My best friend, Tom, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment in a lovely small town. Tom is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady .
Years ago, I __36__ when I retired I would get a dog to __37__ my golden years. From the very beginning, Tom has always been __38_ and I never have to tell him anything more than once. He is extremely __39___ and always puts back the toys where they were after __40__.He is a wonderful companion. We sometimes play a ___41___together. He does many amusing things that make me laugh. As a result, I enjoy his__42___.
One afternoon, Tom started acting ___43__. I was sitting on the floor playing with him, __44___he started sniffing at the right side of my chest. He had never done anything like this before, suddenly he threw his entire__45__at the right side of my chest, and I cried in___46___.
Soon after this, I felt a lump(腫塊). After X-rays and tests, doctors told me I __47__cancer. When cancer started, for an unknown __48___, a wall of calcium(鈣化壁) built. Then the lump or cancer _49__ itself to the wall. When Tom __50__on me, the force broke the lump away from the calcium wall, which made me ___ 51__the lump. Before that, I couldn’t see or feel it, so there was no way for me to know it was there.
I had a complete __ 52___ and the cancer did not spread. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone unfound even six more months, it would have been too late.
Was Tom ___53__ of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do
know is that I’ m glad I made a promise to_ 54 __my golden years with this wonderful creature---- for Tom not only shares his life with me; he has made sure that I will be ___55___to share my life with him.
【小題1】 | A.suggested | B.insisted | C.told | D.promised |
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【小題2】 | A.take | B.bring | C.share | D.carry |
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【小題3】 | A.well-behaved | B.well-built | C.well-dressed | D.well-known |
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【小題5】 | A.working | B.sleeping | C.eating | D.playing |
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【小題7】 | A.company | B.kindness | C.care | D.comfort |
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【小題8】 | A.happily | B.luckily | C.strangely | D.sadly |
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【小題9】 | A.while | B.when | C.a(chǎn)s | D.before |
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【小題10】 | A.power | B.energy | C.devotion | D.weight |
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【小題11】 | A.joy | B.surprise | C.pain | D.relief |
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【小題12】 | A.enjoyed | B.had | C.lived | D.treated |
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【小題13】 | A.cause | B.excuse | C.reason | D.idea |
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【小題14】 | A.a(chǎn)ttached | B.devoted | C.fell | D.dropped |
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【小題15】 | A.jumped | B.sat | C.stood | D.put |
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【小題16】 | A.watch | B.witness | C.observe | D.notice |
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【小題17】 | A.task | B.work | C.operation | D.job |
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【小題18】 | A.fond | B.a(chǎn)ware | C.a(chǎn)shamed | D.a(chǎn)fraid |
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【小題19】 | A.waste | B.spend | C.cost | D.make |
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【小題20】 | A.in | B.a(chǎn)round | C.out | D.outside |
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