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话题： 通过对待宠物识人
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You can tell a lot about a man by how he treats his dogs.
For many years, I enjoyed living with my dogs, Tilly and Chance. Their 1 was nearly enough to keep my loneliness at bay. Nearly. Last year, I started dating, but with 2 . When I first dated Steve, I 3 he had a dog, Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was 4 that he was an animal lover, I 5 that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack 6 , the cat.
The next week we 7 our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we paused to catch our 8 , Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing （ 求婚 ）? I liked him too, but so 9 ? He poured water from a bottle into his hand and offered it to my dogs. 10 , I began to fall for him.
We 11 to date, though neither of us brought up the future. And then in late November, Tilly had an operation on her 12 . I took the dogs out four times a day, and I worried that Tilly 13 climbing the stairs could reopen the wound. Then Steve 14 his house. All worked 15 . The three dogs formed a pack that, with coaching, 16 Flora’s space; Steve and I formed a good team 17 for Tilly. We made good housemates.
A year later, much to my 18 , this man produced a little box with a ring and proposed to me. He did not kneel （ 跪 ） down, nor did I 19 him to. That’s only for giving 20 to the dogs that brought us together.
1. A. ownership B. membership C. companionship D. leadership
2. A. reservations B. expectations C. confidence D. prejudice
3. A. feared B. doubted C. hoped D. learned
4. A. unsatisfied B. amused C. terrified D. thrilled
5. A. predicted B. worried C. regretted D. insisted
6. A. Flora B. Chance C. Molly D. Tilly
7. A. tied B. walked C. bathed D. fed
8. A. breath B. balance C. attention D. imagination
9. A. calm B. sure C. soon D. real
10. A. By the way B. In that case C. By all means D. In that moment
11. A. continued B. decided C. intended D. pretended
12. A. eye B. tail C. ear D. leg
13. A. secretly B. constantly C. eventually D. unwillingly
14. A. left B. sold C. suggested D. searched
15. A. late B. hard C. fine D. free
16. A. emptied B. respected C. occupied D. discovered
17. A. looking B. caring C. waiting D. calling
18. A. delight B. credit C. interest D. disadvantage
19. A. beg B. trust C. need D. aid
20. A. toys B. awards C. food D. water