Question

【題目】

Brendan’s best friend is Tip. They teach each other things and they look after each other. Tip has helped Brendan become more______and more caring. Brendan is a nine-year-old boy, and Tip is a ten-year-old dog. Brendan and Tip are an example of how owning a dog can have a good______on a child’s development.

Having a dog helps a child learn how to act responsibly. As a dog owner, the child must take care of the animal’s daily needs. The dog must be _____and exercised every day. A dog is completely ______ on its owner for all its needs, including the need for good health and a safe environment. Furthermore, the owner must take responsibility for the safety of the people it comes into contact with. If the child forgets any of these duties and responsibilities, or _____ a blind eye to any of the dog’s needs, the dog will suffer (遭罪). This teaches the child that his responsibility to the dog is more important than his desire (欲望) to play with his toys, talk on the phone, on watch TV. This is true not only for the care of a dog, but also for the care of oneself, another person, or one’s job.

Another lesson that a child can _____ from having a dog is empathy(同情), the ability to put oneself in another person’s, or in this case another creature’s______ and imagine that person’s or creature’s feelings or problems. A dog cannot express itself with speech, so its owner must learn how to interpret its behavior. The child must learn to understand what the dog’s behavior means. Is the dog frightened, hungry or sick? The child needs to understand what is going on in the dog’s mind. Understanding a situation from the dog’s point of view helps the child understand why the dog is behaving in a certain way and what the dog needs. The result of learning to read a dog’s behavior is that the child develops empathy. This ______ to the child becoming a more considerate and caring person.

【1】A. responsible B. valuable C. reasonable D. lovable

【2】A. effort B. effect C. difference D. experience

【3】A. taught B. trained C. fed D. controlled

【4】A. dependent B. confident C. different D. pleasant

【5】A. look B. watch C. change D. turn

【6】A. study B. learn C. give D. teach

【7】A. condition B. relation C. situation D. location

【8】A. comes B. points C. holds D. leads

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 B

【3】 C

【4】 A

【5】 D

【6】 B

【7】 C

【8】 D

【解析】

短文大意：本文是議論文，作者以Brendan and Tip的關系為例，論證了養(yǎng)狗對兒童的良好影響：一是有助于孩子學會如何負責任地行動，二是學會換位思考使孩子成為一個更體貼和關心他人的人。

【1】句意：蒂普幫助布蘭登變得更有責任感和愛心。考查形容詞辨析題。A. responsible負責任的；B. valuable有價值的；C. reasonable合理的；D. lovable可愛的。and連接并列結構，caring 有同情心的；根據(jù)and more caring，可知responsible符合句意，故選A。

【2】句意：布萊登和蒂普就是一個例子，說明養(yǎng)狗對孩子的成長有何好處�？疾槊�詞辨析題。A. effort努力；B. effect效果；C. difference差異；D. experience經(jīng)驗。根據(jù)下文Having a dog helps a child learn how to act responsibly. 養(yǎng)狗有助于孩子學會如何負責任地行動，可知是養(yǎng)狗的好處，故選B。

【3】句意：狗必須每天喂食和鍛煉�？疾閯釉~辨析題。A. taught教授；B. trained訓練；C. fed喂養(yǎng)；D. controlled控制。daily needs日常需要；根據(jù)上文As a dog owner, the child must take care of the animal’s daily needs.，可知feed（喂養(yǎng)）符合句意，故選C。

【4】句意：狗完全依賴于它的主人來滿足它的所有需要，包括對健康和安全環(huán)境的需要�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。A. dependent依賴的；B. confident有信心的；C. different不同的；D. pleasant可愛的。be dependent on依賴于，固定搭配；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選A。

【5】句意：如果孩子忘記了這些義務和責任，或者對狗的任何需要視而不見，狗就會受苦�？疾閯釉~辨析題。turn a blind eye to睜一只眼閉一只眼/熟視無睹，固定短語；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選D。

【6】句意：孩子們可以從養(yǎng)狗中學到的另一課是換位思考。考查動詞辨析題。A. study學習，偏重于鉆研；B. learn學習，偏重于了解；C. give給；D. teach教。根據(jù)句意語境，可知learn符合句意，故選B。

【7】句意：孩子們可以從養(yǎng)狗中學到的另一課是換位思考，即把自己放在另一個人的角度，或者在這個例子中是另一個動物的角度，想象那個人或動物的感受或問題�？疾槊�詞辨析題。A. condition條件；B. relation關系，聯(lián)系；C. situation（人的）情況/形勢；D. location位置，偏重于某個場所。根據(jù)句意語境，可知ABD三項意思都與句意不合，故選C。

【8】句意：這使孩子成為一個更體貼和關心他人的人�？疾閯釉~辨析題。lead to導致，把…帶到；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選D。