Question

Before our marriage, my wife and I had had dogs separately. Her dog was named Zack, and mine Sam.

After we got married, the dogs lived with us. The first day we brought our daughter home from       after her birth, the dogs       her. They licked(舔) her and rubbed(摩擦)       her, especially Zack. I had to       Zack away from her because it loved her so much that it licked her over and over again. When she      in the cradle（摇篮）, it lay next to her with a paw（爪子）on the side of her cradle. After she grew       , Zack would wait for her on the staircase before she went to bed, then       her to her bed.

      , Sam never did such things.

When my daughter was 5 years old, Zack was poisoned by the kid next door. It was the        day in our lives. At eight o’clock that night, my daughter went to the staircase for      . She looked back at us in fear and       . She had to walk up these stairs alone.

At that time, my dog Sam       and walked to my daughter. It pushed her with its paws and then walked up on the staircase. Then she took its collar and they went upstairs.

In the following six years, Sam      for my daughter on the staircases every night until it died.

1.A. church              B. court                 C. hospital                       D. stadium

2.A. attacked                  B. loved                            C. scared                       D. approached

3.A. against                          B. with                      C. for                               D. on

4.A. give                      B. break                              C. force                     D. put

5.A. slept                     B. jumped                   C. chatted                            D. ran

6.A. bigger               B. fatter                        C. stronger                          D. weaker

7.A. walked              B. took                               C. rolled                              D. pulled

8.A. Therefore              B. Moreover                          C. Rarely                     D. However

9.A. best                  B. worst                              C. longest                D. funniest

10.A. food                            B. bed                       C. fun                                    D. comfort

11.A. excitement          B. amazement                    C. fright                       D. joy

12.A. stood up                    B. put up                    C. went up                             D. made up

13.A. cared              B. looked                             C. waited                             D. called

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.C

【解析】

试题分析：作者在文中讲述了一个很感人的故事。她的家里有两只小狗Zack和Sam，它们都特别喜欢和作者的女儿玩，尤其是小狗Zack， 它每晚都会陪小主人上楼去睡觉，但是Sam却对此表现的不感兴趣。然而在Zack不幸死去后，小狗Sam却主动负担起了Zack的任务。

1.C名词辨析。A.教堂；B. 法院；C. 医院；D. 体育场。从情理判断孩子应该是在医院出生，所以是在孩子出生后首次从医院带回家，答案选C。

2.B动词辨析。A. 攻击；B. 爱； C. 惊吓； D.接近。根据后句They licked(舔) her and rubbed(摩擦)可以判断这是小狗对女儿友好喜爱的表现，而且后文中because it loved her so much…..也是重要提示。

3.A介词辨析。A.反；对B. 和；C. 为 ；D. 在上。根据词义辨析可知against有“紧靠，倚”的意思，此处指小狗在人身上蹭，以表示友好喜爱，答案选A。

4.C动词辨析。A.给；B. 打破；C. 强迫；D. 放。根据后面的原因状语从句because it loved her so much that it licked her over and over again可以推断为了不让小狗的举动影响到女儿，作者不得不强行把Zack弄走。

5.A动词辨析。A. 睡觉；B. 跳；C.聊天；D. 跑。此空可以用排除法排除，因为刚出生的婴儿不会跑、跳或者聊天，故答案选A。

6.A形容词辨析。A.更大； B.更胖；C. 更健壮；D. 更弱。从情理可知此处是指随着孩子的长大，其他选项不符合语境，答案选A。

7.A动词辨析。A. 走；B. 带走；C. 滚动；D. 拉。根据上下文可知女儿会走路后，小狗Zack总会在楼梯口等着女儿，陪她一起上楼去睡觉，walk sb“步行陪某人”，其他选项不合情理，答案选A。

8.D副词辨析。A. 因此；B.另外；C. 罕见地；D. 然而。从上文可知小狗Zack每天陪女儿上楼，小狗Sam不做这样的事，由此可知此处是转折关系，答案选D。

9.B形容词辨析。 A. 最好的；B. 最坏的；C. 最长的；D.最有趣的。从情理推断心爱的小狗死了，家人们会伤心，所以对他们来说是最为糟糕的一天，选B。

10.B名词辨析。A. 食物；B. 床；C. 乐趣；D. 舒适。根据上文Zack would wait for her on the staircase before she went to bed, then       her to her bed可知平时都是小狗Zack陪孩子去上楼睡觉，所以此处指孩子去楼上睡觉，答案选B。

11.C名词辨析。 A. 兴奋；B. 惊讶；C. 害怕；D. 欢乐。And前后连接同一范畴的词，所以从and前面的fear可以判断C选项正确，指孩子没有了小狗的陪同，独自上楼感到孤独害怕。

12.A动词短语辨析。A. 站起；；B. 举起； C. 攀登；D. 编造。根据后面小狗Sam的动作and walked to my daughter，可以判断A选项正确。句意：在那个时候，小狗站了起来，走向我的女儿。

13.C动词辨析。A. 注意；B. 看；C. 等待；D. 叫喊。根据上文Zack would wait for her on the staircase以及对Sam的讲述可知自从Zack死后，小狗Sam就代替它负责在楼梯口等它的小主人，答案选C。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。