第三节 完形填空（共20小题，计分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21_￣40各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
Lulu is a brave pet in our shelter．As you know, there are a lot of forest fires during the summer season．Many forests are badly __21__ by fire each year．Not far from our shelter, a forest caught fire during this hot summer．We were in a heatwave which had been  22  for three days．
Lulu rushed towards the forest where flames sent out a terrible  23  ．I no longer had any hope that Lulu would come  24  to the shelter．In fact, I was waiting for the firemen to announce his 25_  in the forest, when suddenly, a fireman burst into my shelter and   26   me that my dog Lulu had  27__ to save four kittens who were trapped by the flames．According to the fireman, Lulu seized the kittens, one by one moving them to a  28_ place．I immediately accompanied the fireman to the forest to  29_ the rescued kittens．When we arrived at the  30  of the incident, we found Lulu was not  31  . Then we heard the  32  of a dog came from the forest barking furiously．I  33  it was my dog Lulu．The fireman followed the tracks of the dog until we found him barking  34  by the side of an injured fireman who was lying on the ground and desperately   35  rescue．Thanks to Lulu, four kittens and a fireman were saved．
That day, I was very__36__of Lulu for his two heroic  37  toward the kittens and the fireman．Lulu showed much compassion (同情) for both    38  like him and for a human being who was trying to  39  the fire with his colleagues．
This true story of genuine(真诚的) love and compassion shows us that pets are loving,  40  and compassionate．We should love and protect them．One day they could do us a good turn．
21．A．damaged                B．injured                   C．wounded                D．hurt
22．A．taking on            B．coming on            C．going on              D．keeping on
23．A．heat                    B．energy                 C．fever                   D．burn
24．A．by                      B．round                  C．up                      D．back
25．A．return                  B．honour               C．death                   D．action
26．A．warned                B．informed                C．communicated      D．gave
27．A．tried                    B．wanted                   C．managed              D．failed
28．A．safe                     B．cool                     C．lonely                    D．beautiful
29．A．pick out                 B．pick up                  C．bring on                 D．bring up
30．A．scene                     B．position                C．situation               D．view
31．A．here                             B．out                        C．in                          D．there
32．A．voice                     B．noise                     C．accent                  D．sound
33．A．acknowledged               B．recognized            C．heard                     D．listened
34．A．heavily                  B．strongly                 C．loudly                  D．happily
35．A．waiting for             B．searching for           C．asking for             D．looking for
36．A．surprised                B．satisfied                 C．shamed                  D．proud
37．A．things                    B．actions                   C．sayings                   D．reactions
38．A．fireman                B．animals                  C．people                   D．persons
39．A．put off                   B．put away              C．put up                    D．put out
40．A．careful                   B．careless                C．caring                  D．carefree