【中级类英语听力】25（在线收听）

 When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife. The sun and wind had changed her, too. They had taken the sparkle from her eyes and left them a sober gray; they had taken the red from her cheeks and lips, and they were gray also. She was thin and gaunt, and never smiled now. When Dorothy, who was an orphan, first came to her, Aunt Em had been so startled by the child's laughter that she would scream and press her hand upon her heart whenever Dorothy's merry voice reached her ears; and she still looked at the little girl with wonder that she could find anything to laugh at. Uncle Henry never laughed. He worked hard from morning till night and did not know what joy was. He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots, and he looked stern and solemn, and rarely spoke. It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings. Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose. Toto played all day long, and Dorothy played with him, and loved him dearly.

1. What changed Aunt Em?

 Her old age 

 The sun and wind

 The work on the farm

 Taking care of a dog

2. What would startle Aunt Em?

 The sound of Dorothy's merry voice

 The shrill of the barking dog

 The rooster at the crack of dawn

 Her husband's laughter

3. Who made Dorothy laugh?

 Her funny uncle

 Her young aunt

 The little black dog

 No one. Dorothy lived in complete misery

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1. The sun and wind

2. The sound of Dorothy's merry voice

3. The little black dog