It’s about 250 miles from the hills of west-central Iowa to Ehlers’ home in Minnesota.During the long trip home,following a weekend of hunting,Ehlers 1 about the small dog he had seen 2 alongside the road.He had 3 to coax(哄) the dog to him but,frightened,it had 4 .
Back home,Ehlers was troubled by that 5 dog.So,four days later,he called his friend Greg,and the two drove 6 .After a long and careful 7 ,Greg saw,across a field,the dog moving 8 away.Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to him.Nervousness and fear were replaced with 9 .It just started licking(舔) Ehlers’ face.
A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one 10 as lost in the local paper.The ad had a 11 number for a town in southern Michigan.Ehlers 12 the number of Jeff and Lisa to tell them he had 13 their dog.
Jeff had 14 in Iowa before Thanksgiving with his dog,Rosie,but the gun shots had scared the dog off.Jeff searched 15 for Rosie in the next four days.
Ehlers returned to Minnesota,and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on a flight to Michigan.“It’s good to know there’s still someone out there who 16 enough to go to that kind of 17 ,”says Lisa of Ehlers’ rescue 18 .
“I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as 19 to it as I am to my dogs,” says Ehlers.“If it had been my dog,I’d hope that somebody would be 20 to go that extra mile.”
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了一位男士帮助素不相识的人找回走丢的宠物狗的故事。
1.A.read B.forgot C.thought D.heard
答案:C
解析:根据上文的followingaweekendofhunting可知,Ehlers是在狩猎回家的路上,再结合下文的hehadseen可知,此处表示他想起了他看到的那只小狗。thinkabout“想起”。
2.A.fighting B.trembling C.eating D.sleeping
答案:B
解析:根据下文可知,这是一只走丢的狗,所以trembling符合语境。根据下文的coax和frightened可排除A、C、D三项。
3.A.tried B.agreed C.promised D.regretted
答案:A
解析:由第二段的“...succeededincoaxingtheanimaltohim.”提示可知,此处用trytodosth.“尽力做某事”符合语境。agree“同意”;promise“答应”;regret“后悔”。
4.A.calmed down B.stood up
C.rolled over D.run off
答案:D
解析:根据上文的frightened可知,狗害怕了,由常识推知,它应是跑开了。
5.A.injured B.stolen C.lost D.rescued
答案:C
解析:根据第三段的“...aslostinthelocalpaper.”提示可知,此处应填lost。
6.A.home B.past C.back D.on
答案:C
解析:根据下文的“...Gregsaw,acrossafield,thedogmoving 8 away.”可知,他和朋友又开车回去了,所以填back。
7.A.preparation B.explanation C.test D.search
答案:D
解析:根据空前的形容词longandcareful,结合下文的“...Gregsaw,acrossafield,thedogmoving 8 away.”可知,此处应为“寻找”,所以填search。
8.A.cautiously B.casually C.skillfully D.angrily
答案:A
解析:上文提到这是一只走丢的狗,结合上一段中的frightened可知,此处填cautiously(小心翼翼地)符合语境。
9.A.surprise B.joy C.hesitation D.anxiety
答案:B
解析:根据replaced以及下文的“ItjuststartedlickingEhlers’face.”可知,所填的词应该是和Nervousnessandfear意思相反的词,浏览选项可知B项符合语境。
10.A.predicted B.advertised C.believed D.recorded
答案:B
解析:根据下文的“Thead...”提示可知,此处应填advertised。此处为同义复现。
11.A.house B.phone C.street D.car
答案:B
解析:根据下文的“Ehlers 12 thenumberofJeffandLisatotellthem...”可知,广告上有电话号码。
12.A.called B.copied C.counted D.remembered
答案:A
解析:由于广告上有电话号码,Ehlers要告诉他们,自然要给他们打电话。call“(给……)打电话”。
13.A.fed B.adopted C.found D.cured
答案:C
解析:根据上文可知,他找到了那条狗。所以此处应是Ehlers在电话里告诉对方他找到了狗。
14.A.hunted B.skied C.lived D.worked
答案:A
解析:根据下文提到的“...butthegunshotshadscaredthedogoff.”可知,Jeff和他的狗一起外出狩猎,所以填hunted。
15.A.on purpose B.on time C.in turn D.in vain
答案:D
解析:根据上文可知,Jeff的狗走丢了,他一直没有找到它,所以此处应填“invain”,表示“徒劳地”。
16.A.cares B.sees C.suffers D.learns
答案:A
解析:根据上文可知,Ehlers回到Minnesota后,驱车100英里到达Minneapolis,把狗送上了去Michigan的航班。由此可知,此处填cares符合语境。
17.A.place B.trouble C.waste D.extreme
答案:B
解析:由上题解析可知,Ehlers费了很大劲把小狗送回主人身边,此处用短语gotothetrouble(不辞劳苦)符合语境。
18.A.service B.plan C.effort D.team
答案:C
解析:此处指Ehlers为救这只走丢的狗而做出的努力,所以填effort。service“服务”;plan“计划”;team“团队”。
19.A.equal B.allergic C.grateful D.close
答案:D
解析:此处讲述的是Ehlers当时的想法,他认为丢狗的人和狗的关系就如同他和自己的狗一样亲近。becloseto“和……亲近”。
20.A.suitable B.proud C.wise D.willing
答案:D
解析:此处是Ehlers提出了一种假设,如果他的狗走丢了,他希望也有人会愿意像他那么做。bewillingtodo“乐意做某事”。
