Question

    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl  1to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl   2the mother would not return to her eggs and she   3to take them home. There she carefully   4the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days   5the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the   6.

Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.   7, to these young geese, the girl was their mother.

As they   8, the girl was able to   9her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to   10. The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   11and in her dreams. Later, she had an   12: She would pilot a plane to guide them in   13. She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.

Caring about   14safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not   15or follow him, and   16slept in the grass.

One day, the girl   17into the plane, started it and soon left the   18. Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   19flapped（拍打）their wings and   20. She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.

1.A. managed           B. attempted            C. happened        D. supposed

2.A. realized            B. expected             C. imagined        D. admitted

3.A. helped             B. decided              C. afforded         D. meant

4.A. placed             B. protected             C. treated          D. examined

5.A. ago               B. out                  C. later            D. long

6.A. family             B. lake                 C. home           D. world

7.A. But               B. Also                 C. Thus            D. Still

8.A. increased          B. improved             C. rose             D. grew

9.A. ask               B. lead                  C. want            D. allow

10.A. fly               B. race                  C. swim            D. sing

11.A. asleep            B. away                  C. around          D. awake

12.A. idea              B. opinion                C. explanation      D. excuse

13.A. sky               B. heaven                C. flight           D. plane

14.A. his               B. her                    C. their           D. its

15.A. respect            B. remember              C. recognize       D. receive

16.A. so                B. instead                C. hardly          D. too

17.A. climbed           B. looked                 C. reached         D. fell

18.A. house             B. floor                  C. water           D. ground

19.A. secretly            B. disappointedly          C. patiently        D. eagerly

20.A. looked away        B. set out                 C. went by        D. turned back

Answer

1.C。 happen to do 表示“碰巧做……、偶然遇到……”。

2.A。 根据故事情节，小女孩停了一会后， 意识到雁妈妈不会再回到此处。

3.B。 意识到雁妈妈不再回来，小女孩便决定将蛋带回家。

4.A。 根据下文的故事情节叙述可知，女孩把蛋带回家后小心翼翼地将其孵化，所以她将雁蛋放在温暖处。

5.C。 根据情节，几天以后，小雁破壳出世。

6.D。 小雁破壳出世诞生。

7.C． 由于大雁出世时所看到的活的东西往往被认为是它们的妈妈，所以， 这个小女孩就理所当然地被小雁认为是它们的妈妈。

8.D。 随着小雁一天天长大，grow表示“长大、成长”。

9.B。 lead sb to do 表示“致使某人做”，其他选项不符和语境。

10.A。 虽然小女孩能让小雁在草丛中嬉闹，可她并不能教它们飞翔。

11.D。 她的这种顾虑与日俱增， 无论是在睡梦中还是清醒不睡时。此处的选择取决于和in her dreams的对应。

12.A。 从后面的冒号可以看出，后面的内容应该是小女孩想到的办法和主意.

13.C。 in flight表示“飞翔的状态”,只有此项符合语境。Sky前应该加the, heaven表示“天堂”，是宗教迷信用词.

14.B。 父亲担心他女儿的安全。

15.C。 父亲决定亲自驾飞机领飞，可是小雁们并不能辨认是领飞。

16.B。 小雁非但认不出是领飞，相反干脆就在草丛中睡起大觉来。

17.A。 根据情节， 应该是小女孩爬上飞机。

18.D。 小女孩发动飞机后，飞机应该很快飞离地面。

19.D。 由于小雁的妈妈飞走，所以小雁也急切地振翅欲飞。

20.B．set out to do 表示“开始、着手做”，根据语境，此时小雁也开始振翅飞翔。