该镇居民被警告有洪水泛滥的危险。

　　4．Talk quietly in the reading room in order not_to_disturb_others.

　　在阅览室里，不要大声说话，以免打扰别人。

　　5．No one can force_you_into_doing/to_do what you don't like to.

　　没有人可以强迫你去做你不喜欢的事情。

　　Ⅳ.完形填空

　　Each year around Christmastime, I think back to the homeless dog that appeared at the family farm. His visit became a gift of __1__ that my family still talks about.

　　It was a few days after Christmas in 1999. A __2__ dog wandered onto the front porch (走廊) and __3__ in as if he'd lived here all his life. He quickly decided that his __4__ was to guard the house against squirrels. Every time he saw __5__， he'd bound off past the garden to the trees, __6__ at the top of his lungs. Then he'd walk back to his position on the __7__， ever vigilant (警惕的)．

　　Inside, the house was full of __8__. My 91­year­old father­in­law, Jim Cravens, was seriously ill. The family had all __9__ to see to his care, to cook and to welcome __10__. Jim and his wife, Dorothy, were beloved ones of the community (社区). Whenever anyone __11__ the house to do anything or walk next door to my brother­in­law's house, the black dog followed. He would __12__ wait until we were done, follow us home __13__ lie down on the porch.

　　This __14__ visitor gave us something new to talk about. Whose dog was he? Did someone __15__ along the road? Did he __16__ to stay? Anyway, it would be dark soon, and he would be __17__ on the winter night. Jim sat in the rocking chair by the front window where he could __18__ the happy black dog's comings and goings.

　　My __19__ said he wanted to live long enough to see the new millennium (千禧年), and he did. He __20__ away on January 2. That was the day the black dog left.

　　Later we heard that he was a rescued dog about a mile and a half from the farm. They named him Bogart.

　　语篇解读：作者的岳父病重时，一只无家可归的狗的到来给老人及作者的家人带来了许多慰藉。

　　1．A.surprise　　　　　　 B．comfort

　　C．disaster D．decision

　　解析：选B　根据全文内容可推知，这只狗给全家人带来了安慰，故选B。

　　2．A.white B．yellow

　　C．black D．brown

　　解析：选C　根据第三段的"the black dog followed"可知，那只狗是黑色的。

　　3．A.settled B．walked

C．ran D．slept