Cloze Test
A
I sat on the sofa on Saturday afternoon with an ear toward the door, waiting for our dog Archie to come in. He loved our yard. The
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we’d put in the yard was the best thing to keep him from going out. It was not necessary to
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Archie to keep him away from the mountain road we lived on. It was
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for animals to appear on the road because of fast traffic.
Archie had many dogs he
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with at the park where he was always excited.
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, at home he wasn抰 so happy. We joked that he was
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a lap dog (哈巴狗). He was very
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and would curl up on the floor like a fur ball right beside me while I was sitting, and kept my
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warm.
I turned my head to the window facing the road when I heard a woman call out. “Someone’s
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is in the middle of the road.” The woman called from her car. She didn’t honk (按喇叭) so as not to
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the dog. I supposed she is a real animal
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.
Wait! Archie? I ran out of the house.
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enough, there he was, sitting on the yellow line, keeping his brown head hung low as if he knew that he had made a
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. “Archie, boy, what are you doing out here? How did you get out?” I
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him up in my arms and he didn’t bark.
揑 love animals,?the woman said. 揑
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go extra slow in this neighborhood, careful to
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deer and foxes, even those little squirrels ( th松鼠). I love them all.” “I am so
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that it was you driving by. To think what could have
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if it had been anyone else,” I said.
When we got home, Archie led me to the
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in the fence, from which he went out and waited patiently while I
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it to prevent him from running out again.
1. A. door
B. cage
C. fence
D. toy
2. A. worry about
B. shout at
C. pick up
D. chain up
3. A. funny
B. difficult
C. unsafe
D. free
4. A. played
B. lived
C. met
D. dealt
5. A. However
B. Therefore
C. Besides
D. Luckily
6. A. merely
B. really
C. hardly
D. partly
7. A. weak
B. shy
C. careful
D. quiet
8. A. legs
B. hands
C. feet
D. arms
9. A. bag
B. wallet
C. child
D. dog
10. A. hit
B. attract
C. scare
D. bother
11. A. protector
B. owner
C. researcher
D. killer
12. A. Soon
B. Sure
C. Good
D. Absurd
13. A. difference
B. plan
C. wish
D. mistake
14. A. carried
B. catched
C. called
D. brought
15. A. seldom
B. always
C. never
D. occasionally
16. A. break away from
B. watch out for
C. wait for
D. look after
17. A. proud
B. confident
C. certain
D. thankful
18. A. occurred
B. formed
C. changed
D. developed
19. A. sign
B. mark
C. hole
D. crack
20. A. removed
B. repaired
C. washed
D. painted
B
My life was running smoothly last year when the universe delivered wake-up calls one after another. First, I
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my job when the magazine I edited went bankrupt (破产的). A month later, my
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landed in the intensive care unit (重症监护室). It felt as though life were
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my layers.
Not knowing what to do, I didn’t go back to my
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but drove to my parents’ house. Their vulnerability (脆弱) terrified me. I
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my father at the hospital every day, trying to
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tears as I stood awkwardly by his bed. At home, I kept myself
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, cooking, washing the dishes, and cleaning the house. One afternoon, I held my mother’s hand as she wept. Suddenly, I felt
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to have the time to be with my parents, to
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them, which I wouldn’t have been able to do
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I hadn’t lost my job.
I felt
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for this gift of time when my father returned home, for the
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things: watching TV with him, chatting with him and listening to his breathing while he slept and for my mother’s
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.
Looking back, I would never have chosen the
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of my father’s illness and losing the work I loved. But my parents’ vulnerability — and my own —
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me less these days. Gratitude (感恩) opened the gates of love — right in the midst(中间) of
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and uncertainty.
Since then, I’ve started making a
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effort to practice gratitude in some small way every day. When I do, I feel much more connected with the flow of life, instead of feeling
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in my own struggles and fears.
For me, gratitude can be a powerful
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, just as some psychologists have found that practicing gratitude can actually
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our physical and mental health.
1. A. enjoyed
B. lost
C. hated
D. accepted
2. A. mother
B. brother
C. father
D. sister
3. A. peeling
B. showing
C. protecting
D. hiding
4. A. office
B. apartment
C. store
D. company
5. A. missed
B. needed
C. called
D. visited
6. A. burst into
B. weep with
C. squeeze out
D. hold back
7. A. healthy
B. informed
C. occupied
D. silent
8. A. embarrassed
B. regretful
C. lucky
D. honored
9. A. accompany
B. find
C. train
D. choose
10. A. since
B. if
C. unless
D. until
11. A. guilty
B. angry
C. grateful
D. sorry
12. A. complex
B. small
C. exciting
D. same
13. A. attention
B. promise
C. suggestion
D. care
14. A. difficulties
B. purposes
C. opportunities
D. responsibilities
15. A. satisfied
B. frightened
C. encouraged
D. supported
16. A. ambition
B. happiness
C. helplessness
D. shyness
17. A. special
B. conscious
C. final
D. desperate
18. A. proud
B. confident
C. brave
D. alone
19. A. practice
B. attitude
C. proof
D. equipment
20. A. replace
B. limit
C. benefit
D. influence
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