Question

       阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。

       Cats have no emotions ．At least, that's what my husband once claimed．I   1that my two cats experience emotions．They feel anger, fear, and   2．He agreed with me, but   3his opinion that cats don't feel love． 4, my tuxedo cat, Sebastian, would teach him otherwise．

       When my next-door neighbour moved in, he had a she cat named Juliet．She was an indoor lady, always watching   5through the window．

       Then one day when I   6my cat to the backyard for his playtime, Sebastian   7Juliet gazing at him behind the window．It soon became   8that they were attracted by each other．So every day thereafter, whenever I let Sebastian out, he would rush   9__to the backyard next-door and they would sit gazing   10at each other through the screen, she inside, and he outside．Even my husband watched   11, and he would murmur, "But cats can't feel love．．．can they?"

       Five months later, my neighbour had to   12because of work．My heart sank．I wondered how Sebastian would   13to Juliet's leaving．

       For months after Juliet moved away and the new neighbour moved in, I often   14Sebastian sitting by Juliet's window, looking into the apartment   15his lady．The new neighbour didn't mind having the "Peeping Sebastian" after I   16his reason for being there．

       Sebastian   17the small area outside that window as his territory． Other male cats were allowed in the   18, but not near Juliet's window, which he guarded until his   19．

       Even now, when my husband and I walk through the backyard and see that window, he   20me of the lesson Sebastian taught him．．．that cats do indeed fall in love．

1.A．argued                     B．quarreled             C．suggested            D．discussed

2.A．energy                     B．power               C．strength              D．happiness

3.A．referred to               B．prepared for         C．stuck to              D．approved of

4.A．Therefore               B．However             C．Besides               D．Meanwhile

5.A．the environment       B．the sky                C．her owner           D．her boyfriend

6.A．forbade                 B．prevented            C．accompanied       D．left

7.A．called attention to                          B．caught sight of

       C．took charge of                          D．paid a visit to

8.A．ambitious              B．doubtful              C．skeptical              D．obvious

9.A．secretly                 B．straight                C．quietly                 D．worriedly

10.A．lovingly               B．angrily                 C．hungrily              D．greedily

11.A．in trouble             B．in sorrow            C．in amazement       D．in horror

12.A．settle                   B．travel                  C．apologize             D．move

13.A．react                   B．reply                   C．reduce                D．replace

14.A．took                    B．caught                 C．met                   D．sensed

15.A．in place of            B．on the basis of     C．in search of         D．on account of

16.A．explained             B．requested             C．blamed                D．asked

17.A．discovered           B．reformed             C．preserved            D．marked

18.A．street                  B．backyard             C．window              D．village

19.A．birthday               B．departure             C．death                  D．arrival

20.A．reminds               B．informs               C．tells                    D．accuses

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.A     

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.A   

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C     

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A