题目内容：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings---love for a dog.

For at least ten years my    had been suggesting that we get a dog. There were several reasons why the idea    . We had noticed that, on our block, couples with no children as a rule      one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy       we too had no children.

He flew into the house with the    of a Formula 1 (一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house,      from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the      , where my wife washed him with motherly     . From that day on, the invisible（看不见的）  _    for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.

He seemed to     that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had     for him with greater care than those for me---he didn’t      look at.

Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking whom    one evening, when, tired from work, I    the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.

Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth,      me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the      which had disturbed（干扰） his sleep. I meekly（乖乖地）      that I had forgotten to switch off the light, but that was not     . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes     .

Now we finally know who’s the      at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.

1.A. wife             B. son             C. husband          D. daughter

2.A. came up with     B. came out       C. came up           D. came on

3.A. kept            B. rose            C. carried            D. invited

4.A. if               B. unless         C. since             D. before

5.A. speed            B. shape          C. cost               D. race

6.A. climbed          B. jumped         C. covered            D. stopped

7.A. yard             B. street          C. bathroom           D. kitchen

8.A. worry           B. care            C. identity           D. power

9.A. signal           B. work            C. war                D. truth

10.A. doubt           B. understand     C. wonder            D. dislike

11.A. reached         B. searched       C. looked            D. prepared

12.A. even           B. still           C. ever               D. yet

13.A. while           B. because         C. until             D. as

14.A. gave in        B. gave up         C. gave away         D. gave out

15.A. broke          B. woke           C. picked             D. packed

16.A. water         B. heater          C. cooker             D. light

17.A. hoped          B. considered      C. admitted          D. decided

18.A. enough         B. good            C. bad                D. true

19.A. plans          B. mistakes        C. decisions          D. faces

20.A. boss            B. member          C. adult              D. child