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★注:铺阴影题目为语篇层次题。
(2017·贵阳市高三年级监测考试试卷)
Each year around Christmastime, I think back to the homeless dog that appeared at the family farm. His visit became a gift of __1__ that my family still talk about.
It was a few days after Christmas in 1999.A __2__ dog wandered onto the front porch (走廊) and __3__ in as if he’d lived here all his life.He quickly decided that his __4__ was to guard the house against squirrels.Every time he saw __5__, he’d bound off past the garden to the trees, __6__ at the top of his lungs.Then he’d walk back to his position on the __7__, ever vigilant (警惕的).
Inside, the house was full of __8__.My 91yearold fatherinlaw, Jim Cravens, was seriously ill.The family had all __9__ to see to his care, to cook and to welcome __10__.Jim and his wife, Dorothy, were beloved ones of the community (社区).Whenever anyone __11__ the house to do anything or walk next door to my brotherinlaw’s house, the black dog followed.He would __12__ wait until we were done, follow us home __13__ lie down on the porch.
This __14__ visitor gave us something new to talk about.Whose dog was he? Did someone __15__ along the road? Did he __16__ to stay? Anyway, it would be dark soon, and he would be __17__ on the winter night.Jim sat in the rocking chair by the front window where he could __18__ the happy black dog’s comings and goings.
My __19__ said he wanted to live long enough to see the new millennium (千禧年), and he did.He __20__ away on January 2.That was the day the black dog left.
Later we heard that he was a rescued dog about a mile and a half from the farm.They named him Bogart.
语篇解读:本文主要讲述了一只无家可归的狗来到作者家门前的走廊里并给作者一家人带来慰藉的故事。
1.A.surprise
B.comfort
C.disaster
D.decision
解析:选B 根据全文内容可推知,这只狗给作者一家人带来了安慰,故选B。
A.white
B.yellow
C.black
D.brown
解析:选C 根据下文第12空前的“the black dog followed