Sadness hit me when I realized that 4 p. m. had gone unnoticed. Every day, a few minutes before the________, my cute dog, Jake, used to stare at me, pushing me to get his dinner. Now Jake is gone, and the disappearance of the comforting pace he brought to my days is like a minute-by-minute________of my loss. Friends comfort me by telling me I________ him. But a rescue organization did that. By the time I met him at an________ event, he had already been saved, just not settled.
The real story is that Jake saved me. Before Jake, I was________ from the world by a sheet of dirty glass. Me on one side, everything and everyone else on the other. I avoided socializing. I________reached out I assumed the worst in people and figured they saw the________ in me.
Then I started________this little creature around my neighborhood. Jake never rushed. He ________everything. So I started to notice the rhythm of the neighborhood. I’d________hellos with those in my block and start making small talk with my________. who I’d lived across the hall from for seven years without a word.________ , we developed a real friendship.
Jake was 2 when I adopted him, I was told. In ________ he was between 4 and 6. Whatever had happened in his________ life left him anxious and little trust in humans. But he came to trust me and his trust developed into something else — that this________ little dog learned to be loved, same as me.
【小题1】A.minute | B.hour | C.walk | D.sunset |
【小题2】A.reminder | B.relief | C.creation | D.preparation |
【小题3】A.loved | B.adopted | C.cured | D.saved |
【小题4】A.adoption | B.recreation | C.reception | D.donation |
【小题5】A.rejected | B.protected | C.separated | D.banned |
【小题6】A.usually | B.typically | C.rarely | D.frequently |
【小题7】A.best | B.kindest | C.coldest | D.worst |
【小题8】A.seeing | B.walking | C.feeding | D.training |
【小题9】A.refused | B.ate | C.valued | D.smelled |
【小题10】A.exchange | B.send | C.accept | D.express |
【小题11】A.cleaner | B.neighbor | C.friend | D.doctor |
【小题12】A.Clearly | B.Occasionally | C.Eventually | D.Generally |
【小题13】A.truth | B.time | C.disguise | D.shock |
【小题14】A.future | B.previous | C.later | D.present |
【小题15】A.shocked | B.stressed | C.refreshed | D.scared |