3 . It was the day before Thanksgiving and Kaleb Benham was wandering around outside his home in Noring California. His 90-pound pit bull, Buddy, was playing around nearby, doing what dogs do: getting into trouble. And this time, Buddy was getting into a whole lot of trouble.

The unmistakable sound that no one wants to hear alone in the woods caught Benham’s attention. It was the deep, strange roar of a black bear. Benham wheeled around to see the beast, which Benham figured weighed around 350 pounds, some 100 feet away. In an instant, the bear fastened on to Buddy’s head and started dragging him away.

Benham, a thin, fit 24-year-old, took off after them. “Honestly,” he told CBS13, “the only thing I could think of was ‘save my baby’.” Sprinting, he lowered his shoulder and plowed into the bear. But it only tightened its grip on Buddy. Benham grabbed the bear by the throat. Nothing. He tried getting its mouth open, but the jaw was locked tight. Benham resorted to street fighting—punching the bear over and over around its snout and eye. It worked. The bear dropped the dog and ran off into the woods.

Buddy was in bad shape. His face was bloodied and ripped up. His ears were dangling. He had a bite mark clear through his lip and one that barely missed an eye.

“My first thought was that I was going to lose him,” Benham said. He scooped up Buddy, put him into his car, and sped off to a nearby veterinarian. Buddy’s surgery took nearly four hours. Benham watched the procedure through a window. “I just stood there,” he said, watching as Buddy’s ears were stapled back on and skin flaps were stitched, and tubes were inserted into his head to drain fluid.

This was the second time Benham had rescued Buddy, says CBS13. The first was from a shelter a few years ago. “If it was your kid, what would you do?” he asked. Nodding toward Buddy, he added, “That’s my kid.”

1. What is the text mainly about?

A．A demanding surgery.	B．A regular routine.
C．A fearless pet dog.	D．A daring rescue.

2. Why did the author mention the weight of the bear in paragraph 2?

A．To show the difficulty of the rescue.

B．To indicate the obesity of the bear.

C．To prove the excitement of Benham.

D．To describe the fear in Buddy’s heart.

3. How was the dog finally saved from the bear?

A．Benham bumped into the beast with dropped shoulder.

B．Benham forced open the beast’s mouth with locked jaw.

C．Benham crushed the beast’s mouth and nose repeatedly.

D．Benham finally conquered the beast by grabbing its throat.

4. Which word can best describe the relationship between Benham and Buddy?

A．Complicated.	B．Close.
C．Romantic.	D．Healthy.

5 . I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from crime and danger of a big city, and where teenagers like me _______leaving to find something bigger and better.

All that _______one summer night. My friend Lisa, Kim and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house. As they kept _______alcohol to me, I was pretty drunk. I asked Tyler to take me home. With some _______, we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. Kim, my friend _______we were five years old, was killed in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Kim, who was clearly more drunk than me, got into her car and _______towards the highway to go home. She was driving on the wrong side of the road and never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see her _______to avoid the car. They hit head on. Kim died immediately, and the driver was thrown _______the truck windshield (挡风玻璃) and died a week later.

Whenever I look back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my _______to drink so much that night, otherwise things would be different. I know Kim made the choice to drink and drive that night, but a part of me will always feel ________for what happened.

I may not change the world with my story, but I do hope that I can make people ________the responsibility that they have to themselves and others by ________it. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours ________. Every choice is like a stone dropped into ________water—each ripple (波纹) represents someone who your choice ________. That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?

1.

A．succeeded in

B．dreamed of

C．applied for

D．approved of

2.

A．happened

B．continued

C．changed

D．remained

3.

A．sending

B．delivering

C．taking

D．handing

4.

A．pleasure

B．difficulty

C．hope

D．method

5.

A．before

B．until

C．when

D．since

6.

A．headed

B．walked

C．pushed

D．fled

7.

A．in trouble

B．in time

C．in danger

D．in place

8.

A．above

B．below

C．into

D．through

9.

A．desire

B．fault

C．right

D．chance

10.

A．responsible

B．disappointed

C．embarrassed

D．sensitive

11.

A．explain

B．escape

C．limit

D．realize

12.

A．remembering

B．sharing

C．declaring

D．stopping

13.

A．alone

B．finally

C．apart

D．perhaps

14.

A．clean

B．deep

C．still

D．fresh

15.

A．affects

B．inspires

C．attracts

D．benefits