I could have easily gone through life with

题目内容：

I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings---love for a dog. For at least ten years my 1 had been suggesting that we get a dog. There were several reasons why the2 came up. We had noticed that, on our block, couples with no children as a rule3 one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy (小狗)4 we too had no children.

He flew into the house with the 5 of a Formula 1 (一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house,6 from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the7 , where my wife washed him with8 care. From that day on, the invisible（看不见的） 9 for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.

He seemed to10 that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had11 for him with greater care than those for me—he didn’t12 look at them.

Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking whom13 one evening, when, tired from work, I14 the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.

Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth,15 me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the16 which had disturbed his sleep. I meekly（乖乖地）17 that I had forgotten to turn off the light, but that was not18 . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes19 .

Now we finally know who’s the20 at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.

小题1:

A．wife

B．son

C．husband

D．daughter小题2:

A．promise

B．chance

C．idea

D．trouble小题3:

A．kept

B．rose

C．carried

D．invited小题4:

A．if

B．unless

C．since

D．before小题5:

A．speed

B．shape

C．cost

D．race小题6:

A．climbed

B．jumped

C．covered

D．stopped小题7:

A．yard

B．street

C．kitchen

D．bathroom小题8:

A．friendly

B．motherly

C．natural

D．personal小题9:

A．signal

B．work

C．war

D．truth小题10:

A．doubt

B．understand

C．deserve

D．inspect小题11:

A．reached

B．searched

C．looked

D．prepared小题12:

A．even

B．still

C．ever

D．yet小题13:

A．while

B．because

C．until

D．as小题14:

A．gave in

B．gave up

C．gave away

D．gave out小题15:

A．broke

B．woke

C．picked

D．packed小题16:

A．water

B．heater

C．cooker

D．light小题17:

A．hoped

B．considered

C．admitted

D．decided小题18:

A．enough

B．good

C．bad

D．true小题19:

A．plans

B．mistakes

C．faces

D．decisions小题20:

A．boss

B．member

C．adult

D．child

最佳答案：

小题1:A

小题2:C

小题3:A

小题4:C

小题5:A

小题6:B

小题7:D

小题8:B

小题9:C

小题10:B

小题11:D

小题12:A

小题13:C

小题14:B

小题15:B

小题16:D

小题17:C

小题18:A

小题19:B

小题20:A

答案解析：

小题1:考查名词。结合下文couples with no children；we too had no children和my wife可知，是作者的妻子建议养只狗。

小题2:考查名词。“养只狗”的想法是有几个原因的。

小题3:考查动词。keep抚养;饲养。

小题4:考查连词。没有孩子的夫妻通常养1只大的或2只小的，所以我们也养了一只因为（since）我们也没有孩子。

小题5:考查名词。小狗以一级方程式赛车的速度冲进屋。with the speed of以……的速度。

小题6:考查动词。从我肩上跳下来跳到床上，最后到浴室，在浴室里，我的妻子以母亲般的细心给他洗澡。

小题7:考查名词。见6题解析。

小题8:考查形容词。见6题解析。

小题9:考查名词。作者和小狗为获得妻子的“爱”开始了一场纷争。

小题10:考查动词。小狗似乎明白了这一点。

小题11:考查动词。pre pare meals准备饭。

小题12:考查副词。意识到妻子对他的更多的爱，小狗甚至连看我都不看。

小题13:考查连词。not …until…直到……才……。

小题14:考查动词短语。因为我工作很累，我想放弃去遛狗。

小题15:考查动词。结合后面的in my dream 可只是把我弄醒。

小题16:考查名词。结合I had forgotten to turn off the light可知答案。

小题17:考查动词。admit 承认。

小题18:考查形容词。让我承认忘了关灯还不够，他还像老师看犯错的学生一样看着我。

小题19:考查名词。见18题解析。

小题20:考查名词。终于知道家里谁说了算了谁是老板了。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。