三、(2025·南通市第二初级中学模拟)词汇运用。
Thirty years ago, I fell in love with a dog 1.
named
(name) Cookie. Though it was hard for me 2.
to add
(add) another mouth to feed, I never gave it a 3.
second
(two) thought.
Cookie could 4.
quickly
(quick) connect(联系) seeing my bags spread across the bed with my leaving on a trip. She was also good at showing unhappiness with her tail, 5.
trying
(try) to make me stay.
When I came back home and wrote my stories, she always sat next to my desk and we could have conversations about where I'd been and what I'd seen. We communicated with each other. Only animals and those who love them can. I often read what I'd written to her. If she turned away to start 6.
cleaning
(clean) a paw, I knew I had to improve my story. Of course, she didn't understand what I was really writing. But this kind of communication with her was my way of pushing a story to a 7.
higher
(high) level.
She inspired(激发) me to make up many stories and became my partner in my travels. In this way, we travelled together. Some readers may think it impossible to have such a relationship, but dog 8.
owners
(own) like me will know it's true and understand.
Today I am still a travel writer. My heart is 9.
broken
(break) because Cookie left me forever. Like many old friends, she and I had shared much over the years. I miss her so much and I am also thankful to her for 10.
being
(be) at my side for all those years, listening and simply loving.
It doesn't matter if she never understood a word I had said. She was my travel partner and always will be.