完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A friend in need

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you  36  find in any neighborhood, these two  37 each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their own houses.

One evening, Brownie's family   38  that Brownie hadn't returned home. They went looking for him with no   39     Brownie didn't appear the next day, and despite(尽管)their  40  to find him, by the next week he was still missing. Curiously, Spotty  41  at Brownie's house alone, barking. Busy with their own lives, Brownie's family just ignored the  42  little neighbor dog. Finally, one morning Spotty   43  to take “no” for an answer any longer. He followed Ted about, barking strongly, then running towards a nearby wood, as if to say,"  44  me! It’s urgent!”

Then Ted followed the anxious Spotty. The little dog led the man to a   45  spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie   46  but one of his hind legs stuck in a steel leg-hold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he'd taken Spotty's earlier requirement   47  Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable. Spotty had done more than simply  48  Brownie's owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the   49   dog, Ted found some dog food, which was later   50 as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that  51 !Spotty had been visiting Brownie   52  in a single-minded quest to keep his friend alive by offering his own comfort. Spotty had obviously 53  with Brownie to protect him from being hurt, snuggling(依偎)with him at night to keep him warm and touching him gently with its nose to keep his  54  up. Brownie's leg was treated by a veterinarian and he recovered. For many years afterward, the two   55  watched the faithful friends frolicking(嬉戏)and chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses.

14.A. injured    B. defeated      C. frightened    D, worried

　　The world is now in danger of the lack of water．More and more people have found it difficult to have enough water, especially clean water．How to make full use of water resources is a big problem．

　　The amount of usable water has always been of great interest in the world．　1　 springs and streams sometimes means control, particularly in the 　2　 areas like the desert．The control is possible even without possession of large areas of 　3　 land．In the early days of the American West, gun fights were not 　4　 for the water resources．And laws had to be 　5　 to protect the water rights of the 　6　 and the use of the water resources accordingly．

　　　7　 is known to us all, there is not 　8　 water in all places for everyone to use as much as he likes．Deciding on the 　9　 of water that will be used in any particular period 　10　 careful planning, so that people can manage and use water more 　11　 ．Farmers have to change their use of or demand for water 　12　 the water supply forecast．

　　The 　13　 water supply forecast is based more on the water from the 　14　 than from the below．Interest is 　15　 in the ways to increase rainfall by man-made methods, and to get water from the winter snow on mountain 　16　 With special equipment, some scientists are studying the ways in which the mountain snow can be 　17　 , and with the help of a repeater station, they send the 　18　 data (^数据) to the base station．The operator at the base station can get the data at any time by 　19　 a button．In the near future, the forecast and use of water 　20　 probably depend on the advanced knowledge of snow on mountains, not of water underground．

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Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you  36  find in most any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played  37  so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their own houses.

One evening, Brownie’s family  38  that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no  39 .Brownie didn’t appear the next day, and, despite their  40  to find him, by the next week he was still missing.

Curiously, Spotty  41  at Brownie’s house alone, barking. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored(不理睬)the  42  little neighbor dog.

Finally, one morning Spotty  43  to take “no” for an answer. Spotty followed Ted about, barking strongly, then running towards a nearby wood, as if to say “ 44  me! It’s urgent!”

Finally, Ted followed the anxious Spotty. The little dog led the man to a  45  spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie  46 , one of his hind legs stuck in a steel leg hold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he’d taken Spotty’s earlier requirement  47 .Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.

Spotty had done more than simply  48  Brownie’s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the  49  dog. Ted found some dog food---which was later  50  as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that  516  !

Spotty had been visiting Brownie  52 , in a single-minded quest to keep his friend alive by offering his own comfort. Spotty had obviously stayed with Brownie to protect him from being hurt, snuggling(依偎) with him at night to keep him  53  and touching him gently with its nose to keep his spirits up.

Brownie’s leg was treated by a veterinarian and he re-covered. For many years afterward, the two  54  watched the faithful friends frolicking(嬉戏) 55  chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.

(   ) 1... A. must          B. should               C. can              D. need

(   ) 2..  A. together      B. wildly               C. separately           D. happily

(   ) 3..  A. watched       B. heard                C. feared               D. noticed

(   ) 4..  A. hope          B. success          C. failure              D. information

(   ) 5..  A. wishes            B. demands          C. efforts              D. worries

(   ) 6..  A. showed up     B. showed off           C. turned out           D. turned off

(   ) 7.. A. nervous        B. eager                C. angry                D. clever

(   ) 8..  A. decided       B. refused          C. wanted           D. pretended

(   ) 9... A. Love          B. Hit              C. Forgive          D. Follow

(   ) 10... A. beautiful        B. distant              C. wild             D. clean

(   ) 11..  A. alive            B. dead             C. brave                D. sleepy

(   ) 12..  A. immediately  B. seriously            C. directly         D. honestly

(   ) 13..  A. asked            B. ordered          C. informed         D. led

(   ) 14..  A. injured      B. defeated         C. fightened            D. worried

(   ) 15... A. regarded     B. determined           C. recognized           D. showed

(   ) 16... A. month            B. day              C. evening          D. week

(   ) 17..  A. particularly     B. regularly            C. usually          D. especially

(   ) 18..  A. fearless     B. well             C. warm             D. hopeful

(   ) 19..  A. families     B. parents          C. neighbours           D. friends

(   ) 20..  A. but          B. or               C. so               D. and