Question

    A dog was found swimming more than 220 kilometers off the coast of Thailand, and it has been returned safely to land.

Late last week, workers on an oil ______ noticed the animal, all alone, in the water. It began to swim towards the side of the ship. The dog was able to get itself onto a solid area. It looked cold,  ______ and scared. It barked at the workers but it was too weak to be heard. The workers lowered a rope around it and worked together to ______ the animal up to safety.

The workers who saved the dog quickly gave their new friend a name: Boonrod. The name means something ______ to "survivor" in the Thai language.

One of those workers was Vitisak. He kept on writing the stories of Boonrod on his home page. He said it was lucky that they noticed the dog in the ______. If there had been waves, he said, the animal likely would not have been seen.

No one knows how Boonrod ended up all alone at sea, or ______ he had been out there. But Vitisak and others have suggested the animal might have fallen ______ a fishing boat.

On Monday, Boonrod arrived at the Songkhla port (码头) in the southern Thai province. A team of animal doctors was waiting for him there. Local people also ______ the dog with neck rubs and a special necklace made of yellow flowers. Many people took pictures with the lucky dog.

Vitisak wrote on his home page, "Today, ship and Boonrod arrived onshore at around 10 a.m. His health ______ has improved. He is getting a bit stronger and can smile."

The dog is now under the care of an animal doctor. On Tuesday, the group published pictures of Boonrod getting washed—______ getting plenty of love and attention.

Vitisak says that if the dog can't find its owner, he will take him with him to his home in northeast Thailand.

1.A.plane B.ship C.train D.underground

2.A.excited B.energetic C.tired D.thankful

3.A.pull B.push C.lift D.carry

4.A.difficult B.different C.familiar D.similar

5.A.ship B.bottom C.island D.sea

6.A.how far B.how long C.how soon D.how often

7.A.away B.down C.off D.onto

8.A.welcomed B.protected C.shared D.invited

9.A.tradition B.position C.action D.condition

10.A.and B.but C.so D.or

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.A

【解析】

文章大意：短文是一篇记叙文，主要叙述了一只小狗被困在离海岸200多公里的泰国湾海面上，最终成功被钻井平台上的工人救了下来，并得到了悉心的照料和广泛的关注。

1.

句意：上周晚些时候，一艘油船上的工人们注意到这只动物独自在水里。

plane飞机；ship轮船；train火车；underground地铁。根据句中的“in the water 在水里”可知，工人们应该是在一艘船上注意到水里有一只狗，故答案为B。

2.

句意：它看起来很冷、又累又怕。

excited兴奋的；energetic有活力的；tired累的；thankful感激的。根据下句It barked at the workers but it was too weak to be heard. 它向工人们叫喊，但是它太虚弱了不能被听到可推测出，小狗又累又怕，故答案为C。

3.

句意：工人们在它身边放下了一根绳子，一起使劲把它拉到安全的地方。

pull拖、拉；push推；lift举起；carry携带。根据前半句The workers lowered a rope around it工人们在它身边放下了一根绳子可推测出，空处的词应是动词“拉”，故答案为A。

4.

句意：这个名字的意思类似于泰语中的“幸存者”。

difficult困难的；different不同的；familiar熟悉的；similar相似的。根据空后"survivor" in the Thai language泰语中的“幸存者”和介词to的提示可知，空处的词应是“相似的similar”，故答案为D。

5.

句意：他说他们在海里注意到小狗是很幸运的。

ship轮船；bottom底部；island岛屿；sea大海。根据下句If there had been waves, he said, the animal likely would not have been seen.他说，如果没有海浪的话，这个动物很可能就不会被看见可知，是在海里注意到这个小狗，故答案为D。

6.

句意：没人知道Boonrod是如何孤身一人出海的，也不知道它在海上呆了多久。

how far多远；how long多长时间；how soon多久以后；how often多长时间一次。根据上文It looked cold, ___2___ and scared.小狗看起来很冷，又累又怕可推测出，小狗在海上呆了很长时间了，只是不知道时间长短而已，故答案为B。

7.

句意：但是Vitisak 和其他人猜测这只动物可能是从一艘渔船上掉下来的。

away 不在、离开，fall away 消失、背离；down 在下面，fall down 落下来；off 离开，fall off 从……上跌落；onto 在…之上，fall onto 落在……上。根据空后的宾语a fishing boat渔船可知，空处的词应是off和fall一起表示“从渔船上掉下来”，故答案为C。

8.

句意：当地的人们抚摸它的脖子，用一种特殊的用黄色花朵做成的项链来欢迎它。

welcomed欢迎；protected保护；shared分享；invited邀请。根据前句A team of animal doctors was waiting for him there. 一组动物医生正在那里等它可知，空处的词应是动词“欢迎”，故答案为A。

9.

句意：它的健康状况已经得到改善。

tradition传统；position位置；action行动；condition状态、状况。根据下句He is getting a bit stronger and can smile.它越来越强壮了，可以微笑了可知，是小狗的健康状况得到改善，故答案为D。

10.

句意：周二，人们发布了Boonrod 洗澡的照片，并且得到了大量的喜爱和关注。

and 和、又，表示顺延；but 但是，表示转折；so 因此，表示结果；or 或者，表示选择。前句“发布了Boonrod 洗澡的照片”和后句“得到了大量的喜爱和关注”是顺延的关系，故答案为A。