It's about 250 miles from the hills of central Iowa to Ehlers’ home in Minnesota. During the long trip home,following a weekend of hunting. Ehlers（41）about the small dog he had seen（42）alongside the road. He had（43）to coax the dog to him but, frightened, it had（44）.
Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that（45）dog. So, four days later, he called his friend Greg，and the two drove（46）After a long and careful（47），Greg saw, across a field, the dog_ moving（48）away. Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to him. Nervousness and fear were replaced with（49）. It just started licking Ehlers’ face.
A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one（50）as lost in the local paper. The ad had a（51）number for a town in southern Michigan. Ehlers（52）the number of Jeff and Lisa to tell them he had their dog.
Jeff had（54）in Iowa before Thanksgiving with his dog，Rosie， but the gun shots had scared the dog off. Jeff searched（55）for Rosie in the next four days.
Ehlers returned to Minnesota, and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on a flight to Michigan. “It's good to know there's still someone out there who（56）enough to go to that kind of（57）”says Lisaof Ehlers’ rescue（58）.
“I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as（59）to it as I am to my dogs,”says Ehlers. “If it had been my dog， I'd hope that somebody would be（60）to go that extra mile."
41、C
A、read
B、forgot
C、thought
D、heard
42、B
A、fighting
B、trembling
C、eating
D、sleeping
43、A
A、tried
B、agreed
C、promised
D、regretted
44、D
A、calmed down
B、stood up
C、rolled over
D、run off
45、C
A、injured
B、stolen
C、lost
D、rescued
46、C
A、home
B、past
C、back
D、on
47、D
A、preparation
B、explanation
C、test
D、search
48、A
A、cautiously
B、casually
C、skillfully
D、angrily
49、B
A、surprise
B、joy
C、hesitation
D、anxiety
50、B
A、predicted
B、advertised
C、believed
D、recorded
51、B
A、house .
B、phone
C、street
D、car
52、A
A、called .
B、copied
C、counted
D、remembered
53、C
A、fed
B、adopted
C、found
D、cured
54、A
A、hunted
B、skied
C、lived
D、worked
55、D
A、on purpose
B、on time
C、in turn
D、in vain
56、A
A、cares
B、sees .
C、suffers
D、learns
57、B
A、place
B、trouble
C、waste
D、extreme
58、C
A、service
B、plan
C、effort
D、team
59、D
A、equal .
B、allergic
C、grateful
D、close
60、D
A、suitable
B、proud
C、wise
D、willing
[41题详解]考查动词词义辨析。根据下文Ehlers和朋友一-起去找那只狗可知，此处是指Ehlers一直在想关于那只狗的事，故选C。
[42题详解]考查动词词义辨析。根据下文作者去哄小狗可知，这只狗是在路边发抖，故选B。
[43题详解]考查动词词义辨析。根据下文可知，他在尽力哄那只狗，try to do st尽力做某事。故选A。
[44题详解]考查动词短语辨析。他在尽力哄那只狗，可是它很害怕，所以此处是指那只狗被吓跑了。故选D。
[45题详解]考查形容词词义辨析。根据下文可知，这只狗是别人丢失的，因此此处用lost“丢失”。故选C。
[46题详解]考查副词词义辨析。句意:因此，四天后，Ehlers给他的朋友Greg打电话，他们俩又驱车返回。根据上文可知，此处是指他们又返回到之前见到那只走失的狗的地方，故选C。
[47题详解]考查名词词义辨析。根据下文Greg在越过田野的地方看到了那只小狗可知，此处是指他们在仔细寻找小狗，故选D。
[48题详解]考查副词词义辨析。根据文中提到的frightened, nervousness, fea等词并结合上文，并根据下文Ehlers最终成功安抚了它可知，小狗非常的谨慎小心。故选A。
[49题详解]考查名词词义辨析。根据下文小狗开始舔Ehlers 的脸可知，它不再害怕，而是很开心，故选B。
[50题详解]考查动词词义辨析。句意：当地的一个农民告诉他们，这听起来像是当地报纸上刊登的那只丢失的狗。根据本句的in the local paper及 语境可知，此处是指在报纸上刊登的。故选B。
[51题详解]考查名词词义辨析。根据下文Ehlers给狗的主人打电话可知，此处是指广告上有电话号码，故选B。
[52题详解]考查动词词义辨析。根据上下文语境可知，此处是指Ehlers给Jeff 和Lisa (狗的主人)打了电话，故选A。
[53题详解]考查动词词义辨析。根据上下文语境可知, Ehlers给他们打电话是要告知他找到了他们的狗，故选C。
[54题详解]考查动词词义辨析。根据下文狗听到枪声吓跑了可知，此处是指Jeff 带着狗在打猎，故选A。
[55题详解]考查介词短语辨析。根据上文Ehlers找到的Jeff的狗可知，Jeff在狗丢失后没有找到他的狗，故选D。
[56题详解]考查动词词义辨析。句意：很高兴知道还有那么一个人，他足够关心你，会去做这样麻烦的事。根据上文可知，此处是指Ehlers 对狗足够关心，故选A。
[57题详解]考查名词词义辨析。根据上文Ehlers开车把那只小狗Rosie送到100英里远的机场，把它航空托运到密歇根可知，这是件很麻烦的事情，故选B。
[58题详解]考查名词词义辨析。根据上文可知，此处是指Lisa在评论Ehlers帮助他们找回狗付出的努力，故选C。
[59题详解]考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我想无论是谁丢了狗，可能就像我亲近我的狗一样亲近它。根据下文Ehlers说的话可知，此处是指他对待那只狗就像对自己的狗一样。故选D。
[60题详解]考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我希望有人愿意付出更多的努力。根据上文语境可知，此处是表达他希望面对这样的事情，大家能愿意去付出更多努力去帮忙，be willing to d乐意做某事。故选D。