Question

In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of an engineer. One day    walking along the bank of a lake, the girl happened to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose(鹅). After some time the girl    the mother would not return to the eggs and she    to take them home. There she carefully    the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days    , the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the    .

    Geese are known to take the first living thing        theysee as their mother. Thus, to these    geese, the girl was their mother.

As they grew, the girl was able to    her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to    . The litter girl became increasingly worried about this, both when    and in her dreams. Suddenly, she thought    a clever idea: she would fly a plane to guide them in    . She asked her father for a plane and he made a small one for her. Caring about    safety, the father flew the plane himself. However, the birds didn’t    him. They all slept in the grass    .

The girl was so worried about it that one day the girl    into the plane and started it. Soon the plane left the    . Seeing their mother in the air, the birds    expanded their wings and    . She flew the plane freely in the sky, with her young birds following.

1.A. since       B. after C. whileD. because

2.A. realizedB. expectedC. imaginedD. admitted

3.A. helpedB. decidedC. affordedD. agreed

4.A. placedB. protectedC. treatedD. examined

5.A. agoB. outC. laterD. long

6.A. familyB. houseC. homeD. world

7.A. whatB. whichC. thatD. who

8.A. greatB. bigC. shyD. young

9.A. askB. leadC. wantD. allow

10.A. flyB. raceC. swimD. sing

11.A. asleepB. awayC. aroundD. awake

12.A. ofB. throughC. overD. back

13.A. skyB. heavenC. flightD. plane

14.A. hisB. herC. theirD. its

15.A. respectB. rememberC. followD. receive

16.A. sadlyB. insteadC. hardlyD. too

17.A. climbedB. lookedC. droveD. fell

18.A. houseB. floorC. waterD. ground

19.A. secretlyB. disappointedlyC. patientlyD. immediately

20.A. looked awayB. set outC. went byD. turned back

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个工程师的女儿和天鹅的故事。一天她在湖边看到20只天鹅蛋，于是拿回家去把它们孵化了出来。当她发现天鹅没有妈妈带领着练习飞行的时候，她让工程师造了一架小飞机，带领着小天鹅们飞上了天。

1.连词辨析。A. since自从； B. after在….之后； C. while当…时候； D. because因为。此处是状语从句的省略，排除since和because。根据当时情景判断应该是当她在湖边走的时候发现了天鹅蛋，选C。

2.动词辨析。A. realized意识到；B. expected期望；C. imagined想象；D. admitted承认。根据语境判断女孩意识到天鹅不会回来了，其他不符合语境，选A。

3.动词辨析。A. helped帮助；B. decided决定；C. afforded花得起（时间、钱等）D. agreed同意。根据下文内容可知女孩把天鹅蛋拿回家，在此是做出了一个决定，选B。

4.动词辨析。A. placed放置；B. protected保护；C. treated对待；D. examined检查。根据句中in the heat of a lamp判断女孩是把天鹅蛋放到了一个地方，选A。

5.副词辨析。A. ago在之前；B. out出去；C. later后来；D. long长。“时间段+ago ”意思是在多长时间以前；“时间段+later”意思是“ 多久以后”，根据上下文可知是她把天鹅蛋放到温暖的地方以后，小天鹅就孵化出来了，选C。

6.名词辨析。A. family家庭；B. house房子；C. home家；D. world世界。小天鹅孵化出来了，也就是来到了这个世界上，选D。

7.代词辨析。A. what什么；B. which哪个；C. that那个；D. who谁。从结构判断此处是定语从句，从句中缺少see的宾语，应该用关系代词，因为先行词是living things，而且有序数词修饰，所以答案选C。

8.形容词辨析。A. great伟大的；B. big大的；C. shy腼腆的；D. young幼小的，年轻的。从上文可知这些是刚出生的小天鹅，所以是幼小的生命，选D。

9.动词辨析。A. ask问；B. lead带领，引导；C. want想要；D. allow允许。根据下文内容可知小女孩带着天鹅在草地上跑，lead sb to do sth “带领某人做某事”，选B。

10.动词辨析。A. fly飞；B. race赛跑；C. swim游泳；D. sing唱歌。在下文中女孩要求父亲给她造了一架小飞机，带领着小天鹅飞上了天空，故答案选A。

11.形容词辨析。A. asleep 睡着；B. away远离；C. around周围的；D. awake醒着的。根据and后面内容in her dreams判断当女孩睡觉的时候都做梦梦到她带着天鹅飞翔，选D。

12.介词辨析。A. of….的；B. through通过；C. over在…..上面；D. back 在后面。根据空后的内容判断女孩想到了一个方法，think of 意思是“想出，想起”；think over “仔细考虑”，选A。

13.名词辨析。A. sky天空；B. heaven天堂；C. flight飞翔；D. plane飞机。从上下文可知女孩想让小天鹅学会飞翔，她想的办法是自己驾着飞机带领天鹅飞，所以是在飞行中带领它们，选C。

14.代词辨析。A. his他的；B. her她的；C. their他们的；D. its它的。根据空后内容the father flew the plane himself.可以判断是父亲担心女儿的安全，故答案选B。

15.动词辨析。A. respect尊重；B. remember记住；C. follow跟随；D. receive接收。从上下文判断女孩想开飞机的目的是为了引导小天鹅学习飞翔，让天鹅跟着飞机飞，故答案选C。

16.副词辨析。A. sadly悲伤地；B. instead相反；C. hardly几乎不；D. too也。他们的目的是想带领天鹅飞行，但是天鹅不理会父亲开着的飞机，而是在草丛里睡觉，此处表示“相反”，故答案选B。

17.动词辨析。A. climbed爬；B. looked看；C. drove开车；D. fell掉下，倒下。空后内容提到女孩自己开飞机，所以此处是指她爬进飞机里面，选A。

18.名词辨析。A. house房子； B. floor地板；C. water水；D. ground地面。从下文Seeing their mother in the air,判断女孩自己驾驶着飞机飞到空中，飞离了地面，故答案选D。

19.副词辨析。A. secretly秘密地；B. disappointedly失望地；C. patiently耐心地；D. immediately立即。看到它们的“妈妈”飞上了天空，小天鹅也立即煽动翅膀飞了起来，选D。

20.动词短语辨析。A. looked away转移目光；扭头看别处； B. set out出发，动身；C. went by（时间等）过去； D. turned back转身。从前后内容可知天鹅展开翅膀飞，飞上了天，所以此处是天鹅出发了，选B。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读