Have you heard of the movie Benji off the Leashf This Benji story7 begins when his mother, a pretty black furry dog, escapes from the puppy mill with Colby, a boy who loves her．He tries to hide her in an abandoned house．The boy' s father discovers her there and takes mother and pups back home to the puppy mill, but leaves Benji behind because he doesn't look purebred （純血統(tǒng)的） enough to be sold for money．Colby comes back later to rescue the tiny puppy and keeps Benji in his wooden clubhouse, bringing Mom to come to visit him in secret．
As Benji grows bigger, it becomes harder to keep him in the clubhouse, and eventually the boy' s father discovers him and Benji is forced to flee to the streets．But despite his fear of Colby' s father, Benji cannot forget about his mother, who is growing steadily weaker and sicker．He continues to sneak back to the puppy mill yard to spy on the goings-on there and plan a way to rescue her．
Benji's doggie pal, Scrappy enters the story when he is pushed out of a car into a country lane．Once his paws hit the ground, Scrappy wags his tail once helplessly after the car as it drives away, and then is immediately up to his neck in hapless mischief （頑皮）. Scrappy is a lovably stupid little dog who barely manages to escape the animal control officers who are determined to catch him．
One of the wonderful things about this movie is that the two stars are not highly trained purebred dogs．Both Benji and Scrappy were rescued mixed breed dogs found at local animal shelters．Adorable Benji and his stupid pal, Scrappy, demonstrate that mixed-breed rescue dogs are just as intelligent and trainable as any purebred dog．
Benji Off the Leash clearly demonstrates the connection between people who abuse animals and people who abuse people．Colby' s father takes out his anger on those who are weaker than him, namely by frightening his wife and the dogs．He attempts to frighten Colby, but the boy bravely refuses to let him．
Children who are used to fast-paced action films with catchy theme songs may not have the patience for the slower pace of this film．But for rescue volunteers, older children, and anyone who loves dogs, this is a heartwarming movie that shows how even in today' s world of deserted dogs and backyard puppy mills, there can still be happy endings for homeless dogs．
小題1:What can be learned from the passage?
A．Two dogs star the movie．
B．The boy' s mother is very disgusting．
C．The movie will be liked by all the children．
D．The movie is fast-paced．
小題2:We can infer from the passage that _____．
A．The movie is in praise of deserting homeless dogs．
B．We shouldn't have mercy on homeless dogs．
C．We human beings need to love animals because they are our friends．
D．mixed-breed rescued dogs are less intelligent and trainable than purebred dogs．
小題3:What' s the passage mainly about?
A．Reviewing a Him．
B．Giving a summary of a movie．
C．Thinking highly of the relationship between animals and humans．
D．Criticizing people deserting animals．
小題4:What' s the purpose of writing the passage?
A．To attract more people to see the movie．
B．To call on children to help homeless pets．
C．To show anger about abusing animals．
D．To urge people to care and love animals．

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
本文是一則影評，介紹了與動物有關(guān)的一部電影。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第四段One of the wonderful things about this movie is that the two stars are not highly trained purebred dogs．可知A正確。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知CD錯誤。B沒有提及。
小題2:推理題。本題可以利用排除法ABD與文中的表述相反。再根據(jù)最后一段可知我們應(yīng)該愛護(hù)像狗這樣的動物。
小題3:主旨大意題。通讀全文可知這是一篇影評。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)文章最后兩段可知文章是想讓人們關(guān)心愛護(hù)動物。
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