Question

    John suddenly jumped off the swing without even slowing down. He called out nervously, “Mom, where's Charlie? "He had just ___he hadn't seen his new puppy for over an hour.

John looked around the garden, behind the bushes, and under the picnic table. No dog! His mother heard ___in his voice as he called her a second time. " Mom, I can't find Charlie!"

She came outside __. "Let's look around the garden first. Don’t worry. I'm sure he's close by.

Both son and mother were ___now, but still no Charlie. Their calls were not completely wasted, though. Joe, the next-door neighbor, and his two daughters Tania and Julie, immediately agreed to help them ___the lost dog.

But even with five people now searching the town's streets, they had no luck. Charlie was still____

Tania suggested they make posters with Charlie’s ___She had done this when her own cat was lost a year earlier, she told John, and the cat was found the next day.

John agreed. When they got home, he made a poster with a photo of Charlie, Then John heard a___ and opened his bedroom door. It was Charlie. John was greeted with a big wet kiss Charlie had been____ in the bedroom this whole time, sleeping. John had never been so ___in his life!

1.A. decided B. forgotten C. understood D. realized

2.A. anger B. hope C. fear D. warning

3.A. actively B. quickly C. carelessly D. annoyingly

4.A. shouting B. talking C. fighting D. thinking

5.A. give up B. look for C. run after D. take care of

6.A. missing B. asleep C. take D. quiet

7.A. address B. character C. name D. picture

8.A. mess B. noise C. voice D. song

9.A. shut B. woke C. tied D. saved

10.A. afraid B. silly C. happy D. proud

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】

John新养了一只小狗叫Charlie，这一天Charlie突然不见了，John和妈妈怎么喊它都没有回应。他们的呼喊引来了他们的邻居Joe和他的两个女儿，他们帮助John一起找，但是还是没有找到。他们决定张贴海报寻找Charlie，就在John去房间拿Charlie的照片时，他在卧室里找到了Charlie，John真的很开心。

1.句意：他刚刚意识到他有一个多小时没有见到他新养的小狗了。考查动词辨析。decided决定；forgotten忘记；understood理解；realized意识到。根据句意he hadn't seen his new puppy for over an hour可知，“他没有看到小狗”这件事是John突然意识到的，故应选D。

2.句意：当他第二次叫她的时候，他的妈妈从他的声音中听到了恐惧。考查名词辨析。anger生气；hope希望；fear恐惧，害怕；warning警告。根据文意" Mom, I can't find Charlie!"可知，John找不到他的小狗了，因此他心里应该感到害怕，故选C。

3.句意：她马上出来了。考查副词辨析。actively积极地；quickly快速地；carelessly粗心地；annoyingly令人恼火地，烦人地。根据上文No dog! His mother heard ___2___in his voice as he called her a second time. " Mom, I can't find Charlie!"可知，妈妈听到了John的声音里带着恐惧，他害怕小狗找不到了，所以妈妈应该“赶紧”出来，故应选A。

4.句意：儿子和母亲两个人现在都在大喊，但是还是找不到Charlie。考查动词辨析。shouting大喊；talking谈话；fighting打架；thinking思考，认为。根据文意可知，John的小狗找不到了，所以他们应该大声呼喊，让小狗听见。下句话下文Their calls were not completely wasted, though.也提到了Their calls“他们的呼喊”，故应选A。

5.句意：不过他们的叫喊并没有完全被浪费，隔壁邻居Joe和他的两个女儿Tania和Julie马上来帮助他们寻找丢失的小狗。考查动词短语辨析。give up 放弃；look for寻找；run after追逐；take care of照顾。根据下文But even with five people now searching the town's streets可知，John的妈妈以及邻居Joe和他的两个女儿都来帮助John找小狗。故应选B。

6.句意：Charlie仍然不知所踪。考查形容词辨析。missing失踪的，不见的；asleep睡着的；take拿走；quiet安静的。根据上文But even with five people now searching the town's streets, they had no luck可知，五个人去大街上找小狗，但是他们没有好运气，即他们没有找到小狗。这里应表示Charlie仍然是失踪的，故应选A。

7.句意：Tania建议他们用Charlie的照片制作海报。考查名词辨析。address地址；character性格，特点；name名字；picture照片。根据下文John agreed. When they got home, he made a poster with a photo of Charlie可知，他们想用Charlie的照片做海报。故应选D。

8.句意：然后John听到了一个声音，他打开了他的卧室门。考查名词辨析。mess混乱，乱七八糟；noise噪音，响声；voice声音，指人的声音；song歌声。根据空前John heard…可知A不对，D不符合情景。根据下文It was Charlie可知，声音是John的小狗Charlie制造出来的，故C不对，应选B。

9.句意：Charlie在这个时间里一直被关在卧室里睡觉。考查动词辨析。shut关闭；woke醒；tied 系，捆，扎；saved拯救。根据上文When they got home, he made a poster with a photo of Charlie, Then John heard a___8___ and opened his bedroom door. It was Charlie.和句意 Charlie had been___9___ in the bedroom this whole time, sleeping可知，Charlie被关在了卧室里面，故应选A。

10.句意：John的生活中没有来这么开心过。考查形容词辨析。afraid害怕的；silly傻的，愚蠢的；happy开心的；proud骄傲的。根据文意可知，John最后找到了他的小狗，因此他应该是感到很开心的。故应选C。