細節(jié)理解題．由原文第2段She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her．There was nothing I could do to make her happy，it seemed．Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner's．劃線句子表明作者同情被遺棄的小狗，希望幫助它高興起來．
57．答案：A．細節(jié)理解題．由第二段第二行"She was so unsettled during those first few days．She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her．"可知在最初幾天里，她是如此的不安．她幾乎沒有吃任何東西，所以選A．
58．答案：D．細節(jié)理解題．由倒數(shù)第三段最后一句"Eventually I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could．"最后我抱不住她了，于是她沖到地上，盡快地跑向遠處的一個農(nóng)舍．可知她找到了自己熟悉的地方，所以選D
59．答案：A．推理判斷題．由第一段作者先發(fā)現(xiàn)狗、第二段第二行"She was so unsettled during those first few days、第五行But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down．"可以推出答案，所以選A
點評 做此類閱讀時要學(xué)會從事情本身的發(fā)展去理解故事情節(jié)而不要只看事件在文中出現(xiàn)的先后順序；注意作者的議論和抒情；把握作者態(tài)度；有章有據(jù)進行解題判斷．
