Question

A Dog’s Day in Court

We used to live about a quarter mile from a train crossing. Our dog, Lenny, had a very annoying habit: he howled (嚎叫) whenever a train whistled for the crossing, due to his very _______hearing. Outside or in the house, he howled and howled _______the train went by. When the wind was _______, he would even howl for the crossings farther down the _______. We learned to _______the noise, mainly because we loved our pet so much.

Early one morning while we were eating breakfast, we heard a long ,very high sound of a train’s _______efforts followed by a terrible crash. We _______out and discovered a twisted car jammed on the cowcatcher (排障器) of the massive locomotive (火车头). Unfortunately, the driver of the car had died_______.

Back in the house, we called the local rescue workers. But we all immediately said to each other, “Lenny didn’t howl. The whistle could not have blown!”

At the _______, my brother recognized what was left of the car ________that of his friend’s father and knew the sad news would now have to be ________to the family. When the rescue team arrived, my brother told them, “The engineer couldn’t have blown the ________because our dog did not howl. And he always does!”

The story of Lenny’s howling ________rapidly around our small town as everyone ________in the sorrow of the wife and family. Left without the ________, the family of nine was in a difficult situation. One of the county’s best-known lawyers ________to pursue a claim against, by now, the infamous (声名狼藉的) Soo Line Cooperation for the sake of the widow and children. The lawyer hired an investigator and recording technician, who, for days, at all hours, visited our home listening for oncoming trains and ________recording Lenny’s howl. Lenny never ________to respond with his howl to the sharp sound of an approaching (靠近地) train.

The taped evidence, ________in court, along with the testimony (证词) of my family members, convinced the judge and jury. The settlement ________to the family secured their home and future. County court records give evidence of the success of a “dog’s day in court!(法庭)”

1.A.sensitive B.public C.dull D.enough

2.A.unless B.until C.before D.although

3.A.soft B.right C.small D.sharp

4.A.car B.train C.house D.track

5.A.keep up with B.give in to C.put up with D.live up to

6.A.speeding B.approaching C.operating D.braking

7.A.headed B.marched C.dashed D.started

8.A.peacefully B.naturally C.eventually D.immediately

9.A.agency B.corner C.scene D.entrance

10.A.as B.for C.like D.by

11.A.introduced B.conveyed C.declared D.leaked

12.A.sign B.whistle C.howl D.wind

13.A.spread B.disappeared C.flowed D.delivered

14.A.suffered B.abandoned C.shared D.struggled

15.A.assistant B.master C.breadwinner D.host

16.A.happened B.decided C.refused D.demanded

17.A.lively B.occasionally C.secretly D.honestly

18.A.failed B.bothered C.refused D.managed

19.A.bought B.exposed C.borrowed D.presented

20.A.donated B.awarded C.fetched D.distributed

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

本文是记叙文。作者家的狗Lenny由于敏感的听力对过往火车的鸣笛声都会嗥叫。在一次火车事故中，Lenny的嚎叫作为了有力的证据被送到法庭，帮助打赢了官司。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们的狗Lenny有一个非常烦人的习惯：每当一列火车过交叉路口都要鸣笛时，他都会嚎叫，因为他的听觉非常敏锐。A. sensitive敏感的；B. public公众的；C. dull枯燥乏味的；D. enough足够的。Lenny有着敏感的听力，听到火车的声音都会嗥叫；根据常识，狗的听觉非常好，对声音敏感。故选A项。

2.考查连词词义辨析。句意：不管Lenny在房子外面还是房子里面，它会一直嗥叫，直到火车过去。A. unless除非；B. until直到；C. before在…之前；D. although尽管。Lenny一直叫到火车过去才停止。故选B项。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当风向对的时候，他嚎叫的声音在轨道很远的交叉道口都能听到。A. soft柔软的；B. right正确的；C. small小的；D. sharp锋利的。此处指风向对的时候，即顺风的时候。按照常识，顺风的时候，声音传得更远。故选B项。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当风向对的时候，他嚎叫的声音在轨道很远的交叉道口都能听到。A. car汽车；B. train火车；C. house房子；D. track轨道。上文提到the train，因此是火车的轨道很远的地方。故选D项。

5.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们学着忍受这种噪音，主要是因为我们太爱我们的狗了。A. keep up with跟上；B. give in to向……让步；C. put up with忍受；D. live up to不辜负，做到。虽然狗的叫声很大，但是作者一家因为太爱Lenny，就能忍受。故选C项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们听到一声长长的、很响的火车紧急刹车的声音，接着是一声可怕的撞车声。A. speeding加速；B. approaching接近；C. operating操作；D. braking刹车。根据下文“…discovered a twisted car jammed on the cowcatcher (排障器) of the massive locomotive (火车头)… the driver of the car had died”可知，火车出事故了，司机紧急刹车。故选D项。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们冲出去，发现了一辆扭曲的车压在火车头的排障器上。A. headed前行；B. marched使前进，行军；C. dashed猛冲；D. started出发。此处指听到刹车声，作者一家马上冲出去。故选C项。

8.考查副词词义辨析。句意：不幸的是，这辆车的司机马上就死了。A. peacefully和平地；B. naturally自然地；C. eventually最后；D. immediately立即，马上。此处指汽车司机当场立即死亡。故选D项。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在现场，我哥哥认出了车里剩下的东西是他朋友的父亲的。A. agency代理，中介；B. corner角落；C. scene场面，情景；D. entrance入口。at the scene指上文提到的车祸现场。故选C项。

10.考查介词词义辨析。句意：在现场，我哥哥认出了车里剩下的东西是他朋友的父亲的。A. as作为；B. for为了；C. like像；D. by通过。短语recognize…as“识别…为，认出…是”。此处指我哥哥认出车里剩下的东西是他朋友的父亲的（东西），即认出了死者的身份。故选A项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个不幸的消息现在必须传达给这家人。A. introduced介绍；B. conveyed传达；C. declared宣布；D. leaked泄露。短语convey the news to sb.“向（某人）传达消息”。故选B项。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：工程师不可能鸣了笛，因为我们的狗没有嚎叫。A. sign签署；B. whistle鸣笛，吹哨子；C. howl嗥叫；D. wind缠绕。根据上文“whenever a train whistled for the crossing”可知，此处指作者一家认为火车司机没有鸣笛。故选B项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Lenny嗥叫的故事很快在我们小镇传开。A. spread传播，流传；B. disappeared消失；C. flowed流动；D. delivered投递，递送。spread指“消息传播、传开”。故选A项。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：每个人都沉浸在那家的妻子和家人的悲痛之中。A. suffered遭受；B. abandoned抛弃；C. shared分享，分担；D. struggled挣扎。人们和这家人一起分担失去亲人的痛苦。故选C项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：没有养家糊口的人，九口之家陷入了困境。A. assistant助手；B. master主人；C. breadwinner养家糊口的人；D. host主持人，主人。上文提到“…that of his friend’s father”，死者是一位父亲，是家里养家糊口的人。故选C项。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：县里最有名的律师之一决定为了寡妇和孩子的利益，向臭名昭著的Soo Line 公司提出索赔。A. happened发生；B. decided决定；C. refused拒绝；D. demanded要求。根据下文“The lawyer hired an investigator and recording technician”可知，那位律师决定为那家人打官司，要求索赔。故选B项。

17.考查副词词义辨析。句意： 律师聘请了一名调查员和录音技术人员，他们在几天内，在所有的时间里，都去我们家，听迎面而来的火车，并如实地记录Lenny的嚎叫。A. lively活泼地；B. occasionally偶尔；C. secretly秘密地；D. honestly诚实地，老实地。根据常理，进行调查，应该是如实地记载情况。故选D项。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Lenny对每辆即将来临的火车的声音都会作出回应，都会嗥叫。A. failed失败；B. bothered麻烦；C. refused拒绝；D. managed管理。 短语never fail to do …“总是能够，从未做不到”，双重否定表示肯定。故选A项。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在法庭上呈上的录音证据，还有我的家庭成员的证词，说服了法官和陪审团。A.bought买；B. exposed暴露；C. borrowed借；D. presented呈现，展现。此处指录音的证据被呈递给法庭。故选D项。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：判给这家人的和解赔偿金保证了他们的家和未来。A. donated捐献；B. awarded判决，裁定；C. fetched去拿来 ；D. distributed分布，分配，分发。短语award the settlement “判决/裁定和解”。故选B项。