完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
My grandmother became a widow in 1970. Shortly after that, we went to the
21 shelter to pick out a dog to keep her
22 . Grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye.
23 these spots, the dog was named Penny.
Grandma and Penny quickly became very
24 to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later
25 Grandma had a stroke（中风）. Grandma could no longer
26 , so when she came home from the hospital, she and Penny were
27 companions.
After her stroke, it became a real
28 for Grandma to let Penny in and out because
29 was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism（机械装置）using a rope and pulley（滑轮）was
30 from the door to a handle at the top of the stairs. Grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. If the store was
31 Penny’s favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us
32 Penny browned
beef with potatoes in it. I can remember
33 my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.
As the years passed, it was not
34 for Grandma and Penny to separate each other. If Grandma went to take her nap（打盹）, Penny stayed by her side until she
35 . As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she
36 on the rug （垫子）beside the bed. If Grandma went into the
37 , Penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her
38 to the bed or chair. Grandma never went anywhere without her
39 companion by her side.
The time came when both my grandmother’s and Penny’s
40 were failing fast. After fifteen years of loving companionship, Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.
| 小题1: | | A．animal | B．toy | C．fish | D．bird |
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| 小题2: | | A．business | B．firm | C．company | D．friend |
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| 小题3: | | A．In spite of | B．Because of | C．Instead of | D．In front of |
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| 小题4: | | A．linked | B．fastened | C．attached | D．tied |
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| 小题5: | | A．before | B．while | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题6: | | A．think | B．speak | C．work | D．study |
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| 小题7: | | A．contrary | B．content | C．confident | D．constant |
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| 小题8: | | A．problem | B．question | C．practice | D．rule |
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| 小题9: | | A．the door | B．Grandma | C．the window | D．Penny |
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| 小题10: | | A．repaired | B．fixed | C．bought | D．loaded |
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| 小题11: | | A． out of | B．ahead of | C．away from | D．apart from |
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| 小题12: | | A．show | B．hand | C．borrow | D．cook |
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| 小题13: | | A．drawing attention to | B．making use of | | C．breaking away from | D．making fun of |
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| 小题14: | | A．necessary | B．possible | C．important | D．convenient |
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| 小题15: | | A．recovered | B．awoke | C．slept | D．screamed |
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| 小题16: | | A．rolled | B．stood | C．waited | D．lay |
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| 小题17: | | A．reading room | B．bedroom | C．shop | D．bathroom |
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| 小题19: | | A．splendid | B．remote | C．faithful | D．legal |
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| 小题20: | | A．smell | B．health | C．habit | D．living |
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