(2012·辽宁)
When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He __1__ her Inky.
“I grew up on a hundredacre farm and had only cats __2__ playmates，” Kruger, the seventyyearold man, says. “My hearing was damaged by the __3__ of farm equipment, so I learned to connect with __4__. They react to what they see and what you do.”
Inky was a gentle cat, __5__ the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009, Inky did __6__ that would set her apart from __7__ cats forever.
Kruger had gone down to the basement to __8__ the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he __9__ to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so, he slipped and __10__ his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
__11__ in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt __12__ going into shock (休克). He shouted for help, __13__ his wife, Brenda, was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house. __14__ Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
