A boy, about 10 years old, got to my clinic with his sick cat for cure. Thc cat was a tiny beautiful thing, about the boy's own  36  . I could see she was  37   very strong and lovely with the fur of a 38   and Tigress was her name. She  39  me with a friendly nub against my hand.
I  40   her and found a tumor(肿瘤). She had no 41  of recovery. I looked at the fresh-faced boy and back at Tigress. I began to 42  pity on the boy. At such a young age, he had to face to part with his beloved one.
I told him as 43 as I could what I had found, and what it meant. The boy's face twisted (扭曲) and turned away. I sat down and 44  Tigress to give the boy some time to recover. I felt Tigress's old beautiful fur 45  we discussed the possible choice with him: I could give her an operation, which would be very  46   and would not make her live longer than a month, or an  injection and put her to sleep.
After some time, the boy accepted the reality.  "I've seen her 47 recently, so I'd like her to die peacefully." I could see  how  48   it was costing him in making such a 49  .
I asked if he wanted to take her home overnight to say goodbye. He said he just wanted to be 50   with her for a few minutes. I went to get the 51 which I would use to put her to sleep. I could not control the  52  streaming down my face.
She fell asleep, her head  53   in his hand, lovely and quiet, but her owner now had all the 54  . "This is the finest  55   you could give. You bear the pain so that the loved one might rest." The boy nodded and he understood.

A．age B．child C．baby D．size

A．always B．now C．once D．often

A．tiger B．animal C．cat D．dog

A．nodded B．greeted C．looked at D．saw

A．saw B．felt C．rubbed D．examined

A．give B．want C．feel D．take

A．possible B．gently C．long D．soon

A．turned away B．turned to C．turned down D．turned in

A．after B．before C．while D．because

A．expensive B．simple C．cheap D．quick

A．starve B．change C．play D．suffer

A．long B．often C．much D．soon

A．way B．effort C．leap D．decision

A．lonely B．alone C．sad D．glad

A．gift B．knife C．medicine D．operation

A．tears B．heart C．feeling D．emotion

A．shaking B．nodding C．turning D．lying

A．relief B．suffering C．sleep D．fun

A．gift B．injection C．examination D．treatment