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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

My grandmother became a widow in 1970. Shortly after that, we went to the  21  shelter to pick out a dog to keep her  22  . Grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye.  23  these spots, the dog was named Penny.

Grandma and Penny quickly became very  24  to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later  25  Grandma had a stroke（中风）. Grandma could no longer  26  , so when she came home from the hospital, she and Penny were  27  companions.

After her stroke, it became a real  28  for Grandma to let Penny in and out because  29  was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism（机械装置）using a rope and pulley（滑轮）was   30  from the door to a handle at the top of the stairs. Grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. If the store was   31  Penny’s favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us  32  Penny browned beef with potatoes in it. I can remember   33  my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.

As the years passed, it was not  34  for Grandma and Penny to separate each other. If Grandma went to take her nap（打盹）, Penny stayed by her side until she  35  . As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she   36  on the rug （垫子）beside the bed. If Grandma went into the   37  , Penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her   38  to the bed or chair. Grandma never went anywhere without her   39  companion by her side.

The time came when both my grandmother’s and Penny’s   40  were failing fast. After fifteen years of loving companionship, Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.

1.A．animal           B．toy            C．fish           D．bird

2.A．business         B．firm           C．company        D．friend

3.A．In spite of      B．Because of     C．Instead of     D．In front of

4.A．linked           B．fastened       C．attached       D．tied

5.A．before           B．while          C．until          D．when

6.A．think            B．speak          C．work           D．study

7.A．contrary         B．content        C．confident      D．constant

8.A．problem          B．question       C．practice       D．rule

9.A．the door         B．Grandma        C．the window     D．Penny

10.A．repaired        B．fixed          C．bought         D．loaded

11.A．  out of        B．ahead of       C．away from      D．apart from

12.A．show            B．hand           C．borrow         D．cook

13.A．drawing attention to              B．making use of 

    C．breaking away from               D．making fun of

14.A．necessary       B．possible       C．important      D．convenient

15.A．recovered       B．awoke          C．slept          D．screamed

16.A．rolled          B．stood          C．waited         D．lay

17.A．reading room    B．bedroom        C．shop           D．bathroom

18.A．back            B．up             C．off            D．down

19.A．splendid        B．remote         C．faithful       D．legal

20.A．smell           B．health         C．habit          D．living