单元加餐练（一）~（二）完形阅读组合练

　　加餐练(一)　完形阅读组合练

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　The basic meaning of "pet" is an animal we keep for emotional rather than economic reasons. A pet animal is __1__ as a companion, and we all need companions to keep us feeling happy. __2__ pets offer us more than mere companionship: they invite us to love and be loved. Many __3__ feel their pets understand them, for animals are __4__ to sense anger and sorrow. Often a cat or dog can comfort us __5__ when human words don't help. We feel loved, too, by the way pets __6__ us for a home, for food and drink. Dogs __7__， look up to their owners, __8__ makes them feel important and needed.

　　A pet can be something __9__ to each member of the family, another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to a(n) __10__ child, a grandchild to the elderly, but for all of us pets provide __11__ and companionship. It has __12__ been suggested that tiny pets __13__ be sent as companions to astronauts on space ships, to help reduce the stress and __14__ of space flights.

　　In this Plastic Age, when most of us live in large cities, pets are particularly important for __15__. A pet in the family keeps people in __16__ with the more natural, animal world. Seeing an animal give birth brings understanding of the naturalness of childbirth, and seeing a pet __17__ helps a child to cope with sorrow. Learning to __18__ for a pet helps a child to grow up into a loving adult who feels __19__ towards those dependent on him. Rightly we teach children to be good to their pets. They should learn, too, that pets are __20__ for us human beings.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。在我们周围，越来越多的人开始养宠物。宠物对他们而言已变成朋友、家人，是他们快乐的来源。

　　1．A.known　　　　　　 B．born

　　C．listed D．kept

　　解析：选D　宠物是被当作同伴养育的。keep意为"饲养"。

　　2．A.But B．Or

　　C．So D．Otherwise

　　解析：选A　根据上下文的意思，此处表示转折意义。选项中or表示选择意义，so表示因果意义，otherwise意为"不然的话"，都不符合此处逻辑关系。

　　3．A.masters B．owners

　　C．bosses D．hosts

　　解析：选B　根据句子的意思可知，此处指"拥有者"。A项和D项均为"主人"之意；C项指"老板"。

4．A.slow B．quick