第二节 完型填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
The
basic meaning of "pet" is an animal we keep for emotional(情感的)rather than economic reasons. A pet animal is 36
as a companion, and we all need companions to keep us feeling happy.
37 pets offer more than mere
companionship: they invite us to love and be loved. Many 38 feel their
pets understand them, for animals are 39 to sense anger and sorrow. Often a
cat or dog can comfort us 40 when human words don't help. We feel loved,
too, by the way pets 41_us for a home, for food and drink. Dogs 42 ,
look up to their owners, 43 makes them feel important and
needed.
A pet can be something_ 44_ to each
member of the family, another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to a(n) 45 child, a grandchild to the elderly, but for
all of us pets provide 46 and
companionship. It has 47 been suggested that tiny pets
48 be sent as companions to astronauts on
spaceships, to help reduce the stress(紧张)and 49 of space flights.
In this Plastic Age, when most of us live in
large cities, pets are particularly important for 50 . A pet in the family keeps people
in 51 with the more natural, animal world. Seeing an animal give birth
brings understanding of the naturalness of childbirth, and seeing a pet 52_ helps a child to cope with sorrow.
Learning to 53_ a pet helps a child to grow up into a loving adult who
feels 54_ toward those dependent on them. Rightly we teach children to
be good to their pets. They should learn, too, that pets are 55 for us
human beings.
36. A. known
B. looked
C.thought
D. kept
37. A. But B.
However
C. So
D. Otherwise
38. A. masters B.
owners
C. bosses
D. hosts
39. A. slow B.
quick
C. easy
D. difficult
40. A. in time B. on
time
C. at the time D. at no
time
41. A. depend on B. live
on
C. wait on
D. look on
42. A. especially B.
hardly
C. hopefully D.
entirely
43. A. it
B. who
C. which
D. what
44. A. dangerous B.
necessary
C. the same
D. different
45. A. single
B. only
C. separate
D. alone
46. A. loss
B. love
C. trouble
D. pleasure
47. A. ever
B. even
C. never
D. probably
48. A. would
B. could C.
should
D. must
49. A. loneliness B.
distance
C. darkness
D. weight
50. A. students B. children
C. grown-ups D.
relatives
51. A. connection B.
conversation
C. touch
D. love
52. A. die
B. suffer
C. cry
D. fight
53. A. pay for
B. ask for
C. call for
D. care for
54. A. comfortable B. suitable
C. valuable
D. responsible
55. A. fit
B. good
C. expensive
D. bad
