完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings---love for a dog.

For at least ten years my __36 _ had been suggesting that we get a dog. There were several reasons why the idea _37_   . We had noticed that, on our block, couples with no children as a rule 38_ one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy 39_ we too had no children.

He flew into the house with the  40  of a Formula 1 (一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house,  41 from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the  42 , where my wife washed him with motherly  43 . From that day on, the invisible（看不见的）  _44 for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.

He seemed to 45 that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had _ 46   for him with greater care than those for me---he didn’t   47    look at.

Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking whom _ 48_ one evening, when, tired from work, I 49   the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.

Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth,  50  me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the  51 which had disturbed（干扰）his sleep. I meekly（乖乖地） 52 that I had forgotten to switch off the light, but that was not  53 . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes _ 54   .

Now we finally know who’s the_ 55     at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.

1.                A．wife           B．son            C．husband  D．daughter

2.                A．came up with    B．came out        C．came up  D．came on

3.                A．kept           B．rose           C．carried   D．invited

4.                A．if             B．unless          C．since D．before

5.                A．speed          B．shape          C．cost D．race

6.                A．climbed        B．covered        C．jumped   D．stopped

7.                A．yard           B．street          C．bathroom D．kitchen

8.                A．worry          B．care           C．identity   D．power

9.                A．signal          B．war            C．work D．truth

10.               A．doubt          B．dislike          C．wonder   D．understand

11.               A．reached        B．searched       C．looked    D．prepared

12.               A．even          B．still            C．ever  D．yet

13.               A．while          B．because        C．until  D．as

14.               A．gave in         B．gave up        C．gave away D．gave out

15.               A．broke          B．woke          C．picked    D．packed

16.               A．water          B．heater         C．cooker    D．light

17.               A．hoped         B．considered      C．admitted  D．decided

18.               A．enough        B．good           C．bad  D．true

19.               A．plans          B．mistakes        C．decisions  D．faces

20.               A．boss           B．member        C．adult D．child