第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My grandmother became a widow in 1970. Shortly after that, we went to the  36  shelter to pick out a dog to keep her  37 . Grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye.  38  these spots, the dog was named Penny.
Grandma and Penny quickly became very  39  to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later  40 Grandma had a stroke（中风）. Grandma could no longer
41  , so when she came home from the hospital, she and Penny were  42  companions.
After her stroke, it became a real  43  for Grandma to let Penny in and out because  44 was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism（机械装置）using a rope and pulley（滑轮）was   45  from the door to a handle at the top of the stairs. Grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. If the store was   46 Penny’s favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us  47  Penny browned beef with potatoes in it. I can remember   48  my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.
As the years passed, it was not  49  for Grandma and Penny to separate each other. If Grandma went to take her nap（打盹）, Penny stayed by her side until she  50 . As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she   51  on the rug （垫子）beside the bed. If Grandma went into the   52 , Penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her   53  to the bed or chair. Grandma never went anywhere without her   54 companion by her side.
The time came when both my grandmother’s and Penny’s   55  were failing fast. After fifteen years of loving companionship, Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.
36．A．animal      B．toy    C．fish   D．bird
37．A．business    B．firm  C．company   D．friend
38．A．In spite of B．Because of       C．Instead of D．In front of
39．A．linked      B．fastened    C．attached    D．tied
40．A．before      B．while C．until  D．when
41．A．think B．speak C．work D．walk
42．A．contrary   B．content     C．confident  D．constant
43．A．problem   B．question    C．practice    D．rule
44．A．the door   B．Grandma  C．the window      D．Penny
45．A．repaired    B．fixed C．bought      D．loaded
46．A． out of      B．ahead of   C．away from       D．apart from
47．A．show B．hand  C．buy   D．cook
48．A．drawing attention to B．making use of 
C．breaking away from D．making fun of
49．A．necessary  B．possible    C．important  D．convenient
50．A．recovered B．awoke      C．slept  D．screamed
51．A．rolled       B．stood C．waited      D．lay
52．A．kitchen     B．bedroom   C．living-room     D．bathroom
53．A．back  B．up     C．off    D．down
54．A．splendid   B．remote      C．faithful     D．legal
55．A．smell B．health       C．habit D．living