When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an unmon connection between him and the small black cat. He her Inky.
“I grew up on a hundredacre farm and had only cats playmates,” Kruger, the seventyyearold man, says. “My hearing was damaged by the of farm equipment, so I learned to connect with . They react to what they see and what you do.”
Inky was a gentle cat, the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009, Inky did that would set her apart from cats forever.
Kruger had gone down to the basement to the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so, he slipped and his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt going into shock(休克)．He shouted for help, his wife, Brenda, was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house. Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
“Go get Brenda,” Kruger said to Inky.
Inky to the bedroom door and scratched until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the . Brenda found her husband the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months there,” says Kruger. “Although I became lame, I was blessed.” Since the accident, Inky has left Kruger's side.
【小题1】A．gaveB．choseC．namedD．remembered【小题2】A．likeB．asC．exceptD．among【小题3】A．soundB．alarmC．noiseD．voice【小题4】A．animalsB．friendsC．farmersD．neighbors【小题5】A．sharingB．visitingC．dividingD．discovering【小题6】A．anythingB．nothingC．somethingD．everything【小题7】A．familiarB．lovelyC．ordinaryD．outstanding【小题8】A．shut outB．shut offC．shut downD．shut up【小题9】A．marchedB．flewC．struggledD．climbed【小题10】A．bentB．hitC．shookD．pulled【小题11】A．FallingB．LyingC．AppearingD．Thinking【小题12】A．itB．itselfC．himD．himself【小题13】A．andB．butC．orD．so【小题14】A．ThusB．OtherwiseC．ThenD．Rather【小题15】A．walkedB．ranC．returnedD．withdrew【小题16】A．rapidlyB．suddenlyC．madlyD．urgently【小题17】A．bedroomB．basementC．yardD．house【小题18】A．at the bottom ofB．in the middle ofC．at the top ofD．in the front of【小题19】A．regrettingB．restingC．relaxingD．recovering【小题20】A．neverB．everC．stillD．alreadyC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文叙述的是Glen Kruger听力受损之后，捡到了一只猫，他把它叫作Inky，在2009年的一个一月的晚上，Inky救了它的主人的生命的过程。
【小题1】动词词义辨析:A. gave给，B. chose选择，C. named命名，D. remembered记得，这儿是说Glen Kruger给他捡到的小猫起了个名字叫Inky，所以选C
【小题2】介词词义辨析：A. like象B. as做为， C. except除了，D. among在…中，Glen Kruger说他在一个一百英亩的农场上长大，只有猫作为他的玩伴，所以选B
【小题3】名词词义辨析A. sound声音，B. alarm闹铃，警报，C. noise噪音，D. voice嗓音， Glen Kruger的听力只能是被机器的噪声损坏，其它三个选项都不会损坏人的听力，所以选C
【小题4】名词词义辨析A. animals动物，B. friends朋友，C. farmers农夫，D. neighbors邻居，根据第一段中的“There was an unmon connection between him and the small black cat.”和后面“They react to what they see and what you do.”可知，这儿的they是指动物。所以选A
【小题5】动词词义辨析：A sharing分享，B. visiting参观，C.. dividing分开，D. discovering发现，根据“Inky was a gentle cat,”可知，Inky很温顺，所以它和其它五只猫共同住在一个屋里，所以选A
【小题6】代词词义辨析：A. anything任何事，B. nothing没有事情，C. something某些事， D. everything每件事，根据后面讲的Inky救Glen Kruger命的过程，可知是它做了一件让它与其它普通的猫区别开的事。所以用C
【小题7】形容词词义辨析：A. familiar熟悉的， B. lovely可爱的，C. ordinary普通的， D. outstanding杰出的，与Inky救主人的命比起来，其它的猫相对就是普通的了，所以选C
【小题8】动词词组辨析： A. shut out把……关在外面； B. shut off关闭； C. shut down停工；D. shut up：住嘴，囚禁。可以看出，四个选项中只有B项能与wood stove搭配，所以选B
【小题9】动词词义辨析：A. marched行军，B. flew 飞，C. struggled努力，挣扎，D. climbed爬，当他结束后，爬到梯子顶上，去关灯。所以用D
【小题10】动词词义辨析：A. bent弯曲，B. hit击打，撞击，C. shook摇晃， D. pulled推开，根据后面沉重的架子倒在地上，并把Glen Kruger也带下了梯子，所以是他在做件事的过程中，他的背撞在一个旧架子上。所以选B
【小题11】动词词义辨析：A. Falling落下，B. Lying躺下，C. Appearing出现，D. Thinking思考，根据前面的Glen Kruger被架子带下了梯子，所以他应是躺在血泊里，所以选B
【小题12】代词词义辨析：A. it它，B. itself它自己，C. him他，D. himself他自己根据后面的going into shock可知，是Glen Kruger他快要休克了，所以选 himself.选D
【小题13】连词词义辨析：A. and并且，B. but但是，C. or或者，D. so所以，根据 “He shouted for help,”和“his wife, Brenda, was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite of the house”可知，这两句话之间是转折关系，所以选B
【小题14】副词词义辨析：A. Thus因此，B. Otherwise 否则，C. Then然后，D. Rather相当，then在这儿意思是就在那个时候，可以体会到Glen Kruger向妻子求助没有得到回应要绝望时，突然看到了Inky那种喜悦的心情。选C
【小题15】动词词义辨析：A. walked走，B. ran跑， C. returned回来， D. withdrew撤退， Glen Kruger看到了Inky，于是让它去叫他的妻子，Inky于是就跑到了卧室门口，所以选B
【小题16】副词词义辨析：A. rapidly快速地， B. suddenly突然地，C. madly疯狂地，D. urgently紧急地，Inky跑到卧室门口后就疯狂的抓门，直到Brenda打开门，选C
【小题17】名词词义辨析：A .bedroom卧室，B. basement地下室， C. yard院子，D. house房间，Glen Kruger在地下室，Inky自然要把他妻子带到地下室。所以选B
【小题18】介词短语辨析： A. at the bottom of在…底部， B. in the middle of在…中间，C. at the top of在…顶部，D. in the front of 在…的前部，根据上文中架子倒地的时候把Glen Kruger带下了梯子，所以他现在应该在梯子下面，选A
【小题19】动词词义辨析：A. regretting后悔，遗憾，B. resting休息，C. relaxing放松， D. recovering恢复， Glen Kruger被送进了医院，在医院里是花了六个月的时间恢复，所以用D
【小题20】副词词义辨析：A. never从不，B. ever曾经，C. still仍然，D. already已经，因为Inky救了Glen Kruger一命，所以他要时刻把它带在身边，从不离开。选A