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It had been a long night. Our pet dog, Precious, was having a difficult delivery. After six hours the puppies started to appear. The firstborn was black and white. The second and third puppies were brown. The fourth and fifth were also black and white. I went to wake up my wife, Judy, and tell her everything was fine. As we walked back, I noticed another puppy had been born but was lying alone. I laid it among the puppies. Precious immediately pushed it away and refused to nurse it. 
“Something’s wrong,” said Judy.
I picked up the puppy and noticed it had a cleft lip and palate. I took the puppy to the vet and was told the puppy would die mainly because it couldn't suck. We purchased a syringe(注射器) and fed the pup with it for over 10 days. The little puppy survived and learned to eat by itself, as long as it was soft food.
I placed an ad in the newspaper and soon we had people interested in all of my pups, except the disabled one. Late one afternoon, on my way to work, I happened to see the retired teacher, who wondered if she might get one for her grandson. I told her all the pups had found homes but the disabled one. She said they would come over at about 8 o’clock that evening.
That night at exactly 8 p.m., the doorbell rang. I opened the door and there was the teacher with her grandson standing behind her. To my surprise, when the little boy saw the puppy, he ran to it as fast as he could. I just fell over as I noticed the small child also had a cleft lip and palate. He held the puppy in his arms. He was excited, “Look, grandma! He looks just like me.” The boy pressed the small puppy against his cheek. Any worries I had about the puppy’s future were gone.
(选自English Salon阅读版2009.12)
 
25. Why did Precious refuse to recognize the sixth puppy as a member of her family?
   A. Because it was too small.
   B. Because Precious didn’t like its color.
   C. Because Precious had enough puppies.
   D. Because it was different from other puppies.
推理判断题。从第三段可以得知Precious不愿给最后一只小狗喂奶时因为“她”觉得它与其他小狗不一样，不是自己的baby。
26. How did the sixth puppy survive?
   A. Its owner fed it with a syringe.
   B. The vet treated it.
   C. Its mother accepted and nursed it.
   D. It learned to eat on its own.
细节题。文中第三段提到作者为了小狗能活下来，特意买了注射器并坚持喂养小狗十天。
27. According to the last paragraph, what surprised and moved the author and his wife?
   A. That the little boy ran to the puppy as quickly as possible.
   B. That the retired teacher and her grandson reached their home on time.
   C. That they wouldn’t be worried about the sixth puppy’s future any longer.
   D. That the little boy was in the same state as the puppy and he loved it at the first sight. 高考英语模拟试题库  http://www.17xuexiba.com/yy/