I’ve always known that dogs are clever, but even I was surprised when I heard about a dog called Red, at the Battersea Dog’s Home in London.
The home has been caring for lost and unwanted animals for over 140 years. Recently, the workers there got amazed when they came to work in the morning. They found that some of the dogs had got out of their kennels(狗窝) during the night, opened cupboards and taken out of food and toys. And it happened again, and again. The manager described how as many as nine dogs were escaping every night. “When we came in, dogs were running around having fun and games and causing a lot of mess. We couldn’t understand it.”
Someone or something was unlocking the kennels during the night. The manager decided that the only way to know the truth was to put in cameras to record how the dogs were getting out.
When she and her workers played back the recording, they saw Red, a three-year-old dog, put his nose through the bars of his kennel and use his teeth to press the button that opened the door. That was clever enough, but Red did more: he unlocked the kennels next to his and let the dogs out too. The group broke into cupboards and stole dog biscuits and toys to play with.
The manager said, “It’s surprising that Red worked out how to open his own kennel, but also that he then let all his friends out.” I suppose, Red didn’t like to party alone.
The story has a happy ending: after Red was shown on TV, several people came and offered to give him a new home as a family pet.
1. What is the writer’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To ask people to look after unwanted dogs.
B. To describe dogs escaping from the Dog’s Home.
C. To give an example of how clever a dog can be.
D. To introduce the work done by the Battersea Dog’s Home.
2. What dis Red do after he go out of his kennel at night?
A. He slept in a cupboard.
B. He let the other dogs out.
C. He took biscuits and toys back to the other dogs.
D. He showed the other dogs how to unlock their doors.
3. What can we learn from the text?
A. Red didn’t like being at the Dog’s Home.
B. Red and his friends had a good time when they escaped.
C. Red and his friends enjoyed being recorded by the cameras.
D. Red and the other dogs escaped because they were hungry.