题目内容：

A Dog’s Day in Court

We used to live about a quarter mile from a train crossing. Our dog, Lenny, had a very annoying habit: he howled (嚎叫) whenever a train whistled for the crossing, due to his very _______hearing. Outside or in the house, he howled and howled _______the train went by. When the wind was _______, he would even howl for the crossings farther down the _______. We learned to _______the noise, mainly because we loved our pet so much.

Early one morning while we were eating breakfast, we heard a long ,very high sound of a train’s _______efforts followed by a terrible crash. We _______out and discovered a twisted car jammed on the cowcatcher (排障器) of the massive locomotive (火车头). Unfortunately, the driver of the car had died_______.

Back in the house, we called the local rescue workers. But we all immediately said to each other, “Lenny didn’t howl. The whistle could not have blown!”

At the _______, my brother recognized what was left of the car ________that of his friend’s father and knew the sad news would now have to be ________to the family. When the rescue team arrived, my brother told them, “The engineer couldn’t have blown the ________because our dog did not howl. And he always does!”

The story of Lenny’s howling ________rapidly around our small town as everyone ________in the sorrow of the wife and family. Left without the ________, the family of nine was in a difficult situation. One of the county’s best-known lawyers ________to pursue a claim against, by now, the infamous (声名狼藉的) Soo Line Cooperation for the sake of the widow and children. The lawyer hired an investigator and recording technician, who, for days, at all hours, visited our home listening for oncoming trains and ________recording Lenny’s howl. Lenny never ________to respond with his howl to the sharp sound of an approaching (靠近地) train.

The taped evidence, ________in court, along with the testimony (证词) of my family members, convinced the judge and jury. The settlement ________to the family secured their home and future. County court records give evidence of the success of a “dog’s day in court!(法庭)”

1.A.sensitive B.public C.dull D.enough

2.A.unless B.until C.before D.although

3.A.soft B.right C.small D.sharp

4.A.car B.train C.house D.track

5.A.keep up with B.give in to C.put up with D.live up to

6.A.speeding B.approaching C.operating D.braking

7.A.headed B.marched C.dashed D.started

8.A.peacefully B.naturally C.eventually D.immediately

9.A.agency B.corner C.scene D.entrance

10.A.as B.for C.like D.by

11.A.introduced B.conveyed C.declared D.leaked

12.A.sign B.whistle C.howl D.wind

13.A.spread B.disappeared C.flowed D.delivered

14.A.suffered B.abandoned C.shared D.struggled

15.A.assistant B.master C.breadwinner D.host

16.A.happened B.decided C.refused D.demanded

17.A.lively B.occasionally C.secretly D.honestly

18.A.failed B.bothered C.refused D.managed

19.A.bought B.exposed C.borrowed D.presented

20.A.donated B.awarded C.fetched D.distributed