Risk Loving It
Do you know how it is when you want something so much it hurts? That's the way it was with me on my 11th birthday. I didn't know then that getting something doesn't mean it will always be yours.
It was a Saturday. Dad gave me $25 to my own birthday gift. While passing a pet shop, I found a little dog called Yorky. When he saw me he barked twice, pawing（挠）the window. I went inside and reached down to pet him; he licked（舔）my hand. I bought York at once. Since then, Yorky followed me everywhere, often jumping up and down with excitement. I believed he was mine forever.
It happened in February. I was going home from school as usual, and I stopped three blocks away to whistle for Yorky. He didn't come. I whistled again. Then I began to run. I stopped before I got to the street in front of our house. I could see him lying still in the middle of the street on his side. I saw the tire marks. I knew he was dead.
Then I put all my energy into baseball. At least I was tired at night and could sleep without missing Yorky. One afternoon, I was halfway home when I noticed this thing following me. It was the funniest-looking dog you've ever seen. "Get away from me! I don't like dogs," I shouted. But for two days it kept showing up at my door. I began to feed it when Dad got home from work and said, "Go ahead. Risk loving it." Then I held the dog up in my arms and cried like a baby.
I refused to keep the new dog at first because_____.
A、it looked very strange
B、I was afraid of losing it
C、I didn't like it
D、it kept barking at me
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：因为之前养的Yorky死去让“我”很伤心，不敢再养小动物害怕再次失去它，直到父亲说“去吧，冒险去爱它”我才收养了它。因此是害怕再次失去它。
