Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog".Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say" Seep", it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things hoem for us to keep! I'll tell you about some of them.

Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk.

We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded(点头)and held my nose. "What do you think it is?"

"It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry."

"Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!" I said."We should take it back."

"We can't ".said my sistter.

"Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"

1.The writer and Mary didn't know______.

A.what Zip's first present was

B.how Zip carried its first present home

C.who owned Zip's first present

D.what Zip's first present was made of

2.Tom calls Zip "the keep dog"because ______.

A.the dog likes keeping things

B.the dog likes playing with shoes

C.he doesn't know the dog's name

D.he can't pronounce the word "sheep"well

3.What made the shoe strange was ______.

A.its colour        B.its smell

C.its size          D.that it was a silk one

4.The word "keep"in the last sentence means "_____"

A.keeping things for itself

B.bringing things for other to keep

C.not letting it run about

D.taking care of a small child

5.We can know from the reading that the dog _____.

A. likes to give presents to people

B.has been kept in at the writer's home

C.has brought some trouble

D.likes to be called "the keep dog"

Key: 1.C  2.D  3.B  4.B  5.C