完形填空As an only child, Nicole Renae often felt lonely in her youth. But that all 1 when she was ten. For her birthday, Renae's grandmother surprised her with a lovely 2 , Chloe.
"She was my best friend,"Renae says."She'd keep licking (舔) your face 3 you didn't stop her."
But soon the family had to send Chloe away because of her father's new job."I was just a little girl, so I had no 4 but to accept that. I felt so sick and sad," Renae says.
In time, Renae grew up, got married and had a child of her own. Remembering the 5 of having a dog, Renae wanted her 6 to experience the same. Then one day she saw a post online about an old dog that needed a new home. The dog 7 Chloe. Without thinking much, she decided to adopt(收养) it.
When she met the dog, it appeared 8 ."She ran up to me and started licking me,"she says."I 9 knew in my heart that it was her, my old Chloe."But several years had passed, so the idea just seemed to be 10 .
"My whole family thought 11 was mad,"Renae says.
Her mom realized there was a way to 12 the idea: Their Chloe had a microchip (芯片) with an ID number. Renae then took the new Chloe to be scanned (扫描).
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} 13 , the numbers were a match!
Renae had never thought she would see Chloe again, and she was really happy to have her14 . "As for Chloe, she's made herself right at home," Renae says."And 15 shouldn't she? She knows that she'll be with me forever."