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Years ago while lying in my hammock(吊床)and drinking JD from the bottle, I noticed my dog
dragging something under the fence. Upon inspection, to my disappointment, I realized it was the
next door neighbor's 10yearold daughter's rabbit. For years I had watched her come home from
school and head straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yard. I knew that day would
be no different and fearing for our dog, I had to think fast.
The rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it, combed it with the
dog brush and blew it dry with the leaf blower. Upon finishing its grooming I jumped the fence and
replaced it back in its cage hoping its death would be written off as "natural caused".
Back to the hammock and JD. Within the hour the neighbor's Volvo palled in as usual and out
popped the little girl, and as usual she headed straight for the cage. Only this time she stopped about
six feet away and screamed: "D－A－D－D－Y!!!"
Her father, panicstricken, stood looking at the cage. Being the good neighbor that I am, I rushed
to fence and asked if there was anything I could do.
Her father less than calmly shouted, "What kind of sick individual would dig up a little girl's rabbit
and put it back in its cage?"
1. The girl was shocked because ________.
A. the rabbit was killed by someone
B. the rabbit was too clean
C. the dead rabbit was cleaned and put back into the cage
D. the rabbit was asleep in the cage
2. That day the girl ran to the cage ________.
A. because her rabbit was there
B. because she had a habit of going there to see her rabbit
C. because she wanted to see her rabbit again
D. because the rabbit was dead
3. We can infer that the rabbit ________.
A. was alive before the writer saw his dog dragging it
B. was already dead before the writer saw his dog dragging it
C. was in the cage playing with the dog
D. was at the fence seeking out for food before it was killed by the dog
4. According to the story, the writer ________.
A. was helpful to his neighbor
B. did a smart thing
C. was honest
D. made a mistake
