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Love Is Blind: The Magic of Tabby

In October, 2003 I started my work at my local animal shelter’s Adoption Department. Over the years, more than 50,000 animals have ______ the doors of the shelter. Most of them, I do not remember. But occasionally there are ______ animals, who touch me so deeply that I could never possibly ______ them. Tabby was one such animal.   Tabby was an ancient Cocker Spaniel, probably 14 years old. What’s more, she was blind and deaf. Tabby’s chances at adoption seemed ______ at best. After all, we didn’t have many adopters coming in ______, “Can you show me all of your really old dogs who are also ______ ?” We had all thought that Tabby would live out the rest of her life at the ______.

One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter. Her son, Gary, had ______ Tabby’s picture and stories on the shelter’s website at home. They were interested in meeting her! It was the only ______ we ever received about Tabby. What could a young child possibly see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind and deaf? Most boys would want a dog who could grow with them and ______ through grassy fields on summer days. Tabby would ______ be able to do that. But after meeting her, Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family. They adopted Tabby!  If Tabby’s story had simply ended with her ______ adoption, it would still have been something very special indeed. ______, it was what happened after her adoption that people might regard as “magic”. Gary _____ from seizures(癫痫). Since Gary and Tabby met they became ______. They did everything together. They became so “in tune” with one another that Tabby began to telegraph Gary’s seizures ______ they occurred, giving his family ______ that one was about to strike. What’s more, Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby’s ______.

How could it be? Nobody could explain _____ Tabby did it. But those of us who were fortunate enough to know her and her family had ______ the magic, the kind that has its roots in love.

1.A. broken    B. passed    C. painted    D. locked

2.A. strange    B. active    C. wild    D. special

3.A. recall    B. leave    C. forget    D. abandon

4.A. remote    B. great    C. fair    D. potential

5.A. wondering    B. stating    C. seeking    D. asking

6.A. stubborn    B. active    C. disabled    D. patient

7.A. hospital    B. shelter    C. farm    D. roadside

8.A. posted    B. taken    C. seen    D. drawn

9.A. letter    B. donation    C. call    D. enquiry

10.A. get    B. run    C. look    D. break

11.A. often    B. possibly    C. never    D. generally

12.A. successful    B. normal    C. temporary    D. early

13.A. However    B. Moreover    C. Therefore    D. Otherwise

14.A. learnt    B. suffered    C. heard    D. differed

15.A. indifferent    B. uncomfortable    C. unfortunate    D. inseparable

16.A. since    B. unless    C. before    D. though

17.A. explanation    B. notice    C. suggestion    D. warning

18.A. arrival    B. birth   .    C. return    D. recovery

19.A. where    B. how    C. when    D. whether

20.A. witnessed    B. created    C. achieved    D. performed

 

1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.B 11.C 12.A 13.A 14.B 15.D 16.C 17.D 18.A 19.B 20.A 【解析】这是一篇记叙文,主要讲了在作者所工作的动物庇护所有一只叫Tabby的狗,它又聋又瞎,但是却出人意料地被一个叫Gary的男孩所领养。这个男孩患有癫痫,而让人感到不可思议的是,自从Gary收养了Tabby,他的癫痫也很少犯了,Gary的家庭认为这一奇迹的发生都根源于爱。 1.考查动词词义辨析。broken打破;passed通过;painted画画;locked锁上;根据文章第一句,作者工作在当地动物庇护所的收养部门,所以按照逻辑,应该是有超过五万的动物被领养,即经过了庇护所的大门,故选B。 2.考查形容词词义辨析。strange奇怪的;active活跃的;wild野性的,疯狂的;special特殊的,特别的;结合下文可知,作者举例说明了一只叫Tabby的狗,它又聋又瞎,但却被一位叫Gary的男孩意外收养,所以作者强调偶尔也会有一些很特别的狗,故选D。 3.考查动词词义辨析。recall回想;leave离开;forget忘记;abandon抛弃;根据空格前的句子“who touch me so deeply”,可知,有一些特别的动物非常打动我,所以我可能永远不会“忘记”它们,故选C。 4.考查形容词词义辨析。remote遥远的,渺茫的;great棒的;fair公平的;potential有潜力的;根据“She was blind and deaf”,可知它又聋又瞎,所以应该是最没有机会被领养的,故选A。 5.考查动词词义辨析。wonder想知道;state叙述;seek寻找;ask询问;根据逻辑,领养者应该是上门询问的,且其后跟的句子是疑问句,所以应该是“询问”,故选D。 6.考查形容词词义辨析。stubborn固执的;active活跃的;disabled残疾的;patient有耐心的;结合前句:很多领养者不会前来询问“你能给我看看你们所有年纪大的狗,而且又……吗”,可知此处应是个贬义词,根据前文可知Tabby是有生理缺陷的,故选C。 7.考查名词词组辨析。hospital医院;shelter庇护所;farm农场;roadside路边;句意:我们都认为Tabby将在……度过她的后半生了。结合上下文,如果Taddy没有人收养,那么就会在庇护所度过她的后半生,故选B。 8.考查动词词义辨析。posted张贴;taken带走;seen看见;drawn画画;Gary在来收养部门之前,已经在网站上看过Tabby的照片和故事了。故选C。 9.考查名词词义辨析。letter信;donation收养;call电话;enquiry询问;根据前文,这对母子对Tabby很感兴趣,他们想收养Tabby,所以这是唯一一次我们收到的关于Tabby的询问,故选D。 10.考查动词词组辨析。将选项中的动词与其后的介词相组合,分别是get through完成;run through跑步通过;look through浏览;break through取得突破;根据句意,大多数男孩都想要一只和他们一起成长、夏天可以在草地上穿越奔跑的狗,故选B。 11.考查副词词义辨析。often经常;possibly可能;never从不;generally大体上;根据前句“大多数男孩都想要一只和他们一起成长、夏天可以在草地上穿越奔跑的狗”,但是这些Tabby从来都做不到,故选C。 12.考查形容词词义辨析。successful成功的;normal正常的;temporary短暂的;early早的;根据前文可知,Tabby的领养是成功的,故选A。 13.考查逻辑连接词。however然而,表示转折;moreover此外,表示递进;therefore因此,表示因果;otherwise否则,不然,表示条件;结合空格前句意,如果Tabby的故事仅仅以它得以成功收养而结束,那它仍然可以算得上是很特别的一件事;以及空格后句意:就是在收养之后发生了一个奇迹,可知,前后两句存在转折关系,故选A。 14.考查动词词义辨析。learnt学习;suffered遭受;heard听见;differed不同;由于后面的宾语是一种疾病,故选B。 15.考查形容词词义辨析。indifferent漠然的;uncomfortable不舒服的;unfortunate不幸的;inseparable不能分离的;根据后一句“They did everything together”可知,他们从一见面就难以分离,故选D。 16.考查连接词。since自从,既然;unless除非;before在……之前;though即使;句意:Tabby在Gary的癫痫发生……,开始透露要犯病的征兆。故应该是在犯病之前就给出预告,故选C。 17.考查名词词义辨析。explanation解释;notice注意,通告;suggestion建议;warning警告;结合前一句,Tarry会在Gary犯病之前给出要犯病的征兆,所以这会给他的家人一个预警,故选D。 18.考查名词词义辨析。arrival到达,来到;birth出生;return归还;recovery恢复;句意:自从Tabby的到来后,Gary的癫痫犯得越来越少了。故选A。 19.考查宾语从句连接词。where询问地点;how询问方式;when询问时间;whether是否,询问条件;句意:没有人能解释Tabby是如何做到的。所以是询问方式,故选B。 20.考查动词词义辨析。witnessed见证;created创造;achieved完成;performed执行;文意:我们能够了解她和她的家庭、……这个奇迹,已经足够幸运了。所有发生的这一切都是在他们的见证下,故选A。 【名师点睛】完形填空题旨在考查学生综合运用语言知识的能力。做此题时必须通篇考虑,先掌握大意,再综合运用所学词汇、语法及常识进行推理判断。要想取得高分,重点在于以下两点: 1.通读全文,了解大意,紧紧抓住上下文语境所提供的信息,充分利用各种线索作答。先通读全文,了解文章的大意,然后在做题的过程中,便可利用这些信息。 例如第2小题,这里并不清楚作者要讲述的是一些什么样的动物,是奇怪的、活跃的、有野性的还是特别的?只有结合全文可知,作者举例说明了一只叫Tabby的狗,它又聋又瞎,但却被一位叫Gary的男孩意外收养,所以作者强调偶尔也会有一些很“特别”的狗,由此可以推断出答案。 2.明确词意,词型,词的搭配,并按上下文需要作答。这篇文章中多次考察到名词,形容词,动词的应用,以及文章细节内容的理解。 如第6题,既考查了各种形容词的意思,又考查了文章细节的理解,结合前句:很多领养者不会前来询问‘你能给我看看你们所有年纪大的狗,而且又……吗’,可知此处应是个贬义词,又因为此段谈论的Tabby是有生理缺陷的,由此得出答案。
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