第二节：语法填空

请按照语境以及括号里所给的词完成短文。答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置。

This was the touching moment when a giraffe bid a sad farewell to a dying worker who had spent his entire adult life    16  _____ (clean) the animal's enclosure at a Dutch zoo.

The 54-year-old care worker, Mario, was coming to the end of his life due to a  __  17     (die) disease. According to his wish, his hospital bed    18      (take) into the giraffe enclosure at the zoo.

      ____ 19    the man’s amazement, one of the giraffes approached him and gave him a tender kiss goodbye.

  “It was such a heartbreaking scene    20    we couldn’t hold back our tears.” One of the staff at the zoo said afterwards.

Mario, weak    21    in high spirits , then asked for a moment to say goodbye to his colleagues at the zoo. “   22    was very nice that we were able to work on the last wish of this man,” Mr Veldboer said.

    The Ambulance Wish Foundation，an organization    23   (found) in 2007 by Veldboer, is a charity    24    volunteers specialize in helping terminally-ill patients fulfill dying their wishes.

Last year the charity took    25    86-year-old terminally-ill man back to his farm in Holland to say goodbye to his horses.

                       第二部分  阅 读（共两节，满分50分）

 第一节 ：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

   阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B/C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Six years ago, I walked into a local animal shelter on a cold, rainy day. Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter. This time as I was walking down the row of pens（畜栏） full of barking dogs I noticed a small boy looking into one of them.

  He had a malnourished looking body and a bony face with a big nose sticking out of the middle of it. He was looking at a small, golden dog. Its bony ribs were showing and its thin tail was folded between its legs. It wasn’t begging for attention like the other puppies but was hiding in the corner instead. The boy looked up at me with sad eyes and asked what was wrong with it. “It was probably abused and abandoned”, I said. “That is why it is so scared.”

The boy immediately turned to an older lady and said, “Grandma, I want this one.” The old woman smiled and walked to the front desk to fill out the adoption forms. I followed and asked about the boy. I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too. She had just gotten custody（监护权） of him after the state had taken him from his parents. She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him. I looked back at him, holding his scared puppy, and said a prayer for them both.

It was yesterday. I was driving down the road enjoying a gloriously sunny, spring day. Then in a green front yard I saw the boy. His teenage body was tall and strong. His nose no longer seemed big but fit well into his smiling face. He was throwing a ball to a healthy, happy dog with shining golden hair. His little act of love and kindness had indeed gone a long way. It had saved a dog’s life, healed his own heart, and given this middle-aged man fresh hope for us all.

26. The author entered the animal shelter because ____________ .

A. he wanted to buy a dog             B. it was too cold outside

C. he loves dogs and pets            D. he wanted to see the boy   

27. The reason why the dog was so scared is that _______ .

A. it had been ill-treated                 B. it was afraid of the cold

C. it was frightened by the boy            D. it was frightened by the author

28 . Why did the boy want to adopt the golden dog? 

A. Because the dog looked attractive.   B. Because his grandma also liked the dog.

C.Because the author advised him to adopt it. D.Because they had something in common.

29.The Grandma wanted the boy to adopt a dog so that ___________ .

A. his life could be easier             B. he could play balls with it

C. he could forget about his parents     D. the dog could be taken good care of

30．What can we learn from the last paragraph ?

A. The author is a kind-hearted old man.

B. Both the boy and the dog are growing healthily and happily.

C. The author enjoys watching people playing with dogs.

D. The boy’s nose has become smaller than before.
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