二、完形填空。(共 15 小题；每小题 1 分,满分 15 分)(2025·江苏扬州广陵区期末)
阅读下面短文,从短文后每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Bill Bowell always felt sad. The doctor gave him some 1, but it didn’t help. He even couldn’t work for a long time. Then he decided to 2 with dolphins.
“My life has changed,” says Bowell. “A 3 named Simo looked into my eyes for a few minutes and started to cry. All my strong feelings came out 4 like a volcano(火山). When I cried, Simo put his head on my chest(胸部) and kept very quiet.” After swimming with dolphins, Bowell says he has fully got 5.
In France, a man had to move to a new place because of his new job. He had a dog and a cat, and he loved 6 both. But he thought that the cat would like to stay in the same house with the new owner. So he moved and took only the 7.
About three weeks later, the dog was 8. The man was very worried and sad. For several days, he 9 his dog, but didn’t find him. Seven weeks later, the dog 10 but he wasn’t by himself. The cat was right there beside him. They were tired and hungry after their long trip, and there was 11 wrong with the cat’s paws. But they got well quickly and were 12 separated(分离) again.
People say that fish are cold, 13 this story shows that they have feelings too. A friend was moving to another country, so I took her pet goldfish and put it in a fish tank with 14 goldfish. They lived together for six months. When the friend came back, she took her goldfish home. I found that my goldfish was 15, hitting against the side of the fish tank. The next morning, he was dead.
Later that day, my friend phoned to say that her goldfish was also dead. I believe they died of a broken heart.
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B
)1. A. food B. medicine C. exercise D. rest
(
A
)2. A. swim B. run C. fight D. jump
(
B
)3. A. fish B. dolphin C. dog D. cat
(
D
)4. A. luckily B. angrily C. sadly D. suddenly
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C
)5. A. sick B. angry C. well D. bad
(
A
)6. A. them B. it C. him D. her
(
B
)7. A. cat B. dog C. dolphin D. fish
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D
)8. A. dead B. tired C. hurt D. lost
(
C
)9. A. left for B. waited for C. looked for D. paid for
(
A
)10. A. came back B. ran away C. barked sadly D. jumped high
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C
)11. A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything
(
B
)12. A. always B. never C. seldom D. often
(
D
)13. A. because B. so C. and D. but
(
A
)14. A. my B. their C. his D. her
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D
)15. A. lazy B. cold C. free D. strange
