五、(2025·南通市海安市模拟)完形填空。
I am very thankful to the cat and he always makes me think of the time I was with him.
Five years ago，when my father was 1. ，I travelled a thousand miles from my home to be with him in his last days. I felt very 2. and it was one of the most difficult and painful times in my life. After he passed away，I was 3. in his apartment(公寓). There were so many things to 4. . I was lonely and I hated the 5. of the apartment.
But one evening the silence was broken. I heard crying outside. I 6. the door and found a little cat on the floor. He was thin and poor. I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. He ate it and then soon 7. .
The next morning，I asked the neighbours and learned that the cat had been left by his owner. His owner had moved away， 8. the little cat was there all alone，just like I was. As I walked back to the apartment，I tried to work out what to do with 9. . I had something else to do，so taking care of the cat seemed like the very 10. thing I could do. But as soon as I opened the door，he ran to me and lay 11. my feet. It was clear from that moment that he didn't want to go anywhere. I started calling him Willis in order to remember my father's best friend.
From then on，things grew 12. . With Willis，time seemed to pass much faster. 13. ，when the time came for me to return to my own home，I had to decide 14. to do about Willis. There was no way I would leave without him.
It's been five years since my father died. Over the years，several people have said I was so nice to 15. the cat. But I know that we saved each other. I may have given him a home but he gave me something greater.
1. A. brave
B. dying
C. strong
D. hopeful
2. A. excited
B. happy
C. sad
D. tired
3. A. alone
B. sleepy
C. awake
D. afraid
4. A. turn over
B. come on
C. go with
D. deal with
5. A. noise
B. silence
C. sound
D. voice
6. A. closed
B. opened
C. fixed
D. broke
7. A. ran over
B. went away
C. fell asleep
D. got up
8. A. because
B. so
C. for
D. since
9. A. him
B. her
C. me
D. them
10. A. first
B. second
C. middle
D. last
11. A. into
B. by
C. over
D. off
12. A. easier
B. harder
C. heavier
D. worse
13. A. Suddenly
B. Luckily
C. Finally
D. Surely
14. A. how
B. what
C. where
D. which
15. A. save
B. report
C. catch
D. carry
答案：五、1~5. BCADB 6~10. BCBAD 11~15. BACBA
解析：
【分析】
做完形填空首先要先通读全文，理清故事主线：本文讲述了作者在父亲离世、人生陷入低谷的阶段，偶遇被遗弃的小猫，二者互相陪伴治愈的温情故事。解题时要紧扣上下文给出的提示信息，结合语境、词义辨析、逻辑关系逐一判断选项，遇到不确定的空可以先跳过，后文往往会给出对应线索，比如后文出现的“the silence was broken”就直接对应前文第5空的答案，前后呼应就能快速锁定正确选项。
【解析】
1. 根据后文“in his last days（他最后的日子）”，可知父亲当时生命垂危，dying意为“垂死的”，符合语境，故选B。其余选项brave勇敢的、strong强壮的、hopeful有希望的均不符合父亲弥留的语境。
2. 父亲处于弥留之际，作者的情绪必然是悲伤的，sad意为“难过的”，符合语境，故选C。其余选项excited兴奋的、happy开心的、tired疲惫的均不符合此时的情绪。
3. 父亲去世之后，只剩作者独自一人留在公寓里，alone意为“独自的”，符合语境，故选A。其余选项sleepy困倦的、awake醒着的、afraid害怕的均不符合此处描述的状态。
4. 此处表达父亲离世后有大量后事需要处理，deal with意为“处理”，符合语境，故选D。其余选项turn over翻转、come on加油、go with伴随均不符合语义。
5. 根据后文“But one evening the silence was broken（一天晚上这份寂静被打破了）”的原词复现提示，可知作者此前十分讨厌公寓的寂静，silence意为“寂静”，故选B。其余选项noise噪音、sound泛指各类声音、voice指人的嗓音均不符合后文提示。
6. 作者听到外面的哭声，所以打开门查看情况，opened意为“打开”，符合语境，故选B。其余选项closed关闭、fixed修理、broke打破均不符合动作逻辑。
7. 前文提到小猫又瘦又可怜，吃完鱼之后很快就睡着了，fell asleep意为“入睡”，符合虚弱小猫吃完食物后的状态，故选C。其余选项ran over跑过去、went away走开、got up起床均不符合语境。
8. 前半句“主人搬走了”是原因，后半句“小猫独自留在这里”是结果，因果关系用so“所以”连接，故选B。其余选项because、for、since都表“因为”，引导原因状语，不符合此处前因后果的逻辑。
9. 前文一直用he指代这只小公猫，此处指代小猫用him，故选A。
10. 前文提到作者还有很多其他事要处理，所以照顾小猫看起来是他最不可能做的事，the last thing sb could do是常用表达，指某人最不愿意/最不可能做的事，符合语境，故选D。
11. 小猫跑向作者，躺在作者的脚边，by one's feet是固定搭配，意为“在某人脚边”，故选B。
12. 根据后文“With Willis, time seemed to pass much faster（有了Willis之后，时间似乎过得快多了）”，说明日子变得更容易熬过去，easier意为“更轻松的”，符合语境，故选A。其余选项harder更艰难的、heavier更沉重的、worse更糟糕的均和后文语义相反。
13. 此处表示最终到了作者要返回自己家的时刻，finally意为“最终、最后”，符合时间线逻辑，故选C。其余选项suddenly突然地、luckily幸运地、surely当然地均不符合语境。
14. 此处表达作者不得不决定要怎么安排Willis，“what to do”是固定搭配，意为“做什么”，what作do的逻辑宾语，故选B。
15. 结合后文“But I know that we saved each other（但我知道我们互相拯救了彼此）”的提示，可知旁人都说作者很善良救了这只小猫，save意为“拯救”，符合语境，故选A。其余选项report报道、catch抓住、carry携带均不符合语义。
【答案】
1~5. BCADB 6~10. BCBAD 11~15. BACBA
【知识点】
完形语境推理，词义辨析，固定搭配
【点评】
本篇属于温情叙事类完形填空，整体故事线清晰，选项以基础核心词汇为主，解题的核心技巧是利用前后文的线索呼应，比如原词复现、人物处境和情绪的对应来判断答案，不需要复杂的语法分析，适合学生锻炼上下文逻辑推理能力，积累情感类完形的解题思路。
【难度系数】
0.7
