WhenGlenKrugerpickedasmallcatfromananimalshelter(收容所),hedidnotexpectmuch.Yetrightfromthestart,eightyearsago,therewasanuncommonconnectionbetweenhimandthesmallblackcat.He36_herInky.“Igrewuponahundred-acre（亩）farmandhadonlycats37playmates”,Kruger,theseventy-year-oldmansays.“Myhearingwasdamagedbythe38offarmequipment,soIlearnedtoconnectwith39.Theyreacttowhattheyseeandwhatyoudo.”Inkywasagentlecat,40thehousewithfiveothercats.ButonaJanuarynightin2009,Inkydid41thatwouldsetherapartfrom42catsforever.Krugerhadgonedowntothebasementto43thewoodstoveforthenight.Whenhewasfinished,he44tothetopofthestairsandreachedtoturnoffthelights.Indoingso,heslippedand45hisbackagainstanoldshelf.TheheavyshelfcamecrashingdownandsentKrugerdownthestairs.46inapoolofbloodonthebasementfloor,Krugerfelt47goingintoshock(休克).Heshoutedforhelp,48hiswife,Brenda,wasasleepintheirbedroomattheoppositeendofthehouse.49KrugernoticedInkywatchingfromthetopofthestairs.“GoandgetBrenda,”KrugersaidtoInky.Inky50tothebedroomdoorandscratched51untilBrendaopenedit.ThenInkyledhertothe52.Brendafoundherhusband53thestairsandcalled911.Krugerwasrushedtothehospital.“Ispentsixmonths54there,”saysKruger.“AlthoughIbecamelame,Iwasblessed.”Sincetheaccident,Inkyhas55leftKruger’sside.36.A.gave37.A.like38.A.sound39.A.animals40.A.sharing41.A.anything42.A.familiar43.A.shutout44.A.marched45.A.bent46.A.Falling47.A.it48.A.andB.choseB.asB.alarmB.friendsB.visitingB.nothingB.lovelyB.shutoffB.flewB.hitB.LyingB.itselfB.butC.namedC.exceptC.noiseC.farmersC.dividingC.somethingC.ordinaryC.shutdownC.struggledC.shookC.AppearingC.himC.orD.rememberedD.amongD.voiceD.neighborsD.discoveringD.everythingD.outstandingD.shutupD.climbedD.pulledD.ThinkingD.himselfD.so49.A.Thus50.A.walked51.A.rapidly52.A.bedroom53.A.atthebottomof54.A.regretting55.A.neverB.OtherwiseB.ranB.rudelyB.basementB.inthemiddleofB.restingB.everC.ThenC.returnedC.madlyCyardC.atthetopofC.relaxingC.stillD.RatherD.withdrewD.urgentlyD.HouseD.inthefrontofD.recoveringD.AlreadyWhenGlenKrugerpickedasmallcatfromananimalshelter(收容所),hedidnotexpectmuch.Yetrightfromthestart,eightyearsago,therewasanuncommonconnectionbetweenhimandthesmallblackcat.He36_herInky.“Igrewuponahundred-acre（亩）farmandhadonlycats37playmates”,Kruger,theseventy-year-oldmansays.“Myhearingwasdamagedbythe38offarmequipment,soIlearnedtoconnectwith39.Theyreacttowhattheyseeandwhatyoudo.”Inkywasagentlecat,40thehousewithfiveothercats.ButonaJanuarynightin2009,Inkydid41thatwouldsetherapartfrom42catsforever.Krugerhadgonedowntothebasementto43thewoodstoveforthenight.Whenhewasfinished,he44tothetopofthestairsandreachedtoturnoffthelights.Indoingso,heslippedand45hisbackagainstanoldshelf.TheheavyshelfcamecrashingdownandsentKrugerdownthestairs.46inapoolofbloodonthebasementfloor,Krugerfelt47goingintoshock(休克).Heshoutedforhelp,48hiswife,Brenda,wasasleepintheirbedroomattheoppositeendofthehouse.49KrugernoticedInkywatchingfromthetopofthestairs.“GoandgetBrenda,”KrugersaidtoInky.Inky50tothebedroomdoorandscratched51untilBrendaopenedit.ThenInkyledhertothe52.Brendafoundherhusband53thestairsandcalled911.Krugerwasrushedtothehospital.“Ispentsixmonths54there,”saysKruger.“AlthoughIbecamelame,Iwasblessed.”Sincetheaccident,Inkyhas55leftKruger’sside.
