Question

On the Iraq­Syria border，a pack of wild dogs circled American soldiers for food．The leader of the pack was a gray­and­white dog．The soldiers called him Nubs．Nubs was shaking and __36__ able to stand．Marine major Brian Dennis looked closer and saw that there was a knife wound __37__ his chest．

Dennis couldn’t stand seeing the dog __38__．He and his men immediately treated the wound，and gave Nubs medicine．Nubs__39__but was still in pain．The next day，the team had to__40__．Ten days later，Dennis’s unit was back，and so was Nubs．He was still___41__，but the men fed him and played with him．

Before long the unit once again__42__an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away．Nubs，slowly but determinedly，__43__them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost__44__of him．Two days later，beyond Dennis’s__45__，he saw Nubs just outside the outpost．The dog had tracked him across 70 miles of frozen desert to__46__with the friend who had saved his life．From then on Nubs and the men slept in the same place，and ran around in the same ruins．

Until an order came down from above that they were not__47__to have pets. Dennis__48__to make sure the dog would continue to live the__49__life．So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to fly Nubs to__50__．

A month later，when Dennis and the dog were__51__in California，at first Nubs didn’t recognize the guy．__52__within minutes，the dog jumped into Dennis’s arms，jumping up again and again to__53__ his friend’s face．

A little__54__and concern in the middle of war will not save a violent world．But small stories，like the story of a soldier and a dog，hold a promise of a(n) __55__world．

1.                A．mostly         B．certainly        C．hardly    D．never

2.                A．in             B．on             C．at   D．behind

3.                A．stand          B．starve          C．bleed    D．suffer

4.                A．pulled through   B．fell asleep       C．woke up  D．fell down

5.                A．leave          B．rest            C．pass D．remain

6.                A．hungry         B．tired           C．dirty D．weak

7.                A．took up         B．took over       C．left for   D．returned from

8.                A．watched        B．followed        C．accompanied  D．barked

9.                A．touch          B．sight           C．footprint  D．smell

10.               A．ability          B．surprise        C．imagination D．understanding

11.               A．part           B．fight           C．meet D．break

12.               A．asked          B．suggested       C．required  D．allowed

13.               A．decided        B．agreed         C．accepted  D．proposed

14.               A．moving         B．good           C．numb D．interesting

15.               A．London        B．America        C．Iraq  D．Syria

16.               A．found          B．interviewed     C．linked D．reunited

17.               A．So            B．And           C．But   D．Though

18.               A．lick            B．touch          C．bite  D．clean

19.               A．pity           B．mercy          C．care  D．contribution

20.               A．equal          B．harmonious     C．prosperous D．amazing

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.C

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了一个士兵和一只狗在战争中建立的友谊，说明这样的故事使得和谐社会有了希望。

1.考查副词辨析：A主要地，B．当然C．几乎不D．never从不，根据空前的shaking判断应选hardly。选C

2.考查介词：在身体某部位的伤口用in。选A

3.考查动词：A．站立 B．starve挨饿C．bleed流血D．suffer “遭受痛苦”。D符合句意。

4.考查词组：pull through渡过难关恢复健康    B．fell asleep睡着C．woke up醒来D．fell down倒下，从后面的but was still in pain可知选A。

5.考查动词：根据had to判断是“不得不离开”。选A。

6.考查形容词：A．hungry饥饿的，B．tired 累的C．dirty脏的， D．weak虚弱的，句意：它还是很虚弱。选D。

7.考查词组：A．took up从事B．took over 接管C．left for 动身去……D．returned from从…回来，表示朝前线进发。选C。

8.考查动词：follow追随，这里主要说明Nubs与士兵之间的深厚感情，它不舍得离开它们。选B

9.考查名词：lose sight of看不见。直到看不见它。选B。

10.考查名词：Beyond one’s imagination超出……的想象。选C

11.考查动词：meet with与某人见面，与某人汇合，选C

12.考查动词：A．asked问B．suggested 建议(不能接sb to do sth)，C．required要求D．allowed允许，句意：上面传来命令，不准养宠物。选D。

13.考查动词：A．decided决定，B．agreed同意C．accepted接受D．proposed 提议，句意：他决定确保狗能继续过好的生活。选A

14.考查形容词：解析同上题。选B

15.考查上下文串联，从后面的California 可知是将狗送到了美国。选B

16.考查动词：这里表示：Dennis 和狗有重逢了，选D

17.考查连词：上下文是转折关系。选C

18.考查动词：A．lick舔B．touch触摸C．bite咬D．clean 打扫，句意：狗舔他的脸。选A

19.考查名词：和concern 并列的是care，选C

20.考查形容词：象这个士兵和狗的故事使得和谐社会有了希望。选B

考点：考查故事类短文