When serious illness visits your household, it's , not just your daily routine and your assumptions about the future that are no longer familiar. Pretty much everyone you acts differently.

　　Not Misty. Take her for a walk, and she had no interest in Joe's blood counts or ’one marrow test results. On the street or in the park, she had only one thing on her mind: squirrels! She Was so joyous that even on the worst days, she could make me smile. On a daily basis she reminded me that life goes on.

　　After Joe died in 2009，Misty slept on his pillow.

　　I'm grateful一to a point. The truth is, after years of balking, I've come to enjoy m’ walks with Misty. As I watch her chase after a squirrel, throwing her whole being into the here-and-now of an exercise that has never once ended in victory, she reminds me, too, that no matter how harsh the present or unpredictable the future , there's almost always some measure of joy to be extracted from the moment.

　　55. why didn't the writer agree to raise a dog at the beginning of the story?

　　A. She was afraid the dog would get the family, into trouble.

　　B. It would be her business to take care of the dog

　　C. Her husband and daughter were united as one.

　　D. She didn't want to spoil he’ daughter.

　　56. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to "The medium one is “he sucker in the pack.” (Paragraph 3)?

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