愛犬魯迪，助我重生

付利

十年前，“我”收養了狗狗魯迪，從那以后，“我”的生活變得不一樣了。

1?Ten?years?ago，?I?adopted?my?dog?Rudy?from?a?shelter?and?we?ve?had?a?special?bond?ever?since.?As?a?single?woman?in?her?50s，?I?found?my?life?with?Rudy?was?really?meaningful.?We?have?a?lot?of?rituals?together.?For?example，?every?night?we?have?a?little?bedtime?snack?and?then?I?get?in?my?bed?and?he?gets?in?his?doggy?bed?right?next?to?mine.

2?A?year?ago，?Rudy?didn?t?want?to?do?the?routine?suddenly.?Every?night?when?I?got?in?bed?he?d?jump?up?on?my?bed?and?start?licking（舔）?my?face，?even?though?he?knew?he?was?not?supposed?to.?I?got?mad?and?made?him?get?off.?But?the?next?night?he?d?do?it?again.?Soon?he?was?jumping?on?my?lap?to?lick?my?face?every?time?I?sat?down.

3?I?was?considering?taking?him?to?obedience（服從）?school?when?he?licked?the?same?spot?on?my?jaw?over?and?over?again.?I?touched?my?jaw?and?it?seemed?okay.?I?didn?t?have?any?pain.?But?it?was?so?strange?for?my?dog?that?I?decided?to?just?trust?him.

4?I?made?an?appointment?with?my?doctor?and?felt?silly?telling?her?why?I?came?in.?But?she?agreed?to?do?some?tests.?Well，?it?turned?out?that?I?had?bone?cancer—with?a?tumour?in?my?jaw.?It?couldn?t?be?felt?from?the?outside，?but?somehow?Rudy?knew?it?was?there.?I?just?finished?chemo?（化療）?and?radiation?and?I?m?doing?much?better?now.?The?doctor?said?if?I?d?waited?until?the?tumour?was?big?enough?to?be?felt，?it?likely?would?have?been?deadly，?adding?that?scientists?had?proved?that?dogs?can?smell?cancer?in?its?early?stages.

5?I?saved?my?dog?s?life，?and?now?he?s?saved?mine！

1.?Where?did?the?author?get?the?dog？

A.?From?an?obedience?school.?B.?From?an?animal?hospital.

C.?From?a?protection?organization.?D.?From?a?dustbin.

2.?What?can?we?know?about?Rudy？

A.?It?didn?t?like?its?owner?at?first.?B.?It?could?cure?some?diseases.

C.?It?was?dirty?in?the?author?s?view.?D.?It?saved?its?owner?s?life.

3.?What?does?the?underlined?word?“rituals”?in?paragraph?1?probably?mean？

A.?Habits.?B.?Shapes.

C.?Sports.?D.?Tastes.

4.?Where?is?the?text?probably?from？

A.?An?advertisement.?B.?A?medicine?website.

C.?A?pet?magazine.?D.?A?travel?journal.

Sentence?for?writing

I?was?considering?taking?him?to?obedience?school?when?he?licked?the?same?spot?on?my?jaw?over?and?over?again.?當他反復舔我下巴的同一個位置的時候，我正考慮送他去訓犬學校。

【信息提取】此句中的be?doing...when...意為“正在做……就在那時……”。

【句式仿寫】我那時正在看電視，突然停電了。