1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

“Sophie would make a good therapy(治疗) dog.”

The day my dog trainer said those words, I didn’t even know what a therapy dog was. I certainly had no idea what features my little dog had that would make her a candidate. But why not, I thought, if we can help people in need of some cheering up?

Last week, I accompanied Sophie to a hospital for our first day on the job. In the year and a half I had spent getting her certified, I had learned what to expect. I would bring Sophie into a patient’s room to be a pleaser, and then we would move on. Of course, Sophie herself couldn’t understand her purpose in all of this, but she was always happy to meet new people, and that was enough.

We walked through the wide automatic sliding glass doors and into the hall, where we were met by a nurse who ran the therapy dog program at the hospital. “Welcome,” Sophie, she said. “I’ll be taking you two around today.”

I followed the nurse down the hall. Sophie trotted (小跑) along at my side, just as she had been trained. “We’re a care unit,” the nurse explained. “Most of our patients are seniors.” I knew how important it was for Sophie to be her gentlest. “She was trained and ready for this, I reminded myself.

Up ahead was an old lady making her way down the hall with a walker. A nurse walked beside her, holding on to a gait belt (步态训练带)to keep her steady. We caught up with them, but the patient remained focused on her walker. As we were passing by at a safe distance, the lady turned her walker towards a chair against the wall. “Okay, we’ll stop for a rest,” her nurse said. Once the lady was settled, she pointed a finger at Sophie, as if to say “Please bring me that dog.”

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I picked up Sophie and placed her in the lady’s lap.

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“It’s a wonder! We had thought the lady lost the ability to speak,” the nurse told me excitedly.

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3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

We had two dogs, Lucky and Lily Bit. Either of them     1     (be) our favorite. Lucky loved much freedom and tried to find chances to leave the confines (束缚) of her indoor living routine. Our     2     (solution) to the problem were not useful. Lily Bit, on the other hand, did exactly as she was told to, never losing her way and always staying close to our home except when she came under the influence of Lucky.

Whenever the two got out together, on a regular basis, they could     3     (see) out of sight, often staying away for hours. More often than not, they d arrive home near suppertime, covered in mud and leaves.

I remember one time,     4     they once again mysteriously escaped, but this time they returned with clean bodies.     5     they could return with clean bodies was what we wanted to know. A few days later, my wife made an appointment to see our neighbor Carl, who lived in a house     6     (locate) not far from ours.

“I saw your two dogs the other day,” Carl said with a smile.

“Oh, yes? I’m so sorry. They have been so good lately, so it was such a surprise when they got out. I sure hope they didn’t cause any trouble,” my wife responded to his question. “Oh, no, no trouble at all. Did you have any idea where they went?”

“No,” my wife answered.

“They attended my dog’s funeral (葬礼). Their unexpected     7     (participate) in it always puzzles me,” Carl said.

“Oh, no. I didn’t know Toby had died,” Ann said,     8     (feel) so sorry.

“Yep, it died a couple days ago. He was buried in the back lot when your two dogs came running up. They sat down not far from me and watched     9     (intent). After I finished burying him, ultimately they left.”

“Wow, that’s amazing!” my wife replied. “Toby was Lily Bit’s father, you know. Now they can’t be reunited     10     each other.”