On the Iraq­Syria border，a pack of wild dogs circled American soldiers for food．The leader of the pack was a gray­and­white dog．The soldiers called him Nubs．Nubs was shaking and __ 36 __ able to stand．Marine major Brian Dennis looked closer and saw that there was a knife wound __ 37 __ his chest． Dennis couldn’t stand seeing the dog __ 38 __．He and his men immediately treated the wound，and gave Nubs medicine．Nubs__ 39 __but was still in pain．The next day，the team had to__ 40 __．Ten days later，Dennis’s unit was back，and so was Nubs．He was still___ 41 __，but the men fed him and played with him． Before long the unit once again__ 42 __an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away．Nubs，slowly but determinedly，__ 43 __them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost__ 44 __of him．Two days later，beyond Dennis’s__ 45 __，he saw Nubs just outside the outpost．The dog had tracked him across 70 miles of frozen desert to__ 46 __with the friend who had saved his life．From then on Nubs and the men slept in the same place，and ran around in the same ruins． Until an order came down from above that they were not__ 47 __to have pets，Dennis__ 48 __to make sure the dog would continue to live the__ 49 __life．So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to fly Nubs to__ 50 __． A month later，when Dennis and the dog were__ 51 __in California，at first Nubs didn’t recognize the guy．__ 52 __within minutes，the dog jumped into Dennis’s arms，jumping up again and again to__ 53 __ his friend’s face． A little__ 54 __and concern in the middle of war will not save a violent world．But small stories，like the story of a soldier and a dog，hold a promise of a(n) __ 55 __world． 小题1: A．mostly B．certainly C．hardly D．never 小题2: A．in B．on C．at D．behind 小题3: A．stand B．starve C．bleed D．suffer 小题4: A．pulled through B．fell asleep C．woke up D．fell down 小题5: A．leave B．rest C．pass D．remain 小题6: A．hungry B．tired C．dirty D．weak 小题7: A．took up B．took over C．left for D．returned from 小题8: A．watched B．followed C．accompanied D．barked 小题9: A．touch B．sight C．footprint D．smell 小题10: A．ability B．surprise C．imagination D．understanding 小题11: A．part B．fight C．meet D．break 小题12: A．asked B．suggested C．required D．allowed 小题13: A．decided B．agreed C．accepted D．proposed 小题14: A．moving B．good C．safe D．interesting 小题15: A．London B．America C．Iraq D．Syria 小题16: A．found B．interviewed C．linked D．reunited 小题17: A．So B．And C．But D．Though 小题18: A．lick B．touch C．bite D．clean 小题19: A．pity B．mercy C．care D．contribution 小题20: A．equal B．harmonious C．prosperous D．amazing