turn

budget

schedule

connection

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们不得不搬到弗吉尼亚，但他们的预算非常紧张。A. turn 转折点；B. budget 预算；C. schedule 时间表；D. connection 联系。根据 “They could not afford to pay for                  for their dog, Tiffy,” 可知，这个家庭的预算非常紧张。故选B。

food

shelter

medicine

transportation

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们付不起他们的狗Tiffy的交通费，又非常想带她一起走。A. food 食物；B. shelter 庇护；C. medicine 药；D. transportation 交通。根据 “They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight                 .” 及下文可知，这个家庭的预算非常紧张，所以付不起他们的狗Tiffy的交通费。故选D。

desperately

temporarily

secretly

originally

考查副词词义辨析。句意：他们付不起他们的狗Tiffy的交通费，又非常想带她一起走。A. desperately 非常、拼命地；B. temporarily 暂时地；C. secretly 秘密地；D. originally 起初。根据 “wanted to take her with them.” 可知，这家人非常想把狗一起带走。故选A。

appeared

proved

happened

showed

考查动词词义辨析。句意：碰巧我和另一名飞行员Karen正在计划另一次PNP飞行，他主动提出要把Tiffy从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚。A. appeared 出现；B. proved 证明；C. happened 碰巧；D. showed 展示。根据 “I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen,” 可知，碰巧是作者和另一名飞行员正在计划另一次PNP飞行。故选C。

waited

offered

hurried

failed

考查动词词义辨析。句意：碰巧我和另一名飞行员Karen正在计划另一次PNP飞行，他主动提出要把Tiffy从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚。A. waited 等待；B. offered 提供、主动提出；C. hurried 匆忙；D. failed 失败。根据 “to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia.” 可知，Karen主动提出帮忙把狗Tiffy从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚。故选B。

see off

look for

hand over

pick up

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我要做的就是飞到托皮卡去接Tiffy。A. see off 为……送行；B. look for 寻找；C. hand over 移交；D. pick up 接载。根据 “What I was to do was fly to Topeka” 和常识可知，作者需要飞到托皮卡去接Tiffy。故选D。

confused

nervous

annoyed

curious

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我见到Tiffy的主人时，他们看起来很紧张。A. confused 困惑的；B. nervous 紧张的；C. annoyed 恼怒的；D. curious 好奇的。根据 “George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was                  for him, having to leave his dog to a                  and trust that everything would                 .” 可知，这家人看起来有点紧张和不安。故选B。

hard

fine

common

lucky

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：丈夫George试着冷静下来，但我看得出来，这对他来说很难，他不得不把狗留给一个陌生人，并相信一切都会解决的。A. hard 困难的；B. fine 好的；C. common 常见的；D. lucky 幸运的。根据上文 “was trying to be calm” 以及下文 “having to leave his dog to a                  and trust that everything would                 .” 可推知，此处指把狗留给一个陌生人对主人来说很难。故选A。

coworker

passenger

stranger

neighbor

考查名词词义辨析。句意：丈夫George试着冷静下来，但我看得出来，这对他来说很难，他不得不把狗留给一个陌生人，并相信一切都会解决的。A. coworker 合作者；B. passenger 乘客；C. stranger 陌生人；D. neighbor 邻居。根据 “George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was                  for him,” 可知，要把狗留给一个陌生人。故选C。

speed up

work out

come back

take off

考查动词短语辨析。句意：丈夫George试着冷静下来，但我看得出来，这对他来说很难，他不得不把狗留给一个陌生人，并相信一切都会解决的。A. speed up 加速；B. work out 解决；C. come back 回来；D. take off 起飞。根据 “George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was                  for him,” 可知，让狗的主人George相信一个陌生人一切都会解决好，对他来说很难。故选B。

feed

follow

change

load

考查动词词义辨析。句意：道别之后，我让George和他的妻子帮我把Tiffy送上飞机。A. feed 喂养；B. follow 跟随；C. change 改变；D. load 装载。load into 装入。根据 “Tiffy into the plane.” 可知，作者让George和他的妻子帮忙把Tiffy装入飞机。故选D。

call

join

leave

serve

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我答应过会照顾好Tiffy，一到堪萨斯城就给他们打电话。A. call 打电话；B. join 加入；C. leave 离开；D. serve 服务。根据 “as soon as we got to Kansas City.” 可知，作者承诺一到堪萨斯城就给他们打电话。故选A。

unnecessary

unexpected

unavoidable

uneventful

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这次飞行平安无事，Tiffy是个很棒的乘客。A. unnecessary 没有必要的；B. unexpected 意想不到的；C. unavoidable 不可避免的；D. uneventful 太平无事的。根据 “and Tiffy was a great passenger.” 可知，这次飞行一切都平安无事。故选D。

returned

fought

flew

agreed

考查动词词义辨析。句意：第二天，她和Karen一起坐飞机，几天后就回到了弗吉尼亚州的George那里。A. returned 返回；B. fought 打仗；C. flew 飞；D. agreed 同意。根据 “It just                  that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who                  to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia.” 可知，Karen带狗Tiffy飞往弗吉尼亚州。故选C。

thankful

generous

proud

sympathetic

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他非常感激，给我发了一封很漂亮的电子邮件，并附上了照片。A. thankful 感激的；B. generous 慷慨的；C. proud 骄傲的；D. sympathetic 同情的。通读全文，再根据 “and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures.” 可推知，此处指对于作者的帮忙，George非常感激。故选A。