After losing my two 12-year-old puppies Harry Houdini and Buster within 3 weeks, I was talking with a customer at my cafe (咖啡馆) Red Rascals. I told her I was    1    the cafe in a couple of weeks as I’m very    2    working 55-70 hours a week.

She    3    me what I was going to do. I answered that    4    first thing I would do was go and sit on a    5    by myself and fish for a week or two.

She asked if I had a    6    that could go with me.

I hadn’t really cried since I had    7    the dogs. I had planned to take Harry with me. I was so sad that I burst into    8   . So she asked me what types of dogs they were. After I explained, she went and got her    9   . She showed me some photos of her Lhasa Appso (拉萨阿普索犬) puppies that she keeps.

She gifted me one of her precious little puppies. We have called her Popcorn, Poppy    10    short.

1.1.

A closing

B opening

C building

D finding

解析：选A。A 考查动词辨析。根据后文作者和这位顾客讨论准备去钓鱼一两周可知，作者打算关掉咖啡馆。故选A。

2.2.

A happy

B tired

C excited

D nervous

解析：选B。B 考查形容词辨析。根据后面的“working 55-70 hours a week”一周工作55到70个小时可推测，作者感觉很累。故选B。

3.3.

A called

B told

C asked

D ordered

解析：选C。C 考查动词辨析。根据后一句中的“I answered”可知，顾客问作者接下来打算做什么。故选C。

4.4.

A a

B an

C the

D /

解析：选C。C 考查动词辨析。根序数词first前用定冠词the。故选C。

5.5.

A bus

B machine

C table

D beach

解析：选D。D 考查名词辨析。根据后文的“fish for a week or two”并结合选项可知，作者打算去海边坐在海滩上钓鱼。故选D。

6.6.

A horse

B dog

C cat

D bird

解析：选B。B 考查名词辨析。根据后文的“the dogs”以及“I had planned to take Harry with me.”可知，顾客问作者有没有一只狗陪他去钓鱼。故选B。

7.7.

A lost

B won

C seen

D changed

解析：选A。A 考查动词辨析。结合文章第一句可知，作者失去了自己的两条狗。故选A。

8.8.

A smiles

B words

C tears

D laughter

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。根据后面的“I was so sad”作者想到自己失去的狗感到很难过，可知，作者忍不住哭起来。故选C。

9.9.

A bag

B book

C hat

D phone

解析：选D。D 考查名词辨析。根据后面的“She showed me some photos of her Lhasa Appso(拉萨阿普索犬) puppies that she keeps”她向我展示她养的一些拉萨阿普索幼犬的照片，由此可知她拿的是她的手机。故选D。

10.10.

A for

B in

C on

D after

解析：选A。A 考查介词辨析。for short表示“作为缩写形式/简称”；这位顾客送给作者一只珍贵的狗，他们一起给这只狗取名Popcorn，简称Poppy。故选A。