阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案。 Do some animals have certain mental powers which human beings do not? Of course they have instincts(本能), but1this, I am sure that they can feel2things which we humans cannot.A personal experience3this to me.
Some years ago, I had a dog named Howard.From the time that he was a baby dog, he was timid, so we named him ‘Howard’ to4with ‘coward’(胆小鬼)! He was especially afraid of5.At the first hint of them, he would run crying into the house and hide under a table.What a hero!
I often went for walks with Howard.6 ， as we were walking along a road, it began to rain.I quickly ran to a busstop for7.The busstop had a roof supported by metal poles.Soon after I had got there, Howard caught my8in his teeth and tried to pull me away.9 ， I was puzzled and a little angry at his10.
However, I decided to humour him and walked away from the shelter into the rain and11for home.
12I was about two hundred metres away from the shelter, there came a blinding flash of lightning and13 ， there was a crash of thunder which nearly14me.Howard stopped walking and began crying.Knowing that he was afraid, I15to pick him up.
As I straightened up, I16the bus shelter which we had just left.I was shocked to see that two of the17were bent and the roof was lying on the ground，18.The shelter had been struck by the lightning.I gave Howard a big hug to express my heartfelt19.He had just saved my life.He was truly my20！
