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Joe spent 16 years as a fireman and emergency medical technician. He has been honored for his 1 in risking his life on numerous occasions to save others. However, one emergency call 2 him to poisonous chemicals that later led to repeated strokes (中风). At only 38, the man who had grown 3 to having the physical strength and mobility to save lives was now: 4 to tie his own shoes or button his own shirt. Worst of all, the strokes left him 5 seizures (痉挛) that would strike 6 .
Before his health 7 , Joe was known for being active and optimistic. But after his strokes, he spent day and night in bed, dangerously 8 . One of his only 9 joys was Lucky, his 12-year-old Dalmatian, but Joe’s wife Kim 10 something terrible would happen to Joe when Lucky 11 . She didn’t want to wait to find out, so she suggested a new dog should be 12 to the family.
Then entered Meatball. He was saved as a puppy from an Afghan war zone and brought to the United States for 13 by Puppy Rescue Mission. Joe and Kim went to the airport to meet Meatball upon his arrival. The moment Meatball came out of his cage, he peed (撒尿) all over Joe—and Joe 14 his first genuine laughter in months!
Two years later, one night, Kim was awakened by Meatball’s 15 barking. She went to see what was wrong and found Joe having a 16 seizure. Joe was 17 to the hospital—Meatball had saved the day. And it wasn’t the only time. “He’s always there 18 me, helping me, making sure I’m okay, ” says Joe. Since I got sick, some of my friends have fallen by the wayside, 19 this beautiful dog always stays with me. That means I’m worth 20 after all. Pets are the emotional, physical, and spiritual gift we didn’t know we needed.
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一名男子在他的宠物狗的陪伴下与病魔抗争的故事。
1. A. fear B. luck
C. bravery D. hesitation
【解析】选C。根据下文. . . risking his life on numerous occasions to save others可知, 他因自己在许多场合冒着生命危险“勇敢(bravery)”拯救他人而感到荣幸。
2. A. reduced B. shifted
C. exposed D. attracted
【解析】选C。此处表示一次急救行动使他“暴露(exposed)”在一些有毒的化学物品下, 导致了他后来的中风反复发作。
3. A. committed B. accustomed
C. addicted D. abandoned
【解析】选B。根据下文the man who had grown _________to having the physical strength and mobility to save lives可知, 此处表示他中风之前一直“习惯于(accustomed)”自己可以有肢体力量并且能灵活参与拯救生命的行动。
4. A. afraid B. ashamed
C. unable D. unwilling
【解析】选C。根据上文repeated strokes可知, 此处表示但是现在却“无法(unable)”系好自己的鞋带, 也无法扣上自己的衬衫。
5. A. to B. by C. for D. with
【解析】 选D。根据语境可知, 此处表示中风给Joe “留下”痉挛的问题。leave sb. with. . . 表示“给某人留下了. . . ”。
6. A. painfully B. separately
C. randomly D. automatically
【解析】选C。根据下文Joe有一次半夜突然痉挛可知, 此处表示他的痉挛是“随机(randomly)”发生的。
7. A. recovered B. improved
C. infected D. declined
【解析】选D。根据语境可知, 此处表示在他的健康“衰退(declined)”前。
8. A. depressed B. puzzled
C. excited D. embarrassed
【解析】选A。根据上文未患中风前, Joe积极乐观可知, 此处表示中风后Joe整天躺在床上, 肯定心情“沮丧(depressed)”。
9. A. accessible B. remaining
C. selective D. meaningful
【解析】选B。根据上文Joe整天情绪都很沮丧可知, 此处表示他“仅存的(remaining)”快乐之一是Lucky, 他12岁的达尔马提亚犬。
10. A. anticipated B. suspected
C. predicted D. worried
【解析】选D。根据上文Joe整天都很沮丧, 仅存的快乐是他的狗——Lucky。结合生活常识可知, 此处表示他的妻子Kim“担心(worried)”会有什么不好的事发生。
11. A. passed away B. hung out
C. fell out D. turned away
【解析】选A。根据上文Joe仅存的快乐就是他十二岁的狗可知, 此处表示十二岁的狗已经很老了, 他的妻子Kim担心狗Lucky“死(passed away)”后Joe会有不好的事发生。
12. A. contributed B. offered
C. added D. devoted
【解析】选C。根据上文他的妻子Kim担心狗Lucky“死”后Joe会有不好的事发生可知, 此处表示Kim建议这个家应该“增加(added)”一条新的狗。
13. A. profit B. adoption
C. release D. memory
【解析】选B。根据下文Puppy Rescue Mission可知, 此处表示Meatball是在阿富汗被救助后带到美国被“领养(adoption)”的。
14. A. fell into B. dived into
C. burst into D. ran into
【解析】选C。根据语境可知, 此处表示Joe“爆发出”笑声。A项意为“陷入”; B项意为“潜入”; C项意为“爆发出”; D项意为“偶遇”。
15. A. confused B. panicked
C. surprised D. shocked
【解析】选B。根据下文Joe发生了很严重的痉挛可知, 此处表示Kim被狗“惊慌失措的(panicked)”叫声叫醒。
16. A. violent B. tough
C. common D. slight
【解析】选A。根据语境可知, 此处表示Joe正在经受“剧烈的(violent)”痉挛。
17. A. loaded B. rushed
C. transferred D. admitted
【解析】选B。根据上文Joe正在经受剧烈的痉挛可知, 此处表示Joe的情况很危急。根据一般处理疾病的方式, 他应该是被“迅速送到(rushed)”医院。
18. A. praying B. guiding
C. tolerating D. watching
【解析】选D。根据下文. . . helping me, making sure I’m okay可知, 此处表示Meatball一直“看着(watching)”Joe, 确保他没事。
19. A. so B. if C. and D. but
【解析】选D。根据上文Joe说很多朋友都中途放弃了他可知, 此处表示“但是(but)”这只漂亮的狗一直在他身边。
20. A. something B. anything
C. everything D. nothing
【解析】选A。根据上文虽然一些朋友放弃了Joe, 但Meatball始终在Joe的身边可知, 此处表示Joe认为他终究还是重要的/有价值的。
【知识拓展】
be worth something具有某种价值。worth后面可以接金钱, 或是其他有价值的事物。这里的something可以指的是金钱, 或是其他有价值的东西。与worth用法相似的英语有worthy和worth it。
