1 30分语言运用限时满分练(四) (限时25分钟) Ⅰ.完形填空(共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分) (2021·江苏泰州高三第二次联考) Whatever made you fall in love with horses happened to me. I often 1 myself owning my own horse. After taking riding lessons for a year, I decided to buy a horse and Dad agreed—if I 2 half the money. I worked and saved 100 dollars, a 3 those days. 4 , 200 dollars wasn’t much to buy a horse. But I was 5 to look for one on a limited 6 . I was introduced to Rusty, a 20-year-old horse, who had been abused and had a mistrust of 7 .When I approached, he looked 8 at me. However, he was my dream horse and I decided to take it! Gradually, we became inseparable and he grew strong and energetic despite his 9 . But one morning, Rusty was suddenly ill. The vet said he had cancer and suggested humanely putting him to 10 .The next morning, Dad loaded Rusty into the truck and I waved goodbye to him, pretty sure it was for the 11 time. Later that day, I was crying in bed when Dad called me. There, inside the truck was Rusty! I jumped up, hugging him and crying with 12 . Rusty 13 me for another happy year before the cancer finally took him. By then, we were a little more 14 . Rusty isn’t here 15 , but love lives on, and Rusty will live in my heart forever.