历年中考英语真题及答案之任务型阅读（2022年天津卷）
七、任务型阅读(本大题共5小题,每小题1分,共5分)
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容完成句子。
Dogs are the best pets of humans. They come in all sizes. Some dogs are as small as a football, and others are as tall as a desk. Dogs' fur(毛) is different, too. It can be long and soft, or smooth and hard. People don't mind the kind of fur, because all dogs are good to hug.
Dogs need to be taken care of. Short⁃haired dogs are the easiest to look after. But all dogs need a bath once in a while. Giving a dog a bath is a lot of fun. After you give a bath to your dog, it shakes the water off its body. Be careful, or you will get wet!
Dogs like to make their owners(主人) happy, so dogs are easy to train. They can follow simple orders.
Dogs are really amazing animals. Some dogs pull sleds(雪橇) across icy places. Some save people who fall into the river. Other dogs do tricks(表演绝技) in movies. A dog has even flown in a rocket(火箭) to space.
Why not keep a dog as a pet?
1.Some dogs are ____________________ a football, and others are as tall as a desk.
2.People don't mind the kind of dogs' fur, because ____________________ .
3.When you finish giving a bath to your dog, it ____________________ its body.
4.Dogs like to make their owners happy, so dogs ____________________ to train.
5.The writer advises people to ____________________ as a pet.
答案解析:
1. 根据原文“Some dogs are as small as a football, and others are as tall as a desk.”可知，一些狗和足球一样小，另一些狗和桌子一样高。所以此处应填“as small as”，表示“一些狗和足球一样小”。
2. 原文提到“People don't mind the kind of fur, because all dogs are good to hug.”，意思是人们不介意狗毛的种类，因为所有的狗都适合拥抱。所以这里填“all dogs are good to hug”，解释了人们不介意狗毛种类的原因。
3. 从原文“After you give a bath to your dog, it shakes the water off its body.”可知，当你给狗洗完澡后，它会把身上的水甩掉。所以此处应填“shakes the water off”，描述狗洗完澡后的动作。
4. 依据原文“Dogs like to make their owners happy, so dogs are easy to train.”，狗喜欢让主人开心，所以狗很容易训练。“be easy to do sth.”表示“做某事很容易”，这里主语是“dogs”，为复数，所以be动词用“are”，故填“are easy”。
5. 原文最后一句“Why not keep a dog as a pet?”是作者给出的建议，意思是为什么不养一只狗作为宠物呢?所以作者建议人们养一只狗作为宠物，即“keep a dog”。