阅读下面短文,从短文后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。
When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter,he did not expect much. Yet right from the start,eight years ago,there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He ____her Inky.
“I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats ____ playmates,” Kruger,the seventy-year-old man,says. “My hearing was damaged by the ____ of farm equipment,so I learned to connect with ____.They react to what they see and what you do.”
Inky was a gentle cat,___ the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009,Inky did ____ that would set her apart from ____ cats forever.
Kruger had gone down to the basement to ____ the wood stove for the night. When he was finished,he ____ to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so,he slipped and ____ his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
____ in a pool of blood on the basement floor,Kruger felt ____ going into shock(休克).He shouted for help,___ his wife,Brenda,was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house.____ Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
“Go get Brenda,” Kruger said to Inky.
Inky ____ to the bedroom door and scratched ____ until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the ____.Brenda found her husband ____ the stairs and called 911.Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months ___ there,” says Kruger. “Although I became lame,I was blessed.” Since the accident,Inky has ____ left Kruger's side.
A.gave B.chose C.named D.remembered
A.like B.as C.except D.among
A.sound B.alarm C.noise D.voice
A.animals B.friends C.farmers D.neighbors
A.sharing B.visiting C.dividing D.discovering
A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
A.familiar B.lovely C.ordinary D.outstanding
A.shut out B.shut off C.shut down D.shut up
A.marched B.flew C.struggled D.climbed
A.bent B.hit C.shook D.pulled
A.Falling B.Lying C.Appearing D.Thinking
A.it B.itself C.him D.himself
A.and B.but C.or D.so
A.Thus B.Otherwise C.Then D.Rather
A.walked B.ran C.returned D.withdrew
A.rapidly B.suddenly C.madly D.urgently
A.bedroom B.basement C.yard D.house
A.at the bottom of B.in the middle of C.at the top of D.in the front of
A.regretting B.resting C.relaxing D.recovering
A.never B.ever C.still D.already