When it comes to friends, people always know this old saying——A friend in need is a friend

When it comes to friends, people always know this old saying——A friend in need is a friend indeed. The best friend a man has in the world may him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good reputation, may our faith. A man may the money he has. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are ready to fall on their knees to do us when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of hatred when settles its cloud upon our heads. The one unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never him, the one that never proves or distrusted, is his dog.
A man’s dog stands by him in richness and in , in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the cold wind blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to ; he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encounter with the roughness of the world. He will guard the sleep of his master he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he . When wealth and reputation fall to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth, a deserted person in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his . And when the last of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends their ways, there by the grave will the dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.
【小题1】A．turn to B．submit to C．turn against D．look up【小题2】A．brought upB．come up C．grown up D．catch up【小题3】A．restore B．betray C．keep D．strengthen【小题4】A．gain B．lose C．earn D．donate【小题5】A．honor B．favorC．credit D．good【小题6】A．shadowB．successC．failureD．depression【小题7】A．accuratelyB．deliberatelyC．equallyD．absolutely【小题8】A．appreciatesB．envies C．admiresD．deserts【小题9】A．ungratefulB．unfortunate C．faithful D．considerate【小题10】A．povertyB．progress C．welfareD．wealth【小题11】A．host’s B．master’s C．landlord’sD．chief’s【小题12】A．serveB．fetch C．offerD．order【小题13】A．only ifB．in case C．even ifD．as if【小题14】A．fleesB．remainsC．ignoresD．persists【小题15】A．servingB．protectingC．spoilingD．accompanying【小题16】A．enemiesB．masters C．friendsD．acquaintances【小题17】A．sightB．sceneryC．scene D．view【小题18】A．buried B．hungC．thrownD．laid【小题19】A．forceB．loseC．pursue D．find【小题20】A．meanB．generalC．selfishD．NobleC

(答案→)C 解析：本文讲述了作者对人生的感悟，朋友会背弃自己，儿女会忘记养育之恩，只有人类忠实的朋友——狗，会时时刻刻陪在你身边，无论你富有还是贫困，健康还是疾病，即使是死亡也会守在墓旁。【小题1】考查词组。turn to变成；submit to向...提出；turn against背叛；look up仰望。根据后面“变成他的敌人”可知此处是“背叛”。故选C。【小题2】考查词组。 brought up抚养大；come up走进；grown up长大成人；catch up赶上。根据常识可知父母抚养子女长大。故选A。【小题3】考查动词。Restore回复；betray背叛；keep保持；strengthen加强。前文一直在描述好朋友会出卖自己，儿女会忘恩负义，由此可知这些都是最亲最近的人背叛了我们信任。故选B。【小题4】考查动词。Gain赚到；lose失去；earn获得；donate捐献。根据语境可知此处应是在最需要钱时，失去了他之前拥有的钱。故选B。【小题5】考查名词。Honor荣誉；favor喜爱；credit信用；good善行。句意是：我们成功时来屈膝奉承的人。此处do sb honor 意为表示敬意。故选A。【小题6】考查名词。Shadow阴影；success成功；failure失败；depression沮丧。前面提到成功时有人会屈膝逢迎，后面对比扔石头就应该在失败时。故选C。【小题7】考查副词。Accurately精确地；deliberately故意地；equally同样地；absolutely绝对地。句意是：一个人在自私的世界里所拥有的绝对不自私的朋友。只有D项符合语境。故选D。【小题8】考查动词。Appreciates欣赏；envies嫉妒；admires羡慕；deserts遗弃。句意是：从不会遗弃他，此处只有D项符合语境。故选D。【小题9】考查形容词。Ungrateful忘恩负义的；unfortunate不幸的；faithful忠实的；considerate体贴的。句意是：从未证明忘恩负义或诡异的那个--是他的狗。A相符合语境。故选A。【小题10】考查名词。Poverty贫困；progress进步；welfare福利；wealth财富。根据后文中“in health and in sickness”健康和疾病可知是反义词，故前文也是对比的反义词。故选A。【小题11】考查名词所有格。 host’s 宿主的；master’s 主人的；landlord’s 业主的；chief’s首长的。根据常识可知狗要待在主人旁边。故选B。【小题12】考查动词。Serve服务；fetch拿；offer提供；order命令。句意是：它会吻主人的手，哪怕手里没有丁点食物。根据常识可知养狗就要为狗提供食物。故选C。【小题13】考查词组。only if只要...就；in case 万一；even if即使；as if犹如，好似。句意是：纵然主人是乞丐，狗也像守护王子一样地伴随他。根据句意“主人是王子”，这是比喻。故选D。【小题14】考查动词。Flees逃走；remains留下；ignores忽视；persists坚持 。前文提到所有朋友都遗弃他，只有狗还在陪着他。故选B。【小题15】考查动名词。Serving服务；protecting保护；spoiling破坏；accompanying伴随。句意是：忠实的狗没有问他要比陪伴随行更高的特权。根据常识可知养狗做伴。故选D。【小题16】考查名词。Enemies敌人；masters主人；friends朋友；acquaintances熟人。“fight against”对抗，与...作斗争。根据语境只有A项符合。故选A。【小题17】考查名词。Sight景象；scenery风景；scene情景；view景色。sight既可以指场景、眼前看到的景观（多指人工的事物，如大建筑史迹等有名的处所），又可以指名胜、风景，只是在表示后者的含义时，必须要用复数。scenery 指某地乃至国家总的外景或外貌，尤指美丽的乡间景色。scene 指展现在眼前的情景，也可以指scenery的一部分，可与view通用，但还包括其中的人及活动在内。view 普遍用语，常指从远处或高处看到的景象，属于scenery的一部分，有时可与scene互换。因这里包括人在内的情景，C相符合语境。故选C。【小题18】考查动词。Buried埋葬；hung悬挂；thrown扔掉；laid放。根据前文提到死亡拥抱了它的主人可知主人已死，应被埋葬。故选A。【小题19】考查动词。Force强迫；lose失去；pursue追求；find发现。根据句意可知主人的其他朋友都走了，从事自己的事情了，只有狗还留在主人坟墓旁。只有C符合语意。选C。【小题20】考查形容词。Mean卑劣的；general一般的；selfish自私的；noble高贵的。阅读全文可知只有狗不会背叛主人，永远陪在主人身边，因此此处应该用赞美的词。故选D。

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