第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
After my husband died suddenly from a heart attack, my world crashed around me. I was overwhelmed (不知所措) with the 16 of earning a living, 17 the little children.
One 18 evening I came home from work to find a big beautiful German shepherd (牧羊犬) on our 19 . This wonderful strong animal 20 to enter the house and make it his 21 . The children took an instant liking to “German” and begged me to let him in. I agreed to let him sleep in the basement until the next day, 22 we could inquire around the neighborhood for his 23. That night I slept 24 for the first time in many weeks.
The following morning we 25 to find German’s owner, but with no results. On Sunday I took the children on a picnic and we drove off without him. When we stopped to get gas at a local station, we were 26 to see German racing to the gas station after us. 27 was he going to be left behind.
On Monday morning I let him out for a run when the children got ready for school. As evening came and German didn’t appear, we were all 28 . The next Friday evening, German was back on our doorstep. Again we took him in, and again he stayed 29 Monday morning. This pattern repeated itself every weekend for almost 10 months. We grew more and more 30 of German. We stopped thinking about 31 he belonged — he belonged to us. As German became part of the family, he considered 32 his duty to take up his position by the front door and remained there until the morning.
Each week, between German’s visits, I grew a little stronger, a little braver; every weekend I enjoyed his 33 . Then one Monday morning we 34 his head and let him out for what turned out to be the last time. He never came back. I believe German was sent because he was needed, and because no matter how 35 and alone we feel, somehow, somewhere, someone knows and cares. We are never really alone.
16. A. duties B. ways C. purposes D. focuses
17. A. caring for B. looking for C. waking up D. taking up
18. A. Friday B. Saturday C. Sunday D. Monday
19. A. gate B. street C. road D. doorstep
20. A. regretted B. forced C. intended D. encouraged
21. A. nest B. home C. kitchen D. destination
22. A. where B. when C. while D. as
23. A. advice B. gifts C. owner D. situation
24. A. comfortably B. smoothly C. meaningfully D. peacefully
25. A. tried B. managed C. succeeded D. failed
26. A. happy B. glad C. amazed D. pleased
27. A. No wonder B. No way C. No doubt D. No use
28. A. wondered B. lost C. worried D. disappointed
29. A. before B. until C. since D. once
30. A. aware B. sure C. fond D. anxious
31. A. who B. where C. whom D. which
32. A. it B. that C. this D. one
33. A. friend B. company C. factory D. story
34. A. beat B. hit C. wounded D. patted
35. A. excited B. satisfied C. abandoned D. interrupted