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第二十六组(建议用时：25分钟)阅读理解A (2015·高考浙江卷)In 2004their canine lust. But why，they pleaded.“Because I don’t have time to take care of a dog.” But we’ll do it.“Really？You’re going to walk the dog？Feed the dog？Bathe the dog？” Yes (everyone wanted to walk the cute puppy that first day)，neither thought to walk the dog.While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots，to schedule her vet appointments，to feed and clean her，Misty knew this on day one.As she looked up at the three new humans in her life (small，medium，and large)，she calculated，“The_medium_one_is_the_sucker_in_the_pack.” Quickly，she and I developed something very similar to a Vulcan mind meld (心灵融合)．She’d look at me with those sad brown eyes of hers(附肢)d splaying across my stomach as I watched television. Even so，part of me continued to resent walking duty.Joe and Becky had promised.Not fair，I’d balk (不心甘情愿地做) silently as she and I walked.“Not fairurn home. Then one day—January 1，2007，to be exact—my husband’s doctor uttered an unthinkable word：(白血病)．With thatsix months of hospitalizations，Becky，12 at the time，adjusted to other adults being in the house when she returned from school.My work colleagues adjusted to my taking off at a moment’s notice for medical emergencies.Every part of my life changed；no part of my old routine remained.：Misty still needed walking.At the beginning wanted to walk Misty.The walk in the morning before I headed to the hospital was a quiet，peaceful time to gather my thoughts or to just be before the day’s medical drama unfolded.The evening walk was a time to shake off the day’s upsets and let the worry tracks in my head go to white noise. | 
