阅读下面的短文,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。
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 1about
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."
(1)
A .
read
B .
forgot
C .
thought
D .
heard
(2)
A .
fighting
B .
trembling
C .
eating
D .
sleeping
(3)
A .
tried
B .
agreed
C .
promised
D .
regretted
(4)
A .
calmed down
B .
stood up
C .
rolled over
D .
run off
(5)
A .
injured
B .
stolen
C .
lost
D .
rescued
(6)
A .
home
B .
past
C .
back
D .
on
(7)
A .
preparation
B .
explanation
C .
test
D .
search
(8)
A .
cautiously
B .
casually
C .
skillfully
D .
angrily
(9)
A .
surprise
B .
joy
C .
hesitation
D .
anxiety
(10)
A .
predicted
B .
advertised
C .
believed
D .
recorded
(11)
A .
house
B .
phone
C .
street
D .
car
(12)
A .
called
B .
copied
C .
counted
D .
remembered
(13)
A .
fed
B .
adopted
C .
found
D .
cured
(14)
A .
hunted
B .
skied
C .
lived
D .
worked
(15)
A .
on purpose
B .
on time
C .
in turn
D .
in vain
(16)
A .
cares
B .
sees
C .
suffers
D .
learns
(17)
A .
place
B .
trouble
C .
waste
D .
extreme
(18)
A .
service
B .
plan
C .
effort
D .
team
(19)
A .
equal
B .
allergic
C .
grateful
D .
close
(20)
A .
suitable
B .
proud
C .
wise
D .
willing
答案:(1)C;(2)B;(3)A;(4)D;(5)C;(6)C;(7)D;(8)A;(9)B;(10)B;(11)B;(12)A;(13)C;(14)A;(15)D;(16)A;(17)B;(18)C;(19)D;(20)D;