“So teach him to close the door , my daughter Emma responded after listening to

“So teach him to close thedoor”, my daughter Emma responded after listening to me 36   ,again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast ofBuffalo January   37   air.

Teach a dog toclose a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really   38   thing to do．But then she took a step   39   . “Comeon, Kolby”, she said, grabbing some treats（犒劳物） and   40  him in front of the open door. “Touch.” And “touch” he did, whichmoved the door to a   41   position. She 42   him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said “see!” AndI saw and became   43   . Over the last few days Ihave been with Kolby. Each time he comes in I bring him back to the   44 door and ask him to close. There have been   45   inthe beginning, but lately more and more successes.

However, thereremains much work to be done. I have to get him to follow my hand signal againand again  46   he will close the door from a distance.But, I now realize,  47  you keep to the focus, the    48   will be completed.

What a  49  treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even morewonder can be found in the  50   I learned so clearlyfrom both Emma and Kolby.

A wish is just awish until you decide to take  51  . Once you   52 the belief that it is “too hard”, then it remains “too hard ” and outof  53  . Once you want to accomplish a goal, and  54  that it is “easy”, then it becomes “easy” to do what needs to be done．Just  55   doing it.

1. A．complain          B．scream          C．worry             D．scare

2. A．thin              B．fresh           C．dirty             D．cold

3. A．interesting B．funny                 C．tough             D．possible

4. A．again             B．further         C．deeper            D．backward

5. A．pushing           B．catching        C.driving         D．positioning

6. A．stopped           B．fixed           C．closed            D．checked

7. A．rewarded          B．provided        C．offered           D．thanked

8. A．moved             B．convinced       C．concerned         D．puzzled

9. A．open              B．closed          C．broken            D．perfect

10.A．pleasures         B．experiments     C．failures          D．pauses

11. A．in case          B．even if         C．as if             D．so that

12. A．even if          B．as long as      C．inthat           D．unless

13. A．interest         B．task            C．profit            D．harmony

14. A．wonderful        B．small           C．different         D．simple

15. A．knowledge        B．skills          C．lessons           D．experience

16. A．patience         B．part            C．delight           D．action

17. A．hold on to B．pay attention to C．come up with          D．live up to

18. A．date             B．touch           C．reach             D．power

19. A．prove            B．decide          C．approve           D．realize

20. A．imagine          B．start           C．keep              D．enjoy

试题答案

【答案】

1.A           

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A          

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.A           

18.C

19.B

20.B

【解析】 略