55．A．normal B．happy C．good D．better
36-40
CADAC 41-45
BBCAB 46-50
CDBDC 51-55
BACBD
Brownie and Spotty were neighbour dogs
who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any
__36__, these two dogs 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
(to pay no attention to) the __42__ little neighbour 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!”
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 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 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 __54__ was treated by a veterinarian and he recovered. For
many years afterwards, the two families watched the faithful friends frolicking
(嬉戏) __55__ chasing each other down that well-worn path between their
houses.
