Americans use many expressions with the word dog．People in the United States love their dogs and treat(41)themwell．They take their dogs for walks.let them play outside(42)andgive them good food and 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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3．Americans use many expressions with the word dog．People in the United States love their dogs and treat（41）themwell．They take their dogs for walks，let them play outside（42）andgive them good food and medical care．On the contrary，dogs（43）without owners to care for them lead a rather difficult way of life．The expression"lead a dog's life"，（44）describes（describe） a person who has an unhappy existence．
Some say we live in a dog-eat-dog world，（45）whichmeans many people are competing for the same things，like good jobs．They say that to be successful，（46）aperson has to work like a dog．This means they have to work very，very hard．Such hard work can make people dog-tired．And，the situati on would be even （47）worse（bad） if they became sick like a dog．
Husbands and wives use this doghouse term （48）whenthey are angry at each other．For example，a woman might be angry at her husband coming home late or（49）forgetting（forget） their wedding anniversary．She might tell him that he is in the doghouse．She may not treat him（50）nicely（nice） until he apologizes．

分析这篇短文属于说明性的短文阅读．主要介绍了英语中几条关于狗的表达方式．与狗相关的众多表达方式说明狗在人们的生活中是起到比较重要的作用的，也说明这一文化的源远流长．

解答 41．them 42．and 43．without 44．describes 45．which 46．a 47．worse 48．when 49．forgetting 50．nicely
41．them 考查代词的使用．根据and前面的love their dogs可知，美国人很喜欢狗并且对待狗很好，因为前面的dog使用的是复数，所以后面的代词的替代词要用复数形式，故答案为them．
42．and 考查连词的使用．这是陈述美国人对待狗的方式，三个并列的谓语动词，前面的两个用逗号分隔开，最后一个用and来连接；故答案为and．
43．without 考查介词在句中的运用．有前面的叙述说明美国人是很喜欢狗也很善待狗的，所以结合后面的谓语部分lead a rather difficult way of life可知，应该是没有主人照顾的狗是很凄惨的；故答案为without．
44．describes 考查谓语动词及主谓一致．本句的主语是The expression，双引号中的内容"lead a dog's life"为一个名词短语作定语，划线处为一个谓语动词的形式，所以用单数形式，故答案为describes．
45．which 考查非限制性定语从句的连接词．分析句子的结构可知，前面为一个完整的句子，中间只有一个逗号，后面也是一个缺少主语的句子，由此可判断这是一个非限制性定语从句，根据句意可知用which来引导．
46．a 考查冠词的运用．本句中是泛指一个人要想成功，就必须拼命地像狗一样工作；故答案为不定冠词a．
47．worse 考查形容词法比较级的运用．根据后面if引导的条件状语从句和前面的副词even可知，这里是说如果一个人病的跟狗一样的话，这就说明他的情况是更糟糕的了；故答案为worse．
48．when 考查时间状语从句的连接词．分析句子的结构可知，前后两个句子需要一个连词来连接，根据句意可知，这是一个时间状语从句，故答案为when．
49．forgetting 考查非谓语动词的运用．本空应该是和前面的动词短语coming home late并列的成分，为动名词短语作介词at的宾语；故答案为forgetting．
50．nicely 考查副词法使用．根据常识可知，用来修饰动词短语 treat him的应该是一个副词，故答案为nicely．

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