When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He
36 her Inky.
“ I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats
37 playmates ,” Kruger,
The seventy-year-old man , says. “My hearing was damaged by the
38 of farm equipment , so I learned to connect with
39 . They react to what they see and what you do. ”
Inky was a gentle cat,
40 the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009, Inky did
41 that would set her apart from
42 cats forever.
Kruger had gone down to the basement to
43 the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he
44 to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so , he slipped and
45 his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
46 in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt 47 going into shock（休克）. He shouted for help ,
48 his wife, Brenda , was asleep in their
bedroom at the opposite end of the house.
49 Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
“Go get Brenda, ” Kruger said to Inky.
Inky
50 to the bedroom door and scratched
51 until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the
52 Brenda found her husband
53 the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months
54 therd,”
Says Kruger . “Although I became lame , I was blessed. ” Since the accident, Inky has
55 Left Kruger’s side.
| 小题1: | | A． gave | B． chose | C．named | D．remembered |
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| 小题2: | | A． like | B． as | C． except | D．among |
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| 小题3: | | A． sound | B． alarm | C．noise | D．voice |
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| 小题4: | | A． animals | B． friends | C．farmers | D．neghbors |
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| 小题5: | | A． sharing | B． visiting | C．dividing | D．discovering |
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| 小题6: | | A． anything | B． nothing | C．something | D．everything |
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| 小题7: | | A． familiar | B． lovely | C．ordinary | D．outstanding |
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| 小题8: | | A． shut out | B． shut off | C．shut down | D．shut up |
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| 小题9: | | A． marched | B． flew | C．struggled | D．climbed |
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| 小题10: | | A． bent | B． hit | C．shook | D．pulled |
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| 小题11: | | A． Falling | B． Lying | C．Appearing | D．Thinking |
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| 小题12: | | A． it | B． itself | C．him | D．himself |
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| 小题14: | | A． Thus | B． Otherwise | C．Then | D．Rather |
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| 小题15: | | A． walked | B． ran | C．returned | D．withdrew |
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| 小题16: | | A． rapidly | B． suddenly | C．madly | D．urgently |
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| 小题17: | | A． bedroom | B． basement | C．yard | D．house |
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| 小题18: | | A． at the bottom of | B． in the middle of | | C． at the top of | D． in the front of |
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| 小题19: | | A． regretting | B． resting | C．relaxing | D．recovering |
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| 小题20: | | A． never | B． ever | C．still | D．already |
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