My grandmother became a widow in 1970. Shortly after that, we went to the
shelter to pick out a dog to keep her
. Grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye.
these spots, the dog was named Penny.
Grandma and Penny quickly became very
to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later
Grandma had a stroke（中风）. Grandma could no longer
, so when she came home from the hospital, she and Penny were
companions.
After her stroke, it became a real
for Grandma to let Penny in and out because
was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism（机械装置）using a rope and pulley（滑轮）was
from the door to a handle at the top of the stairs. Grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. If the store was
Penny’s favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us
Penny browned beef with potatoes in it. I can remember
my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.
As the years passed, it was not
for Grandma and Penny to separate each other. If Grandma went to take her nap（打盹）, Penny stayed by her side until she
. As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she
on the rug （垫子）beside the bed. If Grandma went into the
, Penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her
to the bed or chair. Grandma never went anywhere without her
_ companion by her side.
The time came when both my grandmother’s and Penny’s
were failing fast. After fifteen years of loving companionship, Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.
| 小题1: | | A．animal | B．toy | C．fish | D．bird |
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| 小题2: | | A．business | B．firm | C．company | D．friend |
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| 小题3: | | A．In spite of | B．Because of | C．Instead of | D．In front of |
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| 小题4: | | A．linked | B．fastened | C．attached | D．tied |
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| 小题5: | | A．before | B．while | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题6: | | A．think | B．speak | C．work | D．study |
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| 小题7: | | A．contrary | B．content | C．confident | D．constant |
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| 小题8: | | A．problem | B．question | C．practice | D．rule |
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| 小题9: | | A．the door | B．Grandma | C．the window | D．Penny |
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| 小题10: | | A．repaired | B．fixed | C．bought | D．loaded |
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| 小题11: | | A．out of | B．ahead of | C．away from | D．apart from |
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| 小题12: | | A．show | B．hand | C．borrow | D．cook |
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| 小题13: | | A．drawing attention to | B．making use of | | C．breaking away from | D．making fun of |
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| 小题14: | | A．necessary | B．possible | C．important | D．convenient |
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| 小题15: | | A．recovered | B．awoke | C．slept | D．screamed |
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| 小题16: | | A．rolled | B．stood | C．waited | D．lay |
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| 小题17: | | A．reading room | B．bedroom | C．shop | D．bathroom |
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| 小题19: | | A．splendid | B．remote | C．faithful | D．legal |
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| 小题20: | | A．smell | B．health | C．habit | D．living |
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