通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
One Saturday afternoon, a six-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods __36__ she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and __37__ what to do, she began crying. After a while. she__38__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. __39 it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and 40 stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the __41 . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __42__.
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy 43 that his mistress was in danger. He jumped __44__ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a __45__ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He __46 the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking __47__ into the air, the dog __48__ through the woods until he found the __49__ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his __50__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He __51__ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __52__.When she opened her eyes and 53 her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you 54 me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog ing back, the parents burst into tears of 55 . That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of steak
【小题1】A．sinceB． whileC．beforeD．as【小题2】A．wonderingB．forgettingC．rememberingD．regretting【小题3】A．preferredB． expected C．failedD．decided【小题4】A．BecauseB．When C．IfD．Until【小题5】A．hopelesslyB．carelessly C．cautiouslyD．unwillingly【小题6】A. trees B. woods C grasses. D. bushes
【小题7】A．streamB．rockC．treeD．house【小题8】A．heardB．foundC．sensedD．smelt【小题9】A．atB．inC．ontoD．through【小题10】A．familiar B．strangeC．terribleD．pleasant【小题11】A．missedB．discoveredC．followed D．ignored【小题12】A．calmlyB．merrilyC． gently D．loudly【小题13】A．wanderedB．lookedC．searchedD．travelled【小题14】A．girlB．houseC． windowD．hero【小题15】A．satisfactionB．disappointmentC．embarrassmentD．delight【小题16】A．jumped B．climbedC．walkedD．flew【小题17】A．awake B．asleepC． abandoned D．available【小题18】A．sawB．spotted C．observed D．watched【小题19】A．disturbedB．fortedC．rescuedD．scared【小题20】A．painB．shockC． sorrowD．reliefC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】由题意可知，这个姑娘是穿过草地到小树林才意识到迷路了。此处before意为才...，故选C
【小题2】由于迷路，小姑娘坐在一块石头上不知道该做什么，而wondering想知道forgetting忘记remembering记起 regretting后悔，故选wondering
【小题3】哭之后，她决定沿着一条宽路走。而preferred更喜欢expected 盼望failed失败decided决定，故选D
【小题4】当天黑的时候，她看到一个小木屋。故选B 当…的时候
【小题5】天黑了，又是一个小黑屋，所以她应是打开门小心地进去。而Hopelessly没有希望地carelessly粗心地cautiously小心地unwillingly不情愿地，故选cautiously 小心地
【小题6】听到奇怪的声音，她跑出门，又回到小树林，而trees树 woods树林 grasses草 bushes灌木丛，所以选B
【小题7】由第51空后the little stream可知，此处选A stream 小溪
【小题8】她的狗在家，感觉到她的女主人有危险，其他都不合适，而heard听到found发现 sensed感觉smelt闻、嗅，故选C sensed
【小题9】狗跳过窗户。Through 穿过，故选D
【小题10】狗闻到一股熟悉的气味，所以跟着气味。。。而familiar熟悉的strange奇怪的terrible糟糕的pleasant舒适的，故选A
【小题11】由上小题和常识（狗的嗅觉十分灵敏）可知狗闻到一股熟悉的气味，所以追随着气味。。。，missed错过discovered 发现followed跟随ignored忽视，故选C
【小题12】狗闻着熟悉的气味，十分兴奋，所以会大声叫（常识），而calmly安静地merrily高兴地gently温柔地loudly大声地，故选择D
【小题13】狗在搜寻他的女主人，而wandered漫游 looked看 searched搜寻 travelled旅游，故选C
【小题14】狗在树林中找他的主人一直到那个小屋，因为女孩曾经到过这儿，但她不在这，故选B
【小题15】后一句讲狗从远处看到女主人的蓝色衣服，故而十分高兴，而satisfaction满意disappointment失望 embarrassment尴尬delight高兴。To one’s delight令人高兴的是，故选D
【小题16】狗十分高兴，跳过灌木丛去找他的女主人。而jumped跳climbed爬walked走flew飞，故选A
【小题17】由第42空fell asleep 和下文opened her eyes,而awake醒着的 asleep睡着的abandoned 许弃的available可以利用的，故选B
【小题18】女孩睁开眼看到狗站在她的旁边，而saw看到spotted 观察observed 观察watched观看，故选A
【小题19】小姑娘迷路了，她的狗找到了，当然是他救了她。而disturbed打扰forted安慰rescued 拯救scared害怕，故选C
【小题20】看到女儿和狗安全回来，她的父母亲当然流出感到宽慰的眼泪。而pain疼痛shock 震惊 sorrow 悲伤relief放松、宽慰，故选D