Question

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to   1a great climbing plant that had grown  2a roof beam(房梁),so that we could repair the roof and  3the walls.

When my husband was taking the plant away, he found the  4of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then  5something  6among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his  7,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet(手镯).He ran into the house to  8me.

“You won’t believe that the  9blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we  10to feed on,”he said,“but they also want their children to  11in a cradle of gold!”

When my daughter came over on the eve of the  12,we told her about this 13occurrence.

“Don’t you remember, Mother?”she said with a loud  14.“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I  15a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”

As the bracelet no longer  16its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.

In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized(受洗礼).Among the  17the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like  18.I hope that if my grandson  19loses it, one of the  20that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

1.A.remove          B.cover             C.grow          D.water

2.A.beyond          B.over              C.across            D.through

3.A.build           B.paint             C.rescue            D.print

4.A.nest            B.baby              C.body          D.egg

5.A.moved           B.got               C.picked        D.noticed

6.A.nice            B.colorful          C.shiny         D.special

7.A.horror          B.surprise          C.delight       D.disappointment

8.A.ask         B.tell              C.show          D.give

9.A.working     B.cheating          C.dreaming      D.thieving

10.A.buy            B.plant             C.store         D.collect

11.A.lie                B.sing              C.listen            D.wait

12.A.party          B.Christmas         C.birthday      D.wedding

13.A.important      B.strange           C.terrible      D.funny

14.A.cry                B.sigh              C.laugh         D.sound

15.A.hid            B.threw             C.lost          D.broke

16.A.fitted         B.satisfied         C.matched       D.interested

17.A.jewels         B.toys              C.clothes       D.presents

18.A.attractive     B. new              C .modern       D. golden

19.A.almost         B just              C. even         D. ever

20.A.blackbirds     B. grandchildren        C. neighbors        D. mice

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D    

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B     

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.C     

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.D

20.A