题目内容：

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。

My wife and I have been together 17 years and have always had animals, but when we moved to Abu Dhabi we decided not to have pets. We thought we could ________for it by volunteering for a couple of rescue organizations here in the Middle East. Then Rusty’s sad little face appeared on the ________lists and we both just gave in. He was ours ________ we even met him. We just knew it.

Rusty was a year old when he came to us. He was extremely ________and blind in one eye with missing teeth from a violent ________ he had encountered (遇到) some time in his short life. He was also ________ to straighten his back legs fully, probably from being ________ in a cage far too small for him.

I sat on the floor of the foster carer’s lounge and Rusty came right up to me and ________ down with his head on my knee. It was a(n) ________ moment. His carer had not seen him ________ someone so completely before. We fell in love with him, took him home and set about ________ him into a happier animal.

The first thing we had to do was ________ out what scared him. The answer was simple enough: ________ scared him. I think he was so ________ to bad things happening to him he just figured he lived in a world where only bad things happened.

One of the things that really scared him was ________ , so I began making him less sensitive by giving him a stomach rub with my foot every time I passed. It took a while, ________ he soon came to realize that he would never be ________ again and took to rolling onto his back and wagging his tail to let me know that he was up for a rub. If I didn’t, he would  ________ me to my writing desk and crawl under it, gently touching and pushing me to get my attention at my foot until he got what he wanted!

Treating animals with dignity brings back memories of the best part of human ________ . Every time I interact with Rusty and our other rescued pets. I am________ that they have nothing to offer but love and trust. There is no

1.A. make      B. compensate  C. go            D. prepare

2.A. waiting    B. shopping    C. danger       D. adoption

3.A. until      B. after        C. before       D. unless

4.A. tired     B. thirsty      C. hungry        D. thin

5.A. feeling   B. beating      C. incident      D. crime

6.A. eager      B. unwilling  C. unable       D. ready

7.A. kept       B. wrapped     C. transformed  D. spun

8.A. put       B. knocked      C. lay           D. laid

9.A. physical  B. mental      C. intellectual  D. emotional

10.A. believe  B. trust        C. envy         D. adore

11.A. turning B. making       C. putting      D. translating

12.A. work      B. bring        C. carry        D. rule

13.A. nothing  B. something  C. anything     D. everything

14.A. opposed  B. attached    C. accustomed  D. suited

15.A. legs     B. feet         C. ears         D. eyes

16.A. but       B. so           C. and          D. or

17.A. walked    B. kicked      C. abandoned    D. overlooked

18.A. follow    B. guide       C. take         D. direct

19.A. interest  B. nature      C. behavior     D. welfare

20.A. warned   B. informed    C. reminded      D. persuaded