Early one morning last February, I felt the bang of Tink’s paws as she landed on my legs. This is my __16__. I was fast asleep and she woke me up, which had __17__ happened before. She sleeps downstairs and never comes __18__ the bedroom. I sat up feeling __19__ because I’d been out the night before. But I soon realized something was very __20__. The room was half-filled with a layer of white smoke, strange and alarming, __21__ in the air about three feet deep like a patch of whiter cloud. I phoned the fire brigade(消防队), who told me to __22__ the house as quickly as I could. Within minutes, six fire engines __23__. For half an hour, my house was drenched (浸透) with __24__ until the fire was out. By now, __25__, I had begun to __26__ about our assumption that Tink was safe. I assumed she had managed to escape, but there was no __27__ of her. I told a firefighter and, __28__ he wasn’t meant to, he went back into my house. After a few moments he _29___ with Tink, completely limp (四肢无力的). She wasn’t breathing. Then the firefighter put a(n)__30__mask on her, and incredibly she took a __31__ and coughed. She was alive. The source of the fire was electrical. The firefighters told me I would have had six minutes to get out before I __32__ in the fire. Tink could have deserted __33__, but she came up to the most__34__ smoke-filled area to warn me. Generally cats aren’t known for their __35__, but she is the exception . 16. A. dog B. cat C. daughter D. son 17. A. ever B. never C. already D. yet 18. A. through B. out C. up D. into 19. A. sick B. sleepy C. lonely D. sorry 20. A. wrong B. bad C. strange D. awful 21. A. flying B. lifting C. hanging D. filling 22. A. leave B. save C. move D. pass 23. A. called B. turned C. arrived D. achieved 24. A. water B. fire C. smoke D. powder 25. A. therefore B. anyhow C. otherwise D. however 26. A. analyze B. hesitate C. realize D. consider 27. A. sign B. condition C. place D. show 28. A. so that B. even though C. as if D. ever since 29. A. appeared B. hurried C. vanished D. left 30. A. carbon B. poison C. oxygen D. dust 31. A. sigh B. breath C. voice D. relaxation 32. A. escaped B. shouted C. woke D. died 33. A. me B. itself C. it D. ourselves 34. A. serious B. dangerous C. cautious D. nervous 35. A. confidence B. caution C. selflessness D. wisdom
答案:16-20 BBDBA 21-25 CACAD 26-30 BABAC 31-35 BDABC