Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

How much do you believe the true love between humans and animals? Let’s share a true story here.

Tim, a _________ , was left behind in Colorado while his owners, Mr and Mrs James moved to southern California. They did not _________ the dog. They found him a very nice home _________  they moved. They would have let Tim _________ them, but they were afraid the dog’s _________ would make it difficult for them to _________ a house when they reached their_________  .

The James family lived in Colorado for less than a year. Before that, they had lived in the _________ neighborhood in California to which they _________ . So Tim had been there before, but only for a short time when he was _________  .

Several months after the James   _________ Colorado, after they were_________  settled back in California, they heard a _________ at the door. They couldn’t _________ who might be there. It never _________ them that it might be Tim, because they were _________he was happily set up with his new family back in Colorado.

When they opened the door, the James saw a dirty, tired dog with very _________  feet. The animal looked a little bit like Tim, but no one could believe that Tim could have walked 840 miles _________  . The tired dog spent the night under the family car. The next day, when he was more rested, he performed some of his old _________ .The James _________ they had their own dog back.

1.A. person    B. friend      C. dog       D. neighbour

2.A. give up     B. put away     C. get out   D. bring out

3.A. after      B. before      C. when      D. once

4.A. leave      B. accompany    C. remain     D. keep

5.A. barking     B. loss         C. presence   D. absence

6.A. buy         B. build        C. rent       D. clean

7.A. city        B. village    C. town      D.destination

8.A. different   B. ordinary     C. similar   D.same

9.A. returned   B. turned      C. used       D. stuck

10.A. born       B. young        C. old       D. alive

11.A. reached    B. stayed       C. left       D. passed

12.A. miserably B. quickly     C. simply     D. comfortably

13.A. scratch   B. sound       C. beat      D. voice

14.A. feel      B. imagine      C. ask        D. recognize

15.A. thought of B. came about   C. set to    D. occurred to

16.A. sure       B. likely       C. pleased    D. told

17.A. walking   B. hurting    C. interesting D. enabling

18.A. of himself B. on his own  C. in himself D. for himself

19.A. stories   B. behaviors    C. manners    D. tricks

20.A. knew       B. supposed     C. understood D. noted

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述一条叫Tim狗，独自行走840英里找到主人一家原来生活的地方。说明动物和人类之间是有深厚的感情的。

1.C考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。根据下文很容易判断Tim是一条狗。故选C。

2.A考查动词短语辨析以及对语境的理解。A.give up放弃；B.put away 放好，储存；C.get out出来，出现；D.bring out出版，说出。根据下句他们给它找了一个温暖的家，可知他们并没有放弃这只狗。选A。

3.B考查连词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.after之后；B.before之前；C.when 当时候；D.once一旦。句意：他们在离开之前给Tim找了一个温暖的家。选 B。

4.B考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.leave离开；B.accompany 陪伴；C.remain保持；D.keep保持。句意：他们想让Tim陪着他们的，但是他们担心狗的出现会让他们到达目的地之后租不到放房子。根据句意可知选B。

5.C考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.barking 犬叫；B.loss失去；C.presence出现，到场；D.absence缺席。根据上句分析可知选C。

6.C考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.buy买；B.build 建造；C.rent租；D.clean清洁。根据常识可知，狗的出现能影响的只有租房子。故选C。

7.D考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.city城市；B.village 村庄；C.town 城镇；D.destination目的地。句意：他们想让Tim陪着他们的，但是他们担心狗的出现会让他们到达目的地之后租不到放房子。根据句意可知选D。

8.D考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.different不同的；B.ordinary普通的；C.similar相似的；D.same相同的。句意：在那之前，他们一直都住在 California的同一个街区。选D。

9.A考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.returned返回；B.turned转身；C.used使用；D.stuck刺，卡住。根据语境可知James一家现在回去的地方正是以前一直住的街区。选A。

10.B考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.born出生；B.young年轻时，小时；C.old年老时；D.alive活着的。句意：因此Tim以前在那里呆过，但只是很小的时候呆过一小段时间。故选B。

11.C考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.reached到达；B.stayed呆；C.left 离开；D.passed传递。句意：在James一家离开Colorado几个月之后。选C。

12.D考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.miserably痛苦地； B.quickly 迅速地；C.simply简单地；D.comfortably舒适地。上句可知James一家离开Colorado几个月之后，他们回到以前住过的地方California，应该是舒适的重新定居下来，故选D。

13.A考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.scratch抓；B.sound声音； C.beat打；D. voice声音。下文可知是Tim来了，故James一家听到的是抓门的声音。选 A。

14.B考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.feel感觉；B.imagine 想象；C.ask问；D.recognize识别。他们想象不到谁会在门口。故选B。

15.D考查动词短语辨析以及对语境的理解。A.thought of 想到；B.came about产生；C.set to开始，着手；D.occurred to某人想起。句意：他们想不到会是Tim，因为他们确信Tim正幸福地和新的家庭生活在Colorado。It occurred to sb that某人忽然想起，故选D。

16.A考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.sure确信的；B.likely可能的； C.pleased 高兴的；D.told被告诉。James一家已经在California住几个月了，故他们确信Tim也生活的很快乐，选A。

17.B考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.walking走路的；B.hurting 受伤的；C.interesting有趣的；D.enabling有可能的。句意：当他们打开门时，James一家看到了一只又脏又累脚受伤的狗。故选 B。

18.B考查固定结构辨析以及对语境的理解。A. of himself自发地，自动地；B.on his own独立地；D.for himself为自己。C.in himself不是固定结构；句意：没有人想得到Tim独自走了840英里。故选B。

19.D考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.stories故事；B.behaviors行为；C.manners礼貌；D.tricks戏法，技巧，伎俩。句意：第二天，它休息好点之后，这只狗表演了一些之前的技巧。选D。

20.James一家知道他们的狗又回来了。故选A。

考点：考察故事类完型填空

【名师点睛】

解题技巧：巧解完形填空题

考生必须进行通篇考虑，掌握大意，综合所学词法、句法和常识进行分析判断。为帮助考生能更好地解答完形填空题，在这里介绍几种解题技巧。

1. 复现解题法：这类题多为同义词、近义词和反义词的复现或同义词、近义词和反义词异形复现的形式。这种测试手法主要是考查考生的整体篇章意识和上下文推断能力。

1）Tim, a _ , was left behind in Colorado while his owners, Mr and Mrs James moved to southern California. They did not the dog.

41. A. person B. friend C. dog D. neighbour

【41. C项，原词的复现】

2. 语法结构法： 这类题需要考生有较为扎实的语法基础知识，能够从句式的结构上辨别出须填相关的关联词、连词、副词、形容词或相应的动词，当然还要考虑到主谓一致的关系等语法知识要点。

2 ）They found him a very nice home they moved.

43. A. after B. before C. when D. Once

【43.B项，他们在离开之前给Tim找了一个温暖的家，考察语法结构】

3. 语境信息解题法：这类题主要是通过短文中上下语境所透露的信息进行解题，首先要正确理解所给信息，在进行合理分析和推断，这种语境信息一定要遵循逻辑概念，符合运动规律，时态的交替，以及特殊场合下的应急合理判断。

4. 固定搭配解题法：这类题与语法结构题有点类似，但主要惯用搭配，讲究词与词的搭配，涉及到关联词、动词、副词、形容词、名词和短语等。

3) Several months after the James Colorado,

51. A. reached B. stayed C. left D. passed

【51. C项。A.reached到达；B.stayed呆；C.left 离开；D.passed传递。句意：在James一家离开Colorado几个月之后。】

4) It never them that it might be Tim, because they were he was happily set up with his new family back in Colorado.

55. A. thought of B. came about C. set to D. occurred to

56. A. sure B. likely C. pleased D. told

【55. D项。考察固定搭配It occurred to sb that某人忽然想起，他们想不到会是Tim，因为他们确信Tim正幸福地和新的家庭生活在Colorado；56：A项。这里B,C,D三项放在句中均不符合语境。】

5. 逻辑语气解题法：这类题主要是通过分了解全文的人物、时间、地点等信息之后，再分析句子与句子之间的关系，段落与段落之间的关系来解题。这种逻辑语气主要包含并列、递进、因果、转折和委婉语气等等。这类题的选项多为连词、副词或具有连词意义的各类短语。

5) after they were settled back in California, they heard a 53 at the door.

52. A. miserably B. quickly C. simply D. comfortably

【52. D项。从整篇文章来看，A. miserably痛苦地；B. quickly迅速地；C.simply简单地；D.comfortably舒服地；James一家以前一直住在在California，现在又回来住了几个月，应该是舒适的重新定居下来。】