Question

In June, 2013, I started my work at the animal shelter's Adoption (领养) Department. Over the years, more than 50000 animals have ______ the doors of the shelter (收容所). Sometimes there are ______ animals, who touch me so deeply that I could never forget them. Tabby was one such animal.

Tabby was an ancient Cooker Spaniel, probably 14 years old. What's more, she was blind and deaf. Tabby's chances of adoption seemed small. We all thought that Tabby would live out the rest of her life at the ______.

One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter. Her son, Gary, was interested in Tabby! What could a young child possibly see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind and deaf? Most boys would want a dog who could grow with them and ______ through grassy fields on summer days. Tabby would ______ be able to do that. But after meeting her, Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family. They adopted Tabby!

If Tabby′s story simply ended with her ______ adoption, it would still have been something very special indeed. ______, it was what happened after her adoption that people might think to be "magic". Gary had seizures (癫痫).Since Gary and Tabby met, they have been friends. They became so "in tune" with one another that Tabby began to tell Gray's seizures ______ they appeared, giving his family a(n) ______ that one was about to strike (到达). What's more, Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby arrived.

How could it be? Nobody could explain ______ Tabby did it. But those of us who were lucky enough to know her family and witnessed the magic, know that it has its roots in love.

1.A. broken    B. passed    C. locked

2.A. strange    B. active    C. special

3.A. hospital    B. shelter    C. farm

4.A. run    B. get    C. break

5.A. often    B. exactly    C. never

6.A. successful    B. normal    C. sad

7.A. However    B. Moreover    C. Perhaps

8.A. unless    B. before    C. since

9.A. explanation    B. suggestion    C. warning

10.A. when    B. why    C. how

Answer

1. B

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. C

6. A

7. A

8. B

9. C

10. C

【解析】

这篇短文讲述的是作者在一个动物收容所工作，在这里收养了很多只动物。有些动物非常的特殊，他们的故事深深的触动了作者，短文中给我们讲述了关于Tabby的故事。

1.句意：几年以来，有50,000多只动物通过了收容所的大门。broken打破的，坏的；passed 经过的；locked锁着的。根据文意可知，作者工作的地方是动物收容所，是收养动物的，所以这里用passed“通过了大门”，实际在表达这个收容所收养了50,000多只动物，故选B。

2.句意：有时候有一些特殊的动物，他们如此深刻地触动了我以至于我从没有忘记他们。strange 奇怪的；active积极的； special特殊的。根据下文it would still have been something very special indeed.可知，作者觉得有一些动物是非常特殊的，故选C。

3.句意：我们都认为Tabby会在收容所里度过她的余生。hospital 医院；shelter收容所；farm 农场。根据上文I started my work at the animal shelter's Adoption(领养)Department.可知，故事发生在一个动物收容所里，Tabby是一只收容所里的动物，故选B。

4.句意：大多数的孩子都想要一只能和他们一起长大、在夏天的时候能和他们一起在草地上跑的小狗。run 跑；get 得到；break打破。根据句意可知，这句话说的是大多数的孩子想要一只能和他们一起长大、一起玩耍的小狗，在草地上跑来跑去，故选A。

5.句意：Tabby永远也做不到。often经常；exactly准确地，精确地；never从不，从来没有。根据上文Tabby was an ancient Cooker Spaniel, probably 14 years old. What's more, she was blind and deaf.可知，Tabby又老、又瞎、又聋，所以她不能做到上句话所说的事情，故选C。

6.句意：如果Tabby的故事随着她的成功领养而结束的话，它仍然还有一些特别的事。successful 成功的；normal正常的；sad伤心的。根据上文But after meeting her, Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family. They adopted Tabby!（但在见到她之后，Loretta和Gary决定她是适合自己家庭的狗。 他们收养Tabby！）可知，Loretta和Gary收养了Tabby，故选A。

7.句意：然而，人们认为在她被领养之后发生的事才是“神奇的”。However 然而；Moreover而且；Perhaps也许。根据句意可知，Tabby的领养出乎人们的料想，而她被领养之后发生的事才真的是“神奇的”，这两句话表示转折的关系，故选A。

8.句意：他们变得如此合拍以至于在Gary发作癫痫之前，Tabby会告诉他，给他的家人一个警告他要发作了。unless 除非；before在…之前；since自从。根据句意和下文one was about to strike.可知，Tabby能够在Gary发作癫痫之前，给他的家人一个警告，故选B。根据句意和下文one was about to strike.可知，Tabby能够在Gary发作癫痫之前，给他的家人一个警告。

9.句意：他们变得如此合拍以至于在Gary发作癫痫之前，Tabby会告诉他，给他的家人一个警告他要发作了。explanation 解释；suggestion建议；warning警告，预兆。根据上一题的解释，在Gary发作癫痫之前给他的家人一个预兆，故选C。

10.句意：没有人能解释Tabby是怎样做到的。when什么时候；where 在哪里；how 怎样。根据文意可知，Tabby是一只又老、又瞎、又聋的狗，但是她却知道Gary什么时候发作癫痫，人们都不知道这是怎么回事，故选C。