I was late for the school bus and rushing to get ready. My dog, Tippy, got to the front door and lay down in front of it – his way of asking to be petted. I___36___his begging for affection (喜爱), hurdled over him and ran for the waiting bus.
   ___37___, that afternoon, when I came home, Mom said to me___38___, “Honey, I have some___39___news that I need to tell you. This morning, while you were at school, Tippy was hit by a car and___40___. I’m so sorry.”
   “No! It’s not true!” I was___41___. I couldn’t believe her. “Tippy, come here! Come on, boy!” I called and called for him. I waited. He didn’t come. Feeling___42___, I wandered into the living room. I didn’t cry that night. I still couldn’t believe that he was___43___.
   When I got off the bus the next day, the___44___at home was deafening. Finally, my sobs (哭泣) bubbled up and erupted (喷发) like lava (熔岩) from a volcano. I couldn’t stop___45___. I hadn’t even petted him when I left.___46___could I have known that was my last chance? I cried until I felt empty inside.
   Time passed, and against my will, I started to___47___some things. I realized what little control any of us have over what happens ___48___ a dog. We can do everything right, but___49___things can still happen. But good things can happen too. That’s___50___. The best way to deal with the hard times is to___51___what you need to do to get through them when they come, and to remember that hard times always___52___.
   I now deeply understand the “circle of life”. Everyone is born, everyone___53___, and that’s the way it is. If dogs never died, there would be no___54___for others like Belle – my new dog.
   Best of all, I realized that Tippy___55___all of my good memories of him. And they come to me every time I call!

36. A. met                 B. ignored           C. promised                 D. preferred
37. A. However            B. Besides       C. Therefore                D. Finally
38. A. excitedly            B. quickly            C. nervously                D. seriously
39. A. good                  B. sad                 C. dull                         D. happy
40. A. escaped              B. wounded         C. killed                       D. knocked
41. A. in disagreement   B. in anger           C. in silence                 D. in shock
42. A. lost                 B. sleepy            C. crazy                             D. uncertain
43. A. gone                  B. missing          C. alive                        D. stolen
44. A. noise                  B. quarrel                  C. silence                     D. sound
45. A. waiting               B. crying             C. thinking                   D. expecting
46. A. Why                 B. What              C. Which                     D. How
47. A. forget                B. recall              C. understand               D. change
48. A. to                          B. about          C. out                          D. into
49. A. surprising           B. bad                C. amazing                   D. amusing
50. A. nature                B. human            C. life                          D. rule
51. A. figure out            B. picked out      C. try out                     D. put out
52. A. disappear            B. overcome       C. help                        D. pass
53. A. grows                B. lives               C. suffers                    D. dies
54. A. chance                      B. room              C. possibility                D. doubt
55. A. thought of           B. brought up      C. left behind                      D. picked up

 Mary is sure to find us easily, for she has a very good sense of _______.

   A. identity                 B. feeling        C. memory        D. direction

 The policeman asked ______ with the old man .  

A. what the matter was      B. what was the matter  

C. what matter was         D. what was the wrong

 --- We are getting married!    

--- _______

   A. Congratulations!           B. You are really happy!        

C. Oh, really?                D. Congratulate!

 _______ the improvement of her spoken English, she practices speaking it whenever she has the chance.

A. In order to       B. So as to      C. For      D. In order that

 The field research will take Joan and Paul about five months; it will be a long time _____ we meet them again.

   A. before           B. after          C. since          D. when

 It was the third time that this question _______ at the meeting.

   A. had come up       B. was come up        C. has come up       D. is come up

It is a good quality for a person to keep _______ when facing threats (威胁).       

A. quiet                   B. calm          C. still             D. silent

 While ______ out of the window, I saw my father walking the dog in the garden.

 A. look             B. looks          C. looking            D. looked

 ---Please _______ us in the discussion.

---I’d like to, but I’m _______ busy at the moment.

A. attend; too much                      B. join; far too

C. take part in; much too        D. join; too much