Question

    When I was twelve years old, my family lived next to a forest. Every evening, mockingbirds( 知更鸟 ) would come and rest in the trees and sing. I enjoyed________________ singing so much that I decided to catch a young bird. In this way, I______________hear it sing for me every day.

I finally managed________________one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird was very frightened, so it fluttered( 扑腾) in _______________new home all the time. Several days________________, it was used to living in this new home.

The next day, the little bird’s mother flew to the cage with some food in her mouth. The baby bird looked very happy and ate everything________________the mother brought to it. I was so happy to see this, for the mother knew how to take care of her baby_______________than me.

But________________the next morning, I found it died. I was terribly surprised and cried at once. I didn’t know what happened.

Arthur Wayne, my father’s friend, was a famous ornithologist(鸟类学家). She visited my father at that time._________she knew the whole thing, she explained to me,”If a mother mockingbird finds her baby is kept in a cage, she will bring it poisonous berries (毒梅). She thinks it’s better for her baby to die than to lose freedom.”

Since then I________________any living animal in a cage. All living things have a right to live free.

1.A.a B.an C.the D./

2.A.could B.need C.must D.should

3.A.get B.getting C.to get D.gets

4.A.it’s B.its C.it D.its’

5.A.late B.latest C.lately D.later

6.A.that B.which C.who D.whom

7.A.good B.well C.better D.best

8.A.in B.for C.at D.on

9.A.If B.When C.Because D.Although

10.A.haven’t caught B.won’t catch C.don’t catch D.didn’t catch

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记述文。主要讲述了“我”在小的时候为了能每天听到知更鸟的歌声，抓了一只小知更鸟养在笼子里。在鸟妈妈衔着食物过来喂小鸟的第二天，小鸟却无缘无故地死掉了。“我”为此变得很伤心。爸爸的鸟类学家朋友告诉“我”说：鸟妈妈给小鸟喂了毒梅才会死去的，因为它觉得它的孩子比起失去自由，死去会更好。自那以后我懂得了所有生物都有自由地活着的权利。

1.句意：我非常享受这个歌声以致于我决定去抓一只小知更鸟。

考查冠词的辨析。前文已经提及一次知更鸟唱歌，本题是第二次提及，应用定冠词the。故选C。

2.句意：这样，我就可以天天听它为我唱歌了。

could可以，能够；need需要；must必须；should应该。根据“…I decided to catch a young bird”可知，“我”抓鸟是为了可以天天听它歌唱。故选A。

3.句意：我最终设法抓住了一只（知更鸟）然后把它放到一个笼子里。

考查固定搭配。manage to do sth. “设法做成某事”，故选C。

4.句意：起初，小鸟非常害怕，所以它总是在它的新家里面扑腾。

考查语法物主代词。it’s它是；its它的；it它；its’是错误表达。该题空后面的中心词是名词，应用形容词性物主代词修饰。故选B。

5.句意：几天过后，它适应了住在这个新家。

late晚的，迟的；latest最新的，最近的；lately近来，最近；later以后，过后。根据“it was used to living in this new home”可知，小鸟已经适应了这个新家，那时间应该是几天过后。故选D。

6.句意：这个鸟宝宝看起来非常开心，吃掉了鸟妈妈带给它的所有东西。

考查语法定语从句关系词。先行词有all，much，everything，anything，something等不定代词，一般关系词只能用that。故选A。

7.句意：我看到鸟妈妈喂食非常开心，因为鸟妈妈比我知道怎样能把她的孩子照顾得更好。

考查语法比较级。关键词“than（比）”提示本题需用比较级；good形容词，well副词，better比较级，best更高级。故选C。

8.句意：但是第二天早上，我发现它死掉了。

考查介词辨析。具体某一天的上午，下午，傍晚用介词on修饰。故选D。

9.句意：当他知道整件事情的时候，他向我解释说“如果一个知更鸟妈妈发现她的孩子被放在笼子里，她就会给它带毒梅。她认为对她的孩子来说，比起失去自由，死掉会更好。”

考查连词辨析。if如果；when当……时候；because因为；although尽管。“鸟类学家知道鸟死亡”，和“他向我解释”这两个动作是几乎同时发生，所以用时间连词when比较合适。故选B。

10.句意：自那以后我再也没有抓任何生物放在笼子里了。

考查语法现在完成时。“since then”表示时间从过去持续到现在，符合现在完成时的定义。B选项过去将来时，C选项一般现在时，D选项一般过去式。故选A。