Just home from work,Daddy stepped in the kitchen where Mother and I were preparing supper.From the look on his face.we knew something was 21 him.
“Mr.Roth is worse.”he said.“The doctor says it’s only a 22 of time now.The old man
can 23 his pain,but not the long hours he has to spend alone.His eyes are 24 bad that he can’t read,and he doesn’t get much 25 .He keeps begging for a big dog to be his companion,
26 he can reach out and touch as he sits in his wheelchair in the sun.”
“Why don’t they 27 him a dog?”I asked.
“Honey,with Mr.Roth in the hospital so much of time,there are a lot of 28 .There isn’t enough money.’’
“They could go to the animal shelter and get one.”I 29 .
“Yes,”Daddy said.“I suppose they could.But it has to be a 30 dog,which they can trust to be gentle.Not all big dogs are。”
After supper,I went 31 my big German shepherd(牧羊犬),Dan,was usually dozing.
He jumped up and ran to meet me 32 he always did when I came into sight.There were no other 12-year-old girls in our neighborhood,so I 33 Dan for companionship.when I rode my bicycle,he ran behind me;when I roller-skated on the sidewalk,he followed behind.It had been that way since Daddy 34 him home four years before.
Now,I couldn’t 35 Daddy’s words in the kitchen.I threw my arms 36 Dan’s neck and buried my face in his stiff hair.
“I love you,”I whispered to him.“I’d be 37 without you,but…oh,Dan,I know what I should do, 38 I don’t want to do it.”
I thought about Mr.Roth.He was old,sick and almost 39 .It seemed to me that he was just about out of blessings.I 40 quickly.I knew what I had to do.
I went to my father and said.“Mr.Roth can borrow Dan.”Tears started down my face.
21.A.pleasing | B.bothering | C.puzzling | D.frightening |
22.A.sort | B.lot | C.waste | D.matter |
23.A.consider | B.suffer | C.bear | D.cure |
24.A.so | B.too | C.very | D.also |
25.A.luck | B.company | C.wealth | D.business |
26.A.someone | B.this | C.one | D.that |
27.A.buy | B.offer | C.supply | D.promise |
28.A.supplies | B.operations | C.expenses | D.visits |
29.A.replied | B.asked | C.explained | D.suggested |
30.A.fierce | B.special | C.useful | D.brave |
31.A.which | B.what | C.when | D.where |
32.A.once | B.though | C.as | D.if |
33A.came across | B.thought of | C.depended on | D.felt like |
34.A.brought | B.trained | C.drove | D.delivered |
35.A.realize | B.understand | C.forget | D.appreciate |
36.A.through | B.past | C.over | D.around |
37.A.lost | B.surprising | C.aggressive | D.fearful |
38.A.so | B.and | C.or | D.but |
39.A.crazy | B.blind | C.lonely | D.painful |
40.A.ran up | B.got up | C.woke up | D.picked up |