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【題目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給)

I’ve always known that dogs are intelligent animals, but even I was surprised when I heard about a dog called Red, at the Battersea Dogs’ Home in London.

The Home has been caring for lost and unwanted animals for over 140 years. R【1】, the staff there got a shock when they came to work in the morning. They found that some of the dogs had got out of their kennels during the night, opened cupboards and taken out food and toys. And it happened again, and again. The manager, Becky Blackmore, d【2】 that the only way to solve the mystery was to put in cameras to record how the dogs were getting out.

When she and her staff played back the recording, they saw Red, a three-year old lurcher, put his nose through the bars of his kennel and use his teeth to press the button that opened his door. That was c【3】 enough, but Red did more: he unlocked the kennels next to his and let those dogs out too. The group went along the corridor, broke into cupboards and s【4】 dog biscuits and toys to play with.

Becky Blackmore said, ‘It’s surprising, because lurchers aren’t famous for their intelligence. It’s a【5】 that he worked out how to open his own kennel, but also that he then let all his friends out.’ Like most of us, I suppose, Red didn’t like to have a party a【6】!

Red, a lurcher, opening a kennel

The story has a happy ending: after Red was shown on television, several people came forward and offered to give him a new home as a family pet. ‘We are very happy about this,’ said a member of staff at the Dogs’ Home. ‘Lurchers are usually difficult to find homes for. When Red arrived here four months ago, he was very thin and in poor c【7】. Now he can look forward to a comfortable new life with an owner who wants him.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Recently

【2】decided

【3】clever

【4】stole

【5】amazing

【6】alone

【7】condition

【解析】

文章主要講述狗的聰明：通過(guò)Red將自己的狗屋打開(kāi)并放出其同伴這件事來(lái)說(shuō)明狗聰明。

【1】句意：最近，那里的工作人員早上來(lái)上班時(shí)大吃一驚。

副詞放在句首修飾整個(gè)句子，一般加逗號(hào)；recently最近，副詞，符合語(yǔ)境，句首單詞大寫(xiě)。故填Recently。

【2】句意：經(jīng)理Becky Blackmore決定唯一能解開(kāi)謎團(tuán)的方法就是裝上攝像機(jī)記錄狗怎么跑出來(lái)的。

通讀全文可知，句子時(shí)態(tài)是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，故空格處應(yīng)是動(dòng)詞過(guò)去式；decide決定，符合句意，過(guò)去式decided。故填decided。

【3】句意：那足夠聰明，但Red做得更多。

“was”是be動(dòng)詞，故空格處應(yīng)是形容詞；enough修飾形容詞時(shí)，放在形容詞后面；根據(jù)前文“they saw Red, a three-year old lurcher, put his nose through the bars of his kennel and use his teeth to press the button that opened his door”可知，Red非常聰明。故填clever。

【4】句意：一群狗沿著走廊走，闖進(jìn)了碗櫥，偷狗餅干和玩具玩。

and表示并列關(guān)系；根據(jù)“The group went along the corridor, broke into cupboards”可知，動(dòng)詞用過(guò)去式，此處也用動(dòng)詞過(guò)去式；steal偷，符合句意，過(guò)去式stole。故填stole。

【5】句意：他能自己開(kāi)狗窩真是太令人驚奇，但他也讓所有的朋友都出去。

“It's+ adj. +that從句.”句型常用來(lái)說(shuō)明對(duì)某事的感受；根據(jù)“he worked out how to open his own kennel”可知，應(yīng)是令人驚奇的。故填amazing。

【6】句意：我想，和我們大多數(shù)人一樣，Red不喜歡獨(dú)自開(kāi)派對(duì)。

根據(jù)前文“he then let all his friends out他讓所有的朋友都出去”可判斷，Red不喜歡獨(dú)自開(kāi)派對(duì)。alone單獨(dú)，符合語(yǔ)境。故填alone。

【7】句意：四個(gè)月前Red到這里時(shí)，他很瘦，情況很差。

in...condition表示“處于……狀態(tài)或情況”，固定搭配；in poor condition情況很差。故填condition。

通讀全文，從整體上感知全文，理解文章大意，結(jié)合所學(xué)知識(shí)及首字母提示，做出正確答案。例如小題6，in...condition表示“處于……狀態(tài)或情況”，固定搭配；in poor condition情況很差。故填condition。