Question

A small dog's loyalty recently melted the hearts of millions of Japanese people. It was reported that it had been waiting for his owner to __________ for three years, not knowing that she __________ would.

A few years ago, an old lady from Osaka, Japan, __________ a cute little lost dog that she named Fu Shi. The two lived __________ for a while, but tragedy came three years ago, when the old lady __________ a brain disease which eventually led to dementia (痴呆). She had to be taken to a nursing home to be under constant special __________, and the small dog found itself all alone again. But he had no __________ that the old lady was never coming back, so he __________ the last three years waiting for her.

__________ told news reporters that, every day, Fu Shi could be seen waiting for his __________ at the corner of the alley-to her house. He would sit there all day, until nightfall, and would then return to the now-abandoned house that they had __________ Touched by the animal's loyalty, one of the neighbors contacted an animal __________, and told them his touching story. Apparently, Fu Shi __________ on the food that the neighbors left for him ever since his owner __________, but they couldn't do anything about his __________.

After giving Fu Shi a check up, a vet __________ that he was 8-years-old, and suffering from intestinal worms. He was given a __________ and made a full recovery.

Fortunately, this heartbreaking story has a __________ ending. After full media __________ in Japan and other Asian countries, Fu Shi has been adopted by a loving family. He also has a new __________ now, Sky.

1.A. pass away    B. come back    C. calm down    D. wake up

2.A. ever    B. even    C. never    D. just

3.A. adopted    B. supported    C. bought    D. fed

4.A. curiously    B. seriously    C. harmoniously    D. anxiously

5.A. avoided    B. hated    C. cured    D. got

6.A. care    B. love    C. judgment    D. experiment

7.A. thought    B. hope    C. doubt    D. idea

8.A. wasted    B. spent    C. deserved    D. lasted

9.A. Strangers    B. Friends    C. Neighbors    D. Relatives

10.A. turn    B. mother    C. food    D. owner

11.A. borrowed    B. experienced    C. shared    D. owned

12.A. rescue    B. research    C. market    D. park

13.A. appeared    B. survived    C. waited    D. moved

14.A. went away    B. came up    C. ran away    D. set up

15.A. mercy    B. pleasure    C. fiction    D. sadness

16.A. doubted    B. determined    C. wondered    D. added

17.A. treatment    B. praise    C. reward    D. gift

18.A. unique    B. simple    C. funny    D. happy

19.A. advertisement    B. interest    C. report    D. conversation

20.A. life    B. name    C. place    D. master

Answer

1. B

2. C

3. A

4. C

5. D

6. A

7. D

8. B

9. C

10. D

11. C

12. A

13. B

14. A

15. D

16. B

17. A

18. D

19. C

20. B

【解析】

本文为记叙文。最近，一只小狗的忠诚融化了数百万日本人民的心。据报道，这只叫Fu Shi的狗曾被一位老太太收养，三年前老太太得了重病被送到疗养院。而三年来小狗一直忠诚地等主人回来，却不知道她永远不会回来。小狗靠邻居给的食物活下来。后来在动物救援组织的帮助下治好病，被有爱心的家庭收养。这是一个令人心碎但却有一个圆满结局的温暖的故事。

1.考查动词短语辨析。句意：最近，一只小狗的忠诚融化了数百万日本人民的心。据报道，他等主人回来已经等了三年了，….。分析选项：A. pass away去世，停止；B. come back回来，记起；C. calm down冷静下来；D. wake up醒来。根据___7_____ that the old lady was never coming back,语境可知，此处是等主人回来，故选B。

2.考查副词。根据后面的“the old lady was never coming back”可知，小狗根本不知道他的主人再也不会回来。分析选项：A. ever曾经；B. even 甚至；C. never从未，决不；D. just仅仅。可知C符合题意，故选C。

3.考查动词辨析。A. adopted 收养，采纳；B. supported支持；C. bought 买；D. fed喂养。根据“lost”和第6小题后的“and the small dog found itself all alone again”可知，这只小狗曾是流浪狗，是被老太太收养的（adopted）。故选A。

4.考查副词辨析。A. curiously好奇地；B. seriously 严肃地，认真地；C. harmoniously和谐地；D. anxiously焦虑地。根据“小狗一直在等主人回来，可知，狗和主人相处和谐（harmoniously）”，故选C项。

5.考查动词辨析。句意：但悲剧发生在三年前，当时这位老太太得了脑病，最终导致了痴呆症。她必须被带到疗养院接受治疗。分析选项：A. avoided避免；B. hated 痛恨；C. cured治愈；D. got得到。指“得病”D项符合题意，故选D。

6.考查名词辨析。A. care照顾，当心；B. love爱；C. judgment判断；D. experiment实验。根据上一句“这位老太太得了脑病，最终导致了痴呆症”，她必须被送到疗养院接受持续的特殊照顾（care），故选A。。

7.考查固定搭配及名词辨析。A. thought 思想，想法；B. hope希望；C. doubt 怀疑；D. idea主意。分析语境可知：那只小狗又一次发现自己孤单了。但他不知道老太太永远不会回来。根据第一段“not knowing that she _____2_____ would….”可知本处是指“不知道”。而have no idea 为固定搭配，意为“不知道”，故选D。

8.考查动词辨析及固定搭配。句意：因此在过去的三年里，它一直在等她回来。意为“小狗花了三年时间等….”。 A. wasted 浪费；B. spent花费；C. deserved值得；D. lasted持续。spend time in doing,为固定搭配，意为”花费时间做…..”而waste time in doing为“浪费时间做某事” 根据语境可知选B项。

9.考查名词辨析。A. Strangers 陌生人；B. Friends朋友；C. Neighbors 邻居；D. Relatives亲戚。因为狗是在等收养它的老太太，所以只能是老太太的邻居（Neighbors）才能知道关于小狗的事，才能告诉记者，故选C。

10.考查名词辨析。A. turn 机会；B. mother妈妈；C. food食物；D. owner主人。根据第一段第二句“It was reported that it had been waiting for his owner…”可知，狗在等它的主人，故选D。

11.考查动词辨析。 A. borrowed 借；B. experienced体验，实验；C. shared分享，共有，共用；D. owned拥有。根据语境可知，小狗会整天坐在那里一直到天黑，然后回到他们（它和主人）曾经共同（shared）居住的现在已被遗弃的房子里。分析选项可知C符合题意，故选C。

12.考查名词辨析。A. rescue营救，救援；B. research调查； C. market市场；D. park公园。句意：被动物的忠诚所感动，其中一个邻居联系了一个动物救援（rescue）组织，并向他们讲述了它的感人故事。根据语境选A。

13.考查动词辨析。A. appeared出现；B. survived幸存，活下来；C. waited等候；D. moved搬家，移动。此处是指“很明显，Fu Shi靠邻居留给他的食物生存(survived)下来”，分析选项可知B符合题意，故选B。

14.考查动词短语辨析。A. went away离开，走开，逃走；B. came up来了，提出；C. ran away跑掉； D. set up建立，搭建。根据语境可知，Fu Shi是在主人离开（went away）后才靠邻居留给的食物活下来的，故选A。

15.考查名词辨析。A. mercy仁慈；B. pleasure愉快，令人高兴的事；C. fiction 小说；D. sadness悲伤，令人悲伤的事。根据语境可知，“邻居可以给Fu Shi食物吃，但对它（找不到主人，一直等待主人）的悲伤（sadness）却无能为力。故选D。

16.考查动词辨析。 A. doubted怀疑；B. determined下决心，确定；C. wondered想知道；D. added增加。根据语境可知“在给Fu Shi做检查后，一位兽医确定（determined）他是8岁，患有肠道蠕虫病。故选B。

17.考查名词辨析。A. treatment治疗，待遇；B. praise表扬；C. reward报酬；D. gift礼物。根据上文可知，小狗病了，所以“他接受了治疗（treatment），现在完全康复了。”故选A。

18.考查形容词辨析。A. unique独一无二的；B. simple简单的；C. funny滑稽的；D. happy快乐的，幸福的。根据上下文Fu Shi有病被治疗后完全康复，又被一个有爱心的家庭收养，因此故事的结局是幸福的（happy），故选D。

19.考查名词辨析。A. advertisement 广告；B. interest 兴趣；C. report 报导，汇报；D. conversation对话。根据了“full media ”可知是经媒体的全面报导（report），故选C。

20.考查名词辨析。A. life生活，生命；B. name名字；C. place地方，位置；D. master主人，大师。根据后面的“Sky”可知，小狗又有一个新名字（name），故选B。