My grandmother became a widow in 1970. Shortly after that, we went to the
shelter to pick out a dog to keep her
. Grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye.
these spots, the dog was named Penny.
Grandma and Penny quickly became very
to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later
Grandma had a stroke（中風(fēng)）. Grandma could no longer
, so when she came home from the hospital, she and Penny were
companions.
After her stroke, it became a real
for Grandma to let Penny in and out because
was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism（機(jī)械裝置）using a rope and pulley（滑輪）was
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
Penny’s favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us
Penny browned beef with potatoes in it. I can remember
my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.
As the years passed, it was not
for Grandma and Penny to separate each other. If Grandma went to take her nap（打盹）, Penny stayed by her side until she
. As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she
on the rug （墊子）beside the bed. If Grandma went into the
, Penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her
to the bed or chair. Grandma never went anywhere without her
_ companion by her side.
The time came when both my grandmother’s and Penny’s
were failing fast. After fifteen years of loving companionship, Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.
| 小題1: | | A．a(chǎn)nimal | B．toy | C．fish | D．bird |
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| 小題2: | | A．business | B．firm | C．company | D．friend |
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| 小題3: | | A．In spite of | B．Because of | C．Instead of | D．In front of |
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| 小題4: | | A．linked | B．fastened | C．a(chǎn)ttached | D．tied |
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| 小題5: | | A．before | B．while | C．until | D．when |
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| 小題6: | | A．think | B．speak | C．work | D．study |
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| 小題7: | | A．contrary | B．content | C．confident | D．constant |
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| 小題8: | | A．problem | B．question | C．practice | D．rule |
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| 小題9: | | A．the door | B．Grandma | C．the window | D．Penny |
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| 小題10: | | A．repaired | B．fixed | C．bought | D．loaded |
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| 小題11: | | A．out of | B．a(chǎn)head of | C．a(chǎn)way from | D．a(chǎn)part from |
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| 小題12: | | A．show | B．hand | C．borrow | D．cook |
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| 小題13: | | A．drawing attention to | B．making use of | | C．breaking away from | D．making fun of |
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| 小題14: | | A．necessary | B．possible | C．important | D．convenient |
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| 小題15: | | A．recovered | B．a(chǎn)woke | C．slept | D．screamed |
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| 小題16: | | A．rolled | B．stood | C．waited | D．lay |
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| 小題17: | | A．reading room | B．bedroom | C．shop | D．bathroom |
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| 小題19: | | A．splendid | B．remote | C．faithful | D．legal |
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| 小題20: | | A．smell | B．health | C．habit | D．living |
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