Question

 When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an ani?mal shelter,he did not expect much. Yet right from the start,eight years ago,there was an uncommon con?nection between him and the small black cat. He 1        her Inky.

  "I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats 2        playmates ”， Kruger,the seventy-year-old man,says. "My hearing was damaged by the 3        of farm equipment? so I learnt 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,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 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.

  "Go get Brenda," Kruger said to Inky.

 Inky 15        to the bedroom door and scratched 16        until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the     17        . Brenda found her husband 18        the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospi?tal. "I spent six months 19         there,"says Kruger. "Although I became lame,I was blessed. "Since the accident,Inky has 20        left Kruger's side.

1.A. gave   B. chose

C.  named   D. remembered

2.A. like   B. as

 C.  except   D. among

3.A. sound   B. alarm   C. noise   D. voice

4.A. animals   B. friends

 C.  farmers   D. neighbours

5.A. sharing   B. visiting

 C.  dividing   D. discovering

6.A. anything   B. nothing

 C.  something   D. everything

7.A. familiar   B. lovely

 C.  ordinary   D. outstanding

8.A. shut out   B. shut off   C. shut down   D. shut up

9.A. marched   B. flew

 C.  struggled   D. climbed

10.A. bent   B. hit

 C.  shook   D. pulled

11.A. Falling   B. Lying

 C.  Appearing   D. Thinking

12.A. it   B. itself   C. him   D. himself

13.A. and   B. but   C. or   D. so

14.A. Thus   B. Otherwise   C. Then   D. Rather

15.A. walked   B. ran

 C.  returned   D. withdrew

16.A. rapidly   B. suddenly   C. madly   D. urgently

17.A. bedroom   B. basement   C. yard   D. house

18.A. at the bottom of   B. in the middle of   

  C. at the top of   D. in the front of

19:A. regretting   B. resting

 C. relaxing   D. recovering

20. A. never   B. ever

 C. still   D. already

Answer 1

1.C联系空后的Inky以及下文作者提到这只猫时用Inky 可以知道，Inky是Glen Kruger给猫起的名字。

2.B联系空后的playmates我们知道，Kruger生活在农场，一直以这些猫作为玩伴。

3.C

4.A联系前文"…had only cats ...playmates..."我们知道， Kruger只有这些猫为伴，因此他学会了与这些动物沟通。

5.A联系空后的house以及with five other cats我们知道，Inky与其他五只猫同居一室，因此这里用sharing-词。

6.C联系后文可知，Inky救了Kruger—命，这让它有别于其他的猫，因此说它做了一些让它不同于其他普通的猫的事情。

7.C

8.B

9.D联系空后的to the top of the stairs我们知道，他从地下室向上爬楼梯，到了楼梯顶部。march前进，行军；fly 飞行;struggle挣扎。

10.B联系空前的he slipped以及空后的against an old shelf我们知道，他滑了下来，撞到了一个旧架子上，伤了后背。

11.B联系空后的going into shock我们知道，架子把他砸伤了，他躺在血泊中。

12.D结合前文他被架子砸倒在地，以及后面的going mto shock我们知道，他感到自己快休克了。

13.B空前讲到"He shouted for help—"，空后讲到他的妻子在房子另一端的卧室内睡得很沉，没有听到他的呼救，因此前后为转折关系。

14.C

15.B run—词最能表达Inky看到主人处于危险时的焦急心情。它赶紧跑到卧室门口。

16.C情急之下，Inky赶紧跑到了卧室门口，用爪子疯狂地挠门。

17.B联系前文的in a pool of blood on the basement floor 我们知道，Kruger躺在地下室，因此Inky把女主人带到

地下室。

18.A联系前文的on the basement floor我们知道，到了地下室，女主人发现自己的丈夫就躺在地下室的地板上。

19.D

20.A联系空后的Kruger's side可知，有了这次经历后Inky再也没有离开Kruger的左右。