I ran across an old photo of him the other day, thinking of some old things. He’s been d

I ran across an old photo of him the other day, thinking of some old things. He’s been dead for 25 years. His name was Rex.

1_____ was his favorite recreation(娱乐). He had so much 2_____ in the water as any person I have known. You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to 3_____ him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you 4 _____ throw one in.

That 5 ____ me of that night, 6_____ he brought back a small box that he found somewhere--- how 7_____ nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it 8_____ easily have been half  a race. The box wasn’t a god one. It was just a 9______ old piece that somebody 10______. Still it was something he wanted, probably 11_____ there was some difficulty in transportation（运输）. And that he thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the night, we 12 _____ him trying to get the box up onto the porch(门 厅). It sounded 13_____ two or three people were trying to tear the house 14 _____. We came downstairs and turned on the 15_____ light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had 16_____somehow. And he was just holding his own(坚持着). I suppose he would have held his own 17_____ dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a 18____ place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token(象征)of his strength in such matters. 19____, he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was 20_____ of his skill.

1.A.Fighting         B. Swimming       C. Barking         D. Running

2.A.fun             B. trouble           C. danger         D. difficulty

3.A.stop            B. make             C. get            D. have

4.A.will             B. do               C. did            D. would

5.A.reminds          B. warns           C. tells            D. suggests

6.A.which           B. while            C. as             D. when

7.A.Far             B. long             C. old            D. heavy

8.A.could           B. can             C. should          D. would

9.A.priceless        B. worthless         C. valuable         D. important

10.A.kept           B. forgot           C. deserted（遗弃） D. remained

11.A.because        B. only if          C. even if           D. in case

12.A.saw           B. heard           C. watched          D. caught

13.A.like           B. that             C. as if             D. at least

14.A.up            B. in              C. away             D. down

15.A.hall           B. kitchen           C. bedroom         D. porch

16.A.rolled         B. stopped           C. caught           D. broken

17.A. at           B. before             C. till              D. during

18.A.distant        B. nearby            C. silent            D. busy

19.A.In all          B. As a result        C. At last           D. After all

A.proud         B. tired             C. ashamed          D. doubtful

【小题1】B

【小题2】A

【小题3】C

【小题4】C

【小题5】A

【小题6】D

【小题7】A

【小题8】A

【小题9】B

【小题10】C

【小题11】A

【小题12】B

【小题13】C

【小题14】D

【小题15】D

【小题16】C

【小题17】C

【小题18】B

【小题19】D

【小题20】A

内容概要：本文描述的是Rex，一个头脑简单、力大无比的小狗。它爱好游泳，爱做一些无意义的事来表现它的力气。

【小题1】根据第2空后的in the water可以排除另三个选项。

【小题2】因为十分喜欢游泳，所以有乐趣。

【小题3】根据后面的to go in 这一带to的不定或短语可以排除另三个选项。

【小题4】did用以加强语气，正好回应前一句。

【小题5】remind sb of sth意为“使人想起”。

【小题6】when引起定语从句修饰that night。

【小题7】“没人知道，他从多远的地方弄来箱子”。此句用来补充说明somewhere，由have a race也可推测此处指距离。

【小题8】could easily强调是狗本身的一种属性，一种能力。因为Rex是条狗，善于奔跑，且有股蛮劲，所以这件事对它来说“可能”很容易。

【小题9】主人最终还是将其扔掉了，可见其“无价值”。

【小题10】从后面主人又将其扔掉来看，这只破箱子是被人“遗弃的”，没用的箱子。

【小题11】前后是因果关系。

【小题12】下面一句有it sounded， 所以用heard。

【小题13】后面描述的动作与实际情况完全相反，故选as if，表达一种虚拟语气。

【小题14】tear the house down意为“拆房子”。

【小题15】狗就在门厅，所以打开那儿的灯。

【小题16】catch意为“被钩住”，这是狗拖不动箱子的主要原因。

【小题17】由于主人知道狗的蛮劲，故推测如果没人帮它，它会拨弄箱子“一直到”天亮，即到主人起身发现这一切时。

【小题18】箱子如果扔“近”一些，Rex又会捡回来的。

【小题19】after all（毕竟），表达一种让步的口吻。

【小题20】从狗喜欢表现自己拖动重物的本领来分析，它对自己这方面的能力是引以为“自豪的”。