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Cats have no emotions. At least, that's what my husband once claimed. I 1 that my two cats experience emotions. They feel anger, fear, and 2 . He agreed with me, but 3 his opinion that cats don't feel love. 4 , my tuxedo cat, Sebastian, would teach him otherwise.
When my next-door neighbour moved in, he had a she cat named Juliet. She was an indoor lady, always watching 5 through the window.
Then one day when I 6 my cat to the backyard for his playtime, Sebastian 7 Juliet gazing at him behind the window. It soon became 8 that they were attracted by each other. So every day thereafter, whenever I let Sebastian out, he would rush 9 to the backyard next-door and they would sit gazing 10 at each other through the screen, she inside, and he outside. Even my husband watched 11 , and he would murmur, "But cats can't feel love... can they?"
Five months later, my neighbour had to 12 because of work. My heart sank. I wondered how Sebastian would 13 to Juliet's leaving.
For months after Juliet moved away and the new neighbour moved in, I often 14 Sebastian sitting by Juliet's window, looking into the apartment 15 his lady. The new neighbour didn't mind having the "Peeping Sebastian" after I 16 his reason for being there.
Sebastian 17 the small area outside that window as his territory. Other male cats were allowed in the 18 , but not near Juliet's window, which he guarded until his 19 .
Even now, when my husband and I walk through the backyard and see that window, he 20 me of the lesson Sebastian taught him... that cats do indeed fall in love.
1. A. argued B. quarreled C. suggested D. discussed
2. A. energy B. power C. strength D. happiness
3. A. referred to B. prepared for C. stuck to D. approved of
4. A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Meanwhile
5. A. the environment B. the sky C. her owner D. her boyfriend
6. A. forbade B. prevented C. accompanied D. left
7. A. called attention to B. caught sight of C. took charge of D. paid a visit to
8. A. ambitious B. doubtful C. skeptical D. obvious
9. A. secretly B. straight C. quietly D. worriedly
10. A. lovingly B. angrily C. hungrily D. greedily
11. A. in trouble B. in sorrow C. in amazement D. in horror
12. A. settle B. travel C. apologize D. move
13. A. react B. reply C. reduce D. replace
14. A. took B. caught C. met D. sensed
15. A. in place of B. on the basis of C. in search of D. on account of
16. A. explained B. requested C. blamed D. asked
17. A. discovered B. reformed C. preserved D. marked
18. A. street B. backyard C. window D. village
19. A. birthday B. departure C. death D. arrival
20. A. reminds B. informs C. tells D. accuses
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白出的最佳选项。
?After 42-year-old guy Tom had quitted his job, he began to make up his mind to become a freelance (self-employed) writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not．He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a(n) 21 typewriter and settled down to work．
After a year or so, however, Tom began to 22 himself．He found it was difficult to earn his living by 23 what he wrote．But Tom determined to put his dream to the test — 24 it meant living with uncertainty and fear of 25 ．This is the shadowland of hope, and 26 with a dream must learn to live there．
One day Tom got a call, “We need a(n) 27 , and we’re paying $6,000 a year．” $6,000 was 28 money in 1960．It would enable Tom to get a nice apartment, a used car and more． 29 , he could write on the side． 30 the dollars were dancing in Tom’s head, something 31 his senses．He had dreamed of being a 32 — full time．“Thanks, but no,” Tom said 33 ．“I’m going to stick it out and write．”
After Tom got off the phone, he 34 everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents．Tom put the cans and cents into a 35 bag, saying to himself, “There’s everything you’ve made of yourself so far．”
Finally his work was 36 in 1970．Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that 37 writers ever experience．The shadows had turned into limelight．
Then one day, Tom 38 a box filled with things he had owned years before． 39 was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents．Suddenly he 40 himself working in that cold storage room．It reminds Tom, and anyone with a dream, of the courage and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadowland．
A．excellent B．used C．expensive D．priceless
A．regret B．hate C．doubt D．trust
A．selling B．buying C．reading D．appreciating
A．Now that B．What if C．As if D．Even though
A．success B．failure C．perspiration D．loss
A．someone B．none C．nobody D．anyone
A．boss B．assistant C．manager D．writer
A．false B．little C．real D．high
A．However B．Still C．Besides D．Therefore
A．As B．But C．If D．Because
A．hurt B．destroyed C．cleared D．struck
A．driver B．assistant C．writer D．dancer
A．hesitantly B．firmly C．slowly D．hurriedly
A．pulled out B．pulled apart C．pulled back D．pulled down
A．cloth B．metal C．plastic D．paper
A．written B．published C．completed D．punished
A．few B．great C．famous D．poor
A．sought B．searched C．found D．picked
A．Above B．Below C．Outside D．Inside
A．called B．pictured C．described D．reminded
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered．and they all admired his heart for it was 31 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 32 .”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s 33 . It was full of scars, it had places 34 pieces had been removed and other pieces 35 in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several 36 edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “ 37 your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours 38 perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every 39 represents a person 40 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they 41 me a piece of their heart that fits into the 42 place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we 43 .
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart 44 , and the other person hasn’t returned a 45 of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is 46 a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they 47 open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
The young man walked up to the old man, 48 his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He 49 it to the old man.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It 50 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
31．A．ugly B．perfect C．beautiful D．hurt
32．A．mine B．his C．theirs D．ours
33．A．coat B．appearance C．face D．heart
34．A．that B．which C．where D．whose
35．A．cut B．set C．put D．brought
36．A．smooth B．rough C．broken D．pretty
37．A．Comparing B．Compared C．Compare D．Compares
38．A．looks B．seems C．is D．fits
39．A．one B．heart C．piece D．scar
40．A．on whom B．in whom C．with whom D．to whom
41．A．take B．give C．lend D．pass
42．A．empty B．full C．original D．first
43．A．had B．gave C．shared D．owned
44．A．in B．away C．off D．up
45．A．lot B．sheet C．piece D．pile
46．A．making B．taking C．keeping D．bringing
47．A．keep B．cut C．come D．stay
48．A．carried away B．reached into C．took out D．brought up
49．A．offered B．took C．passed D．served
50．A．fit B．hit C．beat D．set
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