第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。
Cats have no emotions ．At least, that's what my husband once claimed．I __16__ that my two cats experience emotions．They feel anger, fear, and __17__．He agreed with me, but __18__ his opinion that cats don't feel love．_19__, my tuxedo cat, Sebastian, would teach him otherwise．
When my next-door neighbour moved in, he had a she cat named Juliet．She was an indoor lady, always watching __20__ through the window．
Then one day when I __21__ my cat to the backyard for his playtime, Sebastian __22__ Juliet gazing at him behind the window．It soon became __23__ that they were attracted by each other．So every day thereafter, whenever I let Sebastian out, he would rush __24__ to the backyard next-door and they would sit gazing __25__ at each other through the screen, she inside, and he outside．Even my husband watched __26__, and he would murmur, "But cats can't feel love．．．can they?"
Five months later, my neighbour had to __27__ because of work．My heart sank．I wondered how Sebastian would __28__ to Juliet's leaving．
For months after Juliet moved away and the new neighbour moved in, I often __29__ Sebastian sitting by Juliet's window, looking into the apartment __30__ his lady．The new neighbour didn't mind having the "Peeping Sebastian" after I __31__ his reason for being there．
Sebastian __32___the small area outside that window as his territory． Other male cats were allowed in the __33__, but not near Juliet's window, which he guarded until his __34__．
Even now, when my husband and I walk through the backyard and see that window, he __35__ me of the lesson Sebastian taught him．．．that cats do indeed fall in love．
16．A．argued             B．quarreled     C．suggested         D．discussed
17．A．energy             B．power          C．strength           D．happiness
18．A．referred to              B．prepared for     C．stuck to           D．approved of
19．A．Therefore           B．However      C．Besides            D．Meanwhile
20．A．the environment      B．the sky        C．her owner        D．her boyfriend
21．A．forbade           B．prevented     C．accompanied    D．left
22．A．called attention to    B．caught sight of C．took charge of  D．paid a visit to
23．A．ambitious         B．doubtful      C．skeptical          D．obvious
24．A．secretly           B．straight        C．quietly             D．worriedly
25．A．lovingly          B．angrily        C．hungrily          D．greedily
26．A．in trouble         B．in sorrow     C．in amazement   D．in horror
27．A．settle             B．travel              C．apologize         D．move
28．A．react             B．reply         C．reduce             D．replace
29．A．took            B．caught         C．met             D．sensed
30．A．in place of              B．on the basis of  C．in search of      D．on account of
31．A．explained         B．requested     C．blamed            D．asked
32．A．discovered          B．reformed     C．preserved         D．marked
33．A．street             B．backyard      C．window           D．village
34．A．birthday          B．departure     C．death           D．arrival
35．A．reminds           B．informs       C．tells             D．accuses