题目内容：

As soon as I saw the cat in our yard, I knew he was a stray (流浪儿). He looked  36 —a wounded warrior with a badly scarred body.

I started putting out food for him each day, but he wouldn’t come near me if other people were  37 . Winter came, and he still wouldn’t  38  us. Then, one day, a car hit him so we took him to the vet’s.

After a week, we were eager to bring him home to  39  our family. But when we went to take the cat home, the vet told us we should put him to  40  immediately because the cat was so fierce and mean that he would  41  become tame , let alone a pet.

But I have always had  42  in love’s power to  43  even the wildest beasts. I told the vet, “I want to take him home.” We  44  him Paws.

Three days went by, and we only knew Paws was  45  the bed because when we walked past it we heard deep growling.

I wanted to somehow let him know he was  46  and loved. So I put on a hard hat and a pair of welding gloves. I  47  under the bed toward Paws, with my face to the  48  and only the top of my head facing him. I  49  out to stroke (抚摩) him gently over and over again.

He growled and tried to  50  and bite me. It was scary—but I knew he couldn’t  51  me, so I just kept going. Slowly, he began to  52 . Then I slid out from under the bed and left the room.

Several hours later, I noticed a cat on the bed. It was Paws—all  53  on the pillows! I couldn’t believe it.

That dear cat became the  54  of our household. Although Paws finally died of cancer, his legacy(遗赠)—my  55  and firm belief in the power of love — lives on.

1.                A．cute           B．strong          C．fierce    D．smart

 

2.                A．around         B．in             C．out  D．away

 

3.                A．love           B．attack          C．refuse    D．trust

 

4.                A．please         B．join            C．see  D．satisfy

 

5.                A．death          B．sight           C．observation   D．sleep

 

6.                A．simply          B．hardly          C．easily D．gradually

 

7.                A．sense          B．interest         C．faith D．feeling

 

8.                A．comfort        B．convince        C．protect   D．tame

 

9.                A．named         B．appointed       C．accepted D．made

 

10.               A．on            B．beside         C．under D．inside

 

11.               A．hopeful        B．pitiful          C．careful    D．safe

 

12.               A．hid            B．slid            C．sheltered  D．slept

 

13.               A．bed           B．sky            C．floor  D．feet

 

14.               A．turned         B．reached        C．pulled D．picked

 

15.               A．play           B．scratch         C．lick   D．push

 

16.               A．hurt           B．bother         C．avoid D．betray

 

17.               A．get angry       B．give up         C．run away  D．calm down

 

18.               A．stepped out     B．stood out       C．stretched out   D．stuck out

 

19.               A．hope          B．love           C．support   D．comfort

 

20.               A．normal         B．noble          C．strange    D．continued