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(1)One August afternoon, Peaches gave birth to 14 puppies. The kids were thrilled. But it crossed my mind once or twice that I h
(1)One August afternoon, Peaches gave birth to 14 puppies. The kids were thrilled. But it crossed my mind once or twice that I h
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(1)One August afternoon, Peaches gave birth to 14 puppies. The kids were thrilled. But it crossed my mind once or twice that I had no idea how we’d find good homes for so many adorable mutts.
(2)The father was a purebred golden retriever (寻回猎犬). And not until now had
I wondered why Roberta, who gave Peaches to us, had named her in the plural. Peaches didn’t resemble a peach, either. She was jet black with long retriever hair, an agreeable blend of many breeds. But she was indeed a peach, although once when her round pups were lined against her tummy, we affectionately called her "Pea Pod," and that name pretty much stuck.
(3)The kids and I had a blast with the pups, but as our cuddly friends grew, the cleanup job on the backyard lawn increased as well. I usually ended up with the chore after the kids had left for school in the morning, and after eight weeks the job was getting old. Besides, the time had come to start to get them settled into permanent homes.
(4)So one weekend the kids and I piled into the van, puppies in the rear, playfully biting each other’s ears and tails, and we headed for the local humane society. But in northern California at that time, shelters were full of animals, and if they weren’t adopted quickly they were put to sleep. I tried stifling that bit of information, but it wouldn’t stay submerged; I cried the whole way.
(5)When we arrived at the shelter, I dried my tears and smoothed my puffy eyes. I walked alone up to the counter and cheerfully announced I had 14 wonderful puppies for them. The woman, without looking up from her paperwork, roared, "We don’t take puppies." I cried all the way home, this time with tears of relief.
(6)So I placed an ad for "free puppies" in the newspaper. I don’t think we got a single phone call. In the meantime, the kids and pups grew more inseparable. Only Happy and Callie, our two cats, were allowed to spend the nights inside, but from the giggling and the look of the blankets in the morning, some pups had been overlooked at bedtime.
(7)The gate on our backyard fence opened onto the elementary school’s grass field. Every afternoon, scores of kids arrived to play soccer. The children loved it when their games were over, for then I would open the flood-gate, releasing 14 roly-poly, tail-wagging puppies for them to play with. Surely a parent wouldn’t mind taking one or two home? The parents loved the pups, too; but their disciplined ability to decline our offering amazed me.
(8)Certainly the divine plan could not have been for us to keep all 14 puppies, even if they had been given perfect names.
(9)I desperately searched the heavens for a solution. The odd idea came to put another ad in the paper, this time asking $10 for each puppy. It worked.
(10)Placing a value on the mutts somehow had an effect. I made a deal with the kids: If they would prepare the puppy food and clean up the yard every day until all the puppies had homes, I would give them each, in turn, $10 for every pup sold. When he was about 11 weeks old, the last puppy—Boots, with four white socks—had gone. It was a sad day; the yard was much too quiet. So Saturday morning I had the kids
get their money jars out They proudly carried their savings as I drove them to their favorite place—the toy store.
(11)The dog pound might have seemed easier. But I liked this ending much better.
By saying "The kids and I had a blast with the pups", the author means that _______.
选项
A、the pups were a burden to the family
B、the pups kept the family occupied
C、the family quarreled over how to deal with the pups
D、the family was delighted with the birth of the pups
答案
D
解析
第3段第1句中but后的内容表明随着小狗长大,后院的清扫工作也越来越繁重,but所表示的转折关系表明它前面的内容应与“清扫工作增多”这个不好的方面相反,由此可推断have a blast with the pups应该是褒义的。根据第1段中的The kids were thrilled可以推测此处也是类似的意思。事实上,blast有“欢乐而刺激的经历”这个意思,因此此处意思是小狗出生时,全家人感到很开心,故本题应选D。
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