Question

根据短文内容，选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文意思完整。每个选项至多使用一次，有两项剩余。

refused，between，led，earlier，warm，agreed，later，family，but，failed，dog，food

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs．They loved each other and played together so often that they had made a path（小路）through the grass of the field    1    their houses．

One evening Brownie's family noticed that Brownie didn't return home．They went looking for him    2  ．Brownie didn't show up the next day，and the next week．

Spotty went to Brownie's house alone．He barked loudly．But Brownie's   3   were too busy to care about him．Finally，one morning Spotty   4    to take “no” for an answer．He followed Ted，Brownie's owner，everywhere he went．He barked，then rushed toward a nearby empty place and back，as if to say．“Follow me!”

Finally，Ted followed the dog across the empty place．The little dog   5   the man to a tree half a mile from the house．There Ted found Brownie alive．one of his legs was crushed（压住）in a trap（老鼠夹）．Ted wished he had come   6  ．Then Ted noticed that，in a circle around the injured dog，a lot of   7   was left over after lots of meals．

Spotty had been visiting Brownie every day．He had stayed with Brownie to protect him，snuggling（依偎）with him at night to keep him   8   and nuzzling（用鼻子爱抚）him to keep his spirits up．

Answer 1

1．between                 2．but failed                3．family                    4．refused    

5．led                         6．earlier                     7．dog food                8．warm