I was late for the school bus and rushing to get ready. My dog, Tippy, got to the front door and lay down in front of it – his way of asking to be petted. I___36___his begging for affection (喜爱), hurdled over him and ran for the waiting bus.
___37___, that afternoon, when I came home, Mom said to me___38___, “Honey, I have some___39___news that I need to tell you. This morning, while you were at school, Tippy was hit by a car and___40___. I’m so sorry.”
“No! It’s not true!” I was___41___. I couldn’t believe her. “Tippy, come here! Come on, boy!” I called and called for him. I waited. He didn’t come. Feeling___42___, I wandered into the living room. I didn’t cry that night. I still couldn’t believe that he was___43___.
When I got off the bus the next day, the___44___at home was deafening. Finally, my sobs (哭泣) bubbled up and erupted (喷发) like lava (熔岩) from a volcano. I couldn’t stop___45___. I hadn’t even petted him when I left.___46___could I have known that was my last chance? I cried until I felt empty inside.
Time passed, and against my will, I started to___47___some things. I realized what little control any of us have over what happens ___48___ a dog. We can do everything right, but___49___things can still happen. But good things can happen too. That’s___50___. The best way to deal with the hard times is to___51___what you need to do to get through them when they come, and to remember that hard times always___52___.
I now deeply understand the “circle of life”. Everyone is born, everyone___53___, and that’s the way it is. If dogs never died, there would be no___54___for others like Belle – my new dog.
Best of all, I realized that Tippy___55___all of my good memories of him. And they come to me every time I call!
| 小题1: | | A．met | B．ignored | C．promised | D．preferred |
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| 小题2: | | A．However | B．Besides | C．Therefore | D．Finally |
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| 小题3: | | A．excitedly | B．quickly | C．nervously | D．seriously |
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| 小题4: | | A．good | B．sad | C．dull | D．happy |
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| 小题5: | | A．escaped | B．wounded | C．killed | D．knocked |
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| 小题6: | | A．in disagreement | B．in anger | C．in silence | D．in shock |
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| 小题7: | | A．lost | B．sleepy | C．crazy | D．uncertain |
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| 小题8: | | A．gone | B．missing | C．alive | D．stolen |
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| 小题9: | | A．noise | B．quarrel | C．silence | D．sound |
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| 小题10: | | A．waiting | B．crying | C．thinking | D．expecting |
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| 小题12: | | A．forget | B．recall | C．understand | D．change |
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| 小题14: | | A．surprising | B．bad | C．amazing | D．amusing |
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| 小题15: | | A．nature | B．human | C．life | D．rule |
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| 小题16: | | A．figure out | B．picked out | C．try out | D．put out |
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| 小题17: | | A．disappear | B．overcome | C．help | D．pass |
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| 小题18: | | A．grows | B．lives | C．suffers | D．dies |
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| 小题19: | | A．chance | B．room | C．possibility | D．doubt |
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| 小题20: | | A．thought of | B．brought up | C．left behind | D．picked up |
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