2012年高考英语完形填空模拟题(附详解)

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 as feeling happy. ___2___ pets offer more than 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(宇航员) on space ships, to help reduce the stress(紧张) 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___ a pet helps a child to grow up into a loving adult who feels ___19___ toward those dependent on them. Rightly we teach children to be good to their pets. They should learn, too, that pets are ___20___ for us human beings.

1. A. known              B. looked upon          C. treated                  D. kept

2. A. But                   B. However               C. So                       D. Otherwise

3. A. masters            B. owners                 C. bosses                  D. hosts

4. A. slow                 B. quick                    C. easy                     D. difficult

5. A. in time              B. on time                 C. at times                D. at no time

6. A. depend on         B. live on                  C. wait on                 D. look on

7. A. especially          B. hardly                   C. hopefully              D. entirely

8. A. it                      B. who                     C. which                  D. what

9. A. dangerous         B. necessary             C. the same               D. different

10. A. single              B. only                     C. separate                D. alone

11. A. loss                B. love                      C. trouble                 D. pleasure

12. A. ever                B. even                     C. never                   D. probably

13. A. would             B. could                    C. should                  D. must

14. A. loneliness         B. distance                C. darkness               D. weight

15. A. housewives      B. children                C. grown-ups            D. relatives

16. A. connection       B. conversation         C. touch                    D. love

17. A. die                  B. suffer                   C. cry                       D. fight

18. A. pay for           B. ask for                  C. call for                  D. care for

19. A. comfortable     B. suitable                 C. valuable                D. responsible

20. A. fit                   B. good                    C. expensive              D. bad

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