Question

完形填空。

Once there was a rich man named Chulong.

One day, he was walking in his garden when he saw a strange __________ with beautiful features(特征) and sweet voice in a tree. Chulong _________went near the tree and caught the bird, which he thought he could _________ and get lots of money.

“Don’t think about making money through me!” said the bird, “_________ will buy me, because, in imprisonment (监禁), I lose my beauty and sweet voice.” Chulong’s hope of making money was shattered. He became angry and wanted to _________ the bird for the meat.

Then the _________ bird suggested, “Well, set me free. In return I shall teach you _________simple but useful rules, which can do good to you.”

Chulong didn’t believe the bird _________, and he was afraid that the bird would fly away. However, the bird _________ it would keep its word(守信). Chulong wanted to take a risk. He set the bird free and it sat on the branch of a tree. It became _________ again.

Chulong asked, “Now teach me the rules.” “Certainly,” said the bird.

Then the bird taught Chulong the _________： The first rule is Never believe everything others say. The second rule is Never be sad about something you don’t have. The third rule is Never throw away what you have in your hand.

“You silly bird,” shouted Chulong, “These rules are known to everyone. You _________ me.”

But the bird said, “Today, you had me in your hand, but you threw me away. You believed all that I said. And you are sad about not having me. _________ the rules are simple, you have never followed them. Now have you got the_________ of the rules? Just sit down and think for a while.” With these words, the bird _________ and disappeared from his sight.

1.A. cat            B. bird         C. panda       D. monkey

2.A. proudly      B. freely       C. slowly     D. weakly

3.A. eat         B. study       C. draw        D. sell

4.A. Nobody        B. Somebody     C. Anybody    D.Everybody

5.A. find         B. borrow       C. smell      D. kill

6.A. busy        B. helpful       C. clever       D. lucky

7.A. three          B. four         C. five         D. six

8.A. for ever      B. later on      C. at first    D. at last

9. A. promised     B. remembered   C. guessed      D. hoped

10.A. ugly         B. beautiful    C. lazy         D.hard-working

11.A. songs         B. languages    C. rules        D. skills

12.A. cheated       B. helped      C. found        D. forgot

13.A. Until        B. Unless       C. If          D. Although

14.A. history       B. value        C. reason       D.connection

15.A. woke up     B. fell down    C. flew away    D. held on

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1. cat猫；B. bird鸟；C. panda 熊猫；D. monkey猴子。根据后文caught the bird 可知是一只鸟，故选B。

2. proudly骄傲地；B. freely 自由地；C. slowly慢慢地；D. weakly虚弱地。楚龙要抓鸟，只能是慢慢地靠近，根据情景，故选C。

3. eat吃；B. study 学习；C. draw绘画；D. sell 卖。根据后文提到赚钱，可知他想卖掉鸟，故选D。

4. Nobody 没有人；B. Somebody有人；C. Anybody任何人；D. Everybody 每个人。所以没有人会买我。根据原因，故选A。

5. find 找到；B. borrow 借；C. smell闻起来；D. kill 杀死。他的希望破灭了，他变得非常生气，想杀死鸟吃肉。根据后文for meat，可知是杀死，故选D。

6. 然后，这只非常聪明的鸟建议，放我自由……。A. busy繁忙的；B. helpful有帮助的；C. clever 聪明的；D. lucky幸运的。根据故事后文描述可知这只鸟非常的聪明。故选C.

7. three 三；B. four 四；C. five 五；D. six六。根据后文The first rule is Never believe everything others say. The second rule is Never be sad about something you don’t have. The third rule is Never throw away what you have in your hand.可知鸟会教给他三条简单但是有用的规则。故选A。

8. for ever 永远；B. later on稍后；C. at first首先；D. at last最后。根据后文的转折，故选C。

9. 句意：然而那只鸟承诺，她会守信。A. promised 承诺；B. remembered 记住；C. guessed 猜；D. hoped希望。根据后文楚龙同意，可知是鸟做出了承诺，故选A。

10. ugly 丑陋的；B. beautiful美丽的；C. lazy懒惰的；D. hard-working 努力的。根据上文，故选B。

11. songs 歌；B. languages语言；C. rules 规则；D. skills技巧。根据后文描述的三个规则，可知鸟教给他规则，故选C。

12. cheated 欺骗；B. helped帮助C. found找到；D. forgot忘记。根据上句楚龙认为这些规则谁也知道，可知他认为那只鸟欺骗了他。故选A。

13.考查连词及语境的理解。句意：尽管这些规则简单但是你从来没有遵守过他们。A. Until 直到；B. Unless 除非；C. If如果；D. Although尽管。根据上文那只鸟对楚龙的行为的分析及两句之间的关系，故选D。

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15.考查动词短语及语境的理解。

考点：故事类短文。