Question

完形填空（共15题，每题1分，计15分）

There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day     she was walking in the forests, she found two dying birds. She took them home and put them in a small     . She was happy to have two “friends”. She     them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl happened to     the door of the cage open. The larger and the     of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was     that it would fly away. She caught it quickly. She felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn’t     a sound from the bird. When she opened her     , the bird was already dead. Her     killed the bird! Then she noticed     bird jumping up and down     the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom. It wanted to fly into the clear, blue     . So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away     . The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl    as the bird flew. She didn’t care about losing the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the     song she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

1.A. while  B. after   C. before      D. until

2.A. box   B. basket      C. cage   D. bag

3.A. looked for   B. looked at  C. looked after  D. looked over

4.A. forget  B. leave   C. lock   D. close

5.A. stronger  B. lazier   C. weaker  D. smaller

6.A. grateful  B. proud      C. afraid   D. happy

7.A. listen  B. make   C. describe  D. hear

8.A. door   B. window  C. hand   D. mouth

9.A. love   B. joke   C. luck   D. wish

10.A. one   B. the other  C. another  D. other

11.A. outside  B. inside      C. beside      D. behind

12.A. sea   B. hill   C. forest   D. sky

13.A. angrily  B. happily  C. loudly      D. highly

14.A. watched  B. saw   C. guided      D. escaped

15.A. worst  B. oldest      C. newest      D. sweetest

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：从前，有个寂寞的女孩非常渴望爱。一天，她走在丛林中，发现两只快要饿死的小鸟。她把它们带回家，放入一个小笼子。经她悉心照料，鸟儿一天天强壮起来。一天，女孩敞开了鸟笼的小门。那只较大较壮的鸟儿飞出了鸟笼。女孩非常害怕鸟儿会飞走。鸟儿飞近时，她死命将它抓住。她十分高兴，终于又把它捉了回来。突然间，她感觉到鸟儿四肢无力。她张开手，惊恐地盯着手中的死鸟。她不顾一切的爱害死了鸟儿。 她注意到另一只鸟儿在笼边扑闪着翅膀。她可以感觉到它对自由的无限向往。它渴望冲向明净的蓝天。她将它举起，轻轻抛向空中。看到鸟儿快乐的样子，女孩很高兴。她的内心不再计较自己的得失。她希望鸟儿幸福。

1.……之前；until 直到。根据句中的谓语动词was walking 就可知该选A.。

2. basket篮子； cage笼子； bag袋子。根据后文One day the girl happened to the door of the cage open. 可推知选 C。

3. for寻找； looked at看；looked after照看； looked over检查。故选C。

4. 忘记； leave离开； lock锁； close关。故选B。

5. lazier更懒；weaker更弱； smaller更小。 根据并列成分The larger 和前文中的the birds grew strong可知选A。

6. 感激的； Proud自豪的；Afraid恐惧的；Happy愉快的。根据下文She caught it quickly. 可知此句是说这个女孩害怕它会飞走，所以选C。

7. describe描述，描绘； hear听见。根据后面a sound from the bird可推知该选 D。

8. hand手； mouth嘴。根据前文She felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away 可推知该选C。

9. joke笑话； luck幸运；wish希望。根据语境可知该选A。

10. the other 另一； another另一；other其他的。 此处指剩余的另一只鸟，所以选B。

11. Outside在 外面；inside在里面；beside在旁边；behind在后面。根据句意及语境可知该选B。

12.根据局与结合语境可知该选D。

13. happily愉快地；. Loudly大声地； highly高高地。 所以选B。

14.看着鸟飞走。Watched观看；saw看见； guided指导；escaped逃跑。根据句意结合语境可知该选A。

15. oldest最旧；. Newest最新； sweetest最甜。 根据句意结合语境可知该选D。

考点：故事类短文。