高考真题2023年新课标全国II卷完形填空-运送宠物狗
In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP (Pilots N Paws) website from a family in Topeka. They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight 1 . They could not afford to pay for 2 for their dog, Tiffy, and 3 wanted to take her with them.
It just 4 that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who 5 to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia. What I was to do was fly to Topeka to 6 Tiffy.
When I met Tiffy’s owners, they seemed very 7 . George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was 8 for him, having to leave his dog to a 9 and trust that everything would
10 .
After some goodbyes, I asked George and his wife to help me 11 Tiffy into the plane. I promised to take care of Tiffy and 12 them as soon as we got to Kansas City.
The flight was 13 , and Tiffy was a great passenger. The next day, she 14 with Karen and made it back to George in Virginia within a few days. He was so 15 and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures. It felt great to know that I had helped bring this family together again.
1.1.
A turn
B budget
C schedule
D connection
解析：选B。B 根据下文“They could not afford to pay for ...”可知，这个家庭的预算非常紧张。故选B。
2.2.
A food
B shelter
C medicine
D transportation
解析：选D。D 根据上文“They had to move to Virginia ...”以及下文“... wanted to take her with them.”可知这家人想要带上宠物狗一起搬到弗吉尼亚，但是由于预算非常紧张，负担不起狗的运输(transportation)费用。故选D。
3.3.
A desperately
B temporarily
C secretly
D originally
解析：选A。A 根据第三段中狗主人的紧张表现可知，主人对其宠物狗非常在意，因此此处应该是非常(desperately)想要把狗带到新家去。故选A。
4.4.
A appeared
B proved
C happened
D showed
解析：选C。C 根据上文的“I saw a post on the PNP(Pilot N Paws) website ...”以及下文“I was planning another PNP flight ...”可知，作者在PNP网站上看到一个来自托皮卡市的家庭发布的求助帖，那时候作者也碰巧(happened)有一个PNP飞行计划。故选C。
5.5.
A waited
B offered
C hurried
D failed
解析：选B。B 根据第二段内容可知，作者与另一个飞行员Karen在策划这次运送宠物狗的分工，可知Karen是主动提出(offered)要将宠物狗Tiffy从堪萨斯城送往弗吉尼亚的。故选B。
6.6.
A see off
B look for
C hand over
D pick up
解析：选D。D 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。
7.7.
A confused
B nervous
C annoyed
D curious
解析：选B。B 根据下文“George, the husband, was trying to be calm ...”可知，当作者见到 Tiffy的主人们的时候，他们非常紧张(nervous)。故选B。
8.8.
A hard
B fine
C common
D lucky
解析：选A。A 根据上文“... trying to be calm”和下文“having to leave his dog ...”可知，Tiffy的主人不得不将宠物狗交到他人之手，对此他们非常焦虑，因此要保持镇定对主人来说是很难的(hard)。故选A。
9.9.
A coworker
B passenger
C stranger
D neighbor
解析：选C。C 根据上文内容可知，作者只是一个帮忙运送宠物的好心飞行员，对于 Tiffy 的主人来说是把自己的宠物交于陌生人(stranger) 之手。故选C。
10.10
A speed up
B work out
C come back
D take off
解析：选B。B 根据上文可知，狗的主人George虽然很担忧，但是不得不将宠物狗交于陌生人之手，并希望一切都进展顺利(work out)。故选B。
11.11.
A feed
B follow
C change
D load
解析：选D。D 根据下文“... Tiffy into the plane.”可知，作者让George夫妇帮自己把Tiffy 装到(load)飞机上。故选D。
12.12.
A call
B join
C leave
D serve
解析：选A。A 根据上文可知，堪萨斯城只是一个运送宠物的中转地，George一家并不在此地，因此join“加入”和serve“服务”均不正确。该空后的代词 them 指的是George夫妇，因此leave“离开”或“留下”也不正确。恰当的语义应为“我保证会好好照顾Tiffy，并且一到堪萨斯城就打电话给(call) George夫妇”。故选A。
13.13.
A unnecessary
B unexpected
C unavoidable
D uneventful
解析：选D。D 根据下文“... and Tiffy was a great passenger.”可知，这次飞行很平静顺利(uneventful)。故选D。
14.14.
A returned
B fought
C flew
D agreed
解析：选C。C 根据上文“The flight was ... , and Tiffy was a great passenger.可知，作者已带着狗狗Tiffy成功到达了堪萨斯城。后半部分行程应是另一位飞行员Karen 带着 Tiffy 继续飞往(flew)弗吉尼亚。故选C。
15.15.
A thankful
B generous
C proud
D sympathetic
解析：选A。A 根据全文和下文“...and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures.”可知，此处指对于作者的帮忙，George非常感激。故选A。