三、完形填空(每小题1分,满分10分)

A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together. Their names were John and Bobby.

John and Bobby were not   36   —they had few things except friends, but they were happy. They lit a warm fire when it was cold outside. They had food to eat when they were hungry. They were never   37   because they had each other.

John and Bobby liked to take long walks together. After their   38   ,John usually cooked dinner. John and Bobby ate dinner and then sat in front of the fire. They had a simple but happy life.

Then John developed a(n)   39   disease and died in the spring of 1858. He was placed in a grave (坟墓). After that, Bobby stood at John’s grave and shouted. “Come on, Bobby,” John’s   40   said. “It’s time to go home.” Bobby went home, but later he   41   to the grave. He sat down near John’s grave. He stayed there all night.

Bobby    42    at the grave site the next day, and the day after. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the   43   . When the weather was cold, he slept in a small house near the grave. When it was   44   he slept on the ground near John’s grave.

45  , in 1872, Bobby died, too. John’s friends buried him in a small grave near John. Why was Bobby’s grave so little? Bobby, John’s best friend, was a dog.

36. A. rich        B. lucky

C. beautiful       D. funny

37. A. lonely           B. nervous

C. worried        D. separate

38. A.work           B. rest

C. run        D. walk

39. A. serious           B. unhealthy

C. little        D. sick

40. A. friends           B. adults

C. parents        D. brothers

41. A. nodded           B. returned

C. came        D. drove

42. A. knocked          B. laughed

C. stayed        D. pointed

43. A. garden           B. grave

C. home        D. town

44. A. cool           B. warm

C. wet        D. rainy

45. A. Luckily            B. Quickly

C. Finally        D.Interestingly