II. 1. A 2. B 3.B 4.D 5.C
III. 1. allowed movie theater
2. a ticket
3. well trained intelligent human
4.any problem leave the theater any other dog seen
5. almost empty
1.C 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.A
IV.
Characters
Actions and Words
A dog
walked into a butcher’s shop with five dollars;
fixed eyes on the lamb chops and barked—wanted some.
The butcher
picked up the worst/lowest quality chops.
The dog
barked angrily and continuously
The butcher
selected the finest chops;
took the money.
The dog
left.
The butcher
wanted to own/have such a dog;
followed the dog.
The dog
entered an apartment house
climbed to the third floor;
scratched on the door.
A man
opened the door;
yelled at the dog.
The butcher
asked him to stop,
saying it was the smartest/cleverest animal;
explained how the dog had got the best lamb chops.
The man
looked at him sideways;
said it was the third time this week the dog had forgotten his key.
VI. Furthering Listening and Speaking
Task 1: A Birthday Present
Mary: David, how did your mom like the dog you gave her for a birthday gift?
David: Oh, Mary, she was delighted. It licked her hand and wagged its tail and she was hooked.
Mary: What did she call it?
David: She’s calling it “Brian”, after a friend of hers.
Mary: Your mom always did have a sense of humor. I read somewhere that dogs can become very close to their owners.
David: I’ve heard that. I saw an interview on TV with a man who had epileptic attacks, and his dog would warn him before he would have an attack.
Mary: Really? I wonder how they can do that1
David: It ahs something to do with the dog’s sense of smell. It’s very keen.
Mary: Do you think Brian will be able to foretell when your mom is going to roast a chicken?
After David gave his mom a dog as a birthday present, she was very pleased, for the dog licked her hand and wagged its tail. She called it Brian after one of her friends. Mary read an article which says that dogs can be faithful to their owners/masters. David agreed, for he saw a TV interview which introduced a dog that could warn its master of an epileptic attack. He explained that this ability of the dog’s has something to do with its keen sense of smell. Jokingly, Mary said she wounded whether the dog Brian can foretell/predict when David’s mom is going to roast a chicken.
Task 2: 100 Percent Polar Bear
One afternoon in the Arctic, a father polar bear and his son polar bear were sitting in the snow. The son turned to his father and asked, “Dad, am I 100 percent polar bear?” “Of course, son, you’re 100 percent polar bear.”
A few minutes passed, and the bear turned to his father again and said, “Dad, tell me the truth. I can take it. Am I 100 percent polar bear? No brown bear or panda bear?” “Son, I’m 100 percent polar bear and your mother is 100 percent polar bear, so you’re certainly 100 percent polar bear.”
A few minutes passed, and the son polar bear again turned to his father and asked, “Dad, don’t worry. But it’ll hurt my feelings if it’s not true. I really need to know…am I really 100 percent polar bear?”
Somewhat angered by this continued questioning, the father polar bear yelled at his son, “Why on earth do you keep asking is you’re 100 percent polar bear?”
“Because I’m freezing to death out here!”
1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F
Task 3: An Introduction to Advertising
“Are you ready to go to work?” a woman asks her dog Sydney. The dog was her tail. Then she starts sniffing around inside the house. Sydney is hunting for mold. When she sits down, that means she smells mold nearby. Usually mold is found within three or four feet. A boy who lives in this house has epileptic attacks. It could be from mold. His mother wanted to find the mold. She tried other ways to find it, but they didn’t work. She said she trusted the dog more than the other ways. Workers found mold near where Sydney sat. Nobody had thought to look for mold there before. Now it can be cleaned out and the boy will feel much better.
Sydney is very special. Only about ten animals in the U.S. can do this. She spent hundreds of hours with a police dog trainer in Florida to learn how. In the U.S., people have used dogs to find drugs and bombs for a long time, but dogs that find mold are something new.
People in Europe have used mold-sniffing dogs for many years. Dogs are cheaper to use than human trackers and can find exactly where the mold is. They also do it quickly and for less than %500. Other methods may cost thousands of dollars and take many weeks.
1.D 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D
Speaking
A Funeral for a Dead Fish
Nancy: Westerners often take pets as their friends, even their family members. Especially dogs They think dogs are man’s best friends.
Michael: What pets do people usually keep?
Nancy: A lot. Fish, cats, horses… anything could be a pet.
Michael: Do you have a pet?
Nancy: I have three fish. One day, the fish called Susan died. We even had a funeral for her.
Michael: A funeral?
Nancy: Yes, usually it’s a ceremony for dead people. But we had a funeral for the dead fish.
Michael: Sounds interesting.
Nancy: Well, I need to go back to feed my fish. Talk to you later.