选修8 课后能力测评一 ⅰ. 完形填空 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项a、b、c和d中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。字数:293 完成时间:15分钟 难度:★★ the basic meaning of“pet”is an animal we keep for emotional 情感的 rather than economic reasons. a pet animal is __1__ as a companion, and we all need companions to keep as feeling happy.__2__ pets offer more than mereonly companionship: they invite us to love and be loved. many __3__ feel their pets understand them, for animals are __4__ to sense anger and sorrow. often a cat or dog can comfort us __5__ when human words don"t help. we feel loved, too, by the way pets __6__ us for a home, for food and drink. dogs __7__, look up to their owners, __8__ makes them feel important and needed. a pet can be something __9__ to each member of the family, another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to an __10__ child, a grandchild to the elderly, but for all of us pets provide __11__ and companionship. it has __12__ been suggested that tiny pets __13__ be sent as companions to astronauts on space ships, to help reduce the stress 紧张 and __14__ of space flights. in this plastic age, when most of us live in large cities, pets are particularly important for __15__. a pet in the family keeps people in __16__ with the more natural,animal world. seeing an animal give birth brings understanding of the naturalness of childbirth, and seeing a pet __17__ helps a child to cope with sorrow. learning to __18__ a pet helps a child to grow up into a loving adult who feels __19__ toward those dependent on them. rightly we teach children to be good to