Question

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(娛樂). 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（運輸）. 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(門 廳). 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(堅持著). 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（遺棄） 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

Answer 1

【小題1】B

【小題2】A

【小題3】C

【小題4】C

【小題5】A

【小題6】D

【小題7】A

【小題8】A

【小題9】B

【小題10】C

【小題11】A

【小題12】B

【小題13】C

【小題14】D

【小題15】D

【小題16】C

【小題17】C

【小題18】B

【小題19】D

【小題20】A

解析:

內容概要：本文描述的是Rex，一個頭腦簡單、力大無比的小狗。它愛好游泳，愛做一些無意義的事來表現它的力氣。

【小題1】根據第2空后的in the water可以排除另三個選項。

【小題2】因為十分喜歡游泳，所以有樂趣。

【小題3】根據后面的to go in 這一帶to的不定或短語可以排除另三個選項。

【小題4】did用以加強語氣，正好回應前一句。

【小題5】remind sb of sth意為“使人想起”。

【小題6】when引起定語從句修飾that night。

【小題7】“沒人知道，他從多遠的地方弄來箱子”。此句用來補充說明somewhere，由have a race也可推測此處指距離。

【小題8】could easily強調是狗本身的一種屬性，一種能力。因為Rex是條狗，善于奔跑，且有股蠻勁，所以這件事對它來說“可能”很容易。

【小題9】主人最終還是將其扔掉了，可見其“無價值”。

【小題10】從后面主人又將其扔掉來看，這只破箱子是被人“遺棄的”，沒用的箱子。

【小題11】前后是因果關系。

【小題12】下面一句有it sounded， 所以用heard。

【小題13】后面描述的動作與實際情況完全相反，故選as if，表達一種虛擬語氣。

【小題14】tear the house down意為“拆房子”。

【小題15】狗就在門廳，所以打開那兒的燈。

【小題16】catch意為“被鉤住”，這是狗拖不動箱子的主要原因。

【小題17】由于主人知道狗的蠻勁，故推測如果沒人幫它，它會撥弄箱子“一直到”天亮，即到主人起身發現這一切時。

【小題18】箱子如果扔“近”一些，Rex又會撿回來的。

【小題19】after all（畢竟），表達一種讓步的口吻。

【小題20】從狗喜歡表現自己拖動重物的本領來分析，它對自己這方面的能力是引以為“自豪的”。