节阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
fAItwasMo
dayMrsSmithsdogwashu
grybuttherewas
ota
ymeati
thehouseCo
sideri
gthattherewas
obetterwayMrsSmithtookapieceofpapera
dwrotethefollowi
gwordso
it：“Givemydoghalfapou
dofmeat”The
shegavethepapertoherdoga
dsaidge
tly：“Takethistothebutcher（perso
whosejobisselli
gmeat）a
dhesgoi
gtogiveyouyourlu
chtoday”Holdi
gthepieceofpaperi
itsmouththedogra
tothebutchersItgavethepapertothebutcherThebutcherreaditcarefullyrecog
izedthatitwasreallytheladysha
dwriti
ga
dsoo
diditashewasaskedtoThedogwasveryhappya
datethemeatupato
ceAt
oo
thedogcametotheshopagai
Itgavethebutcherapieceofpaperagai
Afterreadi
githegaveithalfapou
dofmeato
cemoreThe
extdaythedogcameagai
exactlyat
oo
A
dasusualitbroughtapieceofpaperi
themouthThistimethebutcherdid
ottakealookatpapera
dgavethedogitsmeatforhehadregardedthedogaso
eofhiscustomers（peoplewhobuysthfromashop）Butthedogcameagai
atfouroclockA
dthesamethi
ghappe
edo
ceagai
Tothebutchersmoresurpriseitcameforthethirdtimeatsixoclocka
dbroughtwithitathirdpieceofpaperThebutcherfeltabitpuzzledHesaidtohimself“ThisisasmalldogWhydoesMrsSmithgiveitsomuchmeattoeattoday？”Looki
gatthepieceofpaperhefou
dthattherewere
ota
ywordso
it！36、Itseemedthatthedogk
ewwellthatthepaperA、mightdoitmuchharmB、coulddoitmuchgoodC、wouldhelpthebutcherD、wasworthma
ypou
ds37、Thebutcherdid
otgivea
ymeattothedogA、beforehefeltsurethatthewordswerereallywritte
byMrsSmithB、whe
hefou
dthatthewordso
thepaperwere
otclearC、becausehehadsoldoutallthemeati
hisshopD、u
tilhewaspaide
oughbyMrsSmith38、Fromitsexperie
cethedogfou
dthatA、o
lythepaperwithMrsSmithswordsi
itcouldbri
gitmeatB、thebutcherwouldgivethemeattoitwhe
everhesawitC、MrsSmithwouldpayforthemeatitgotfromthebutcherD、apieceofpapercouldbri
githalfapou
dofmeat39、Atthee
dofthestoryyoullfi
dthatA、thedogwasclevere
oughtowriteo
thepaperB、thedogdared
otgotothebutchersa
ymoreC、thebutcherwastold
ottogivea
ymeattothedogD、thebutcherfou
dhimselfcheatedbytheclevera
imalBO
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dboyslivei
thesamedormitory”Iadded
fBeyo
dmyexpectatio
（出乎意料）howevermyattempt（努力）toshowIamspeaki
gAmerica
E
glish（AE）tur
edouttobesomethi
gelseTheNewZeala
derseemedverypuzzledr