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完形填空(共1小题) In 1956,Phoenix,Arizona,was a...

完形填空(共1小题)

In 1956,Phoenix,Arizona,was a city with boundless blue skies.One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet on my finger,I wanted to show.

Perky         the sky looked like.Maybe he could make a little bird        out there.I took him into the backyard,and then,to my     ,Perky flew off.The enormous blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue         and suddenly he had gone,clipping its wings.

Kathy managed to      me.With fake optimism,she even tried to reassure me that Perky would find a new       .But I was far too clever to         that such a thing was possible.

Decades later,I watched my own         growing.We shared their activities,spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the        of the kids’ friends,the Kissells.The two families went camping around Arizona together.We became the       of friends.One evening,the game was to tell Great Pet stories.One person claimed to      the oldest living goldfish.Someone else had a psychic dog.       Barry,the father of the other family,took the floor and        that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet,Sweetie Pie.

“The best thing     Sweetie Pie,” he said,“was the       we got him.One day,when I was about eight,out of the clear,blue sky,a little blue parakeet just      down and landed on my finger.”

When I was finally able to            ,we examined the amazing evidence.The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all           .It seems ourtwo families had been        long before we ever met.Forty years later,I ran to my sister and said,“You were       ! Perky lived!”

1.A.what          B.how              C.which              D.where

2.A.food          B.nest             C.friend             D.family

3.A.joy           B.horror           C.disappointment     D.satisfaction

4.A.pleasure      B.sadness          C.treasure           D.sense

5.A.forgive       B.comfort          C.help               D.delight

6.A.parent       B.home             C.master             D.life

7.A.imagine       B.suppose          C.doubt              D.believe

8.A.birds         B.happiness        C.worries            D.children

9.A.parents       B.birds            C.interests          D.games

10.A.first       B.best             C.last               D.happiest

11.A.catch       B.find            C.buy                D.have

12.A.Suddenly     B.Fortunately      C.Then               D.However

13.A.announced    B.said            C.told               D.hoped

14.A.in           B.about            C.of                 D.on

15.A.day          B.place            C.way                D.story

16.A.floated      B.dived            C.settled            D.went

17.A.think        B.speak            C.interrupt          D.explain

18.A.came up      B.turned up        C.turned out         D.matched up

19.A.known        B.fastened         C.connected          D.introduced

20.A.right       B.wrong            C.silly              D.mad

 

1.A 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.D 8.D 9.A 10.B 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.B 15.C 16.A 17.B 18.D 19.C 20.A 【解析】 试题解析: 1.】在英语中,what…look like是固定搭配,意思是“…看起来…”,根据句意,可知此题应选A。 2.】依据上文说Perky是一只鸟,故可推断它在天上就是认识另外一位朋友,因此答案选C。 3.】joy快乐;horror恐惧;disappointment失望;satisfaction满意。由于此处说的是作者不小心把鸟放走了,故他怕他的姐姐会怪他,故选B。 4.】根据下文的意思可知本句的意思是一望无际的蓝天吞噬了我姐姐的宝贝(treasure)。根据对上下文的理解,故此处选C。 5.】依据语境可知,由于作者不小心放走了他姐姐心爱的小鸟,作者的姐姐设法地去原谅他,因此答案为A。 6.】根据对文章的理解,可知作者的姐姐还试图安慰作者,说那只小鸟还可能已经找到了一个新的家(home),因此答案为B。 7.】imagine想象;suppose猜想;doubt怀疑;believe相信。根据对文意的理解并结合各个选项的意思,故选D。 8.】根据文意,可知是十多年以后,作者看见自己的孩子(children)成长,故选D。 9.】根据下文的意思,可推断当时孩子们在比赛,而孩子的父母们(parents)就坐在一起观看他们的比赛,故选A。 10.】根据下文的意思,可知他们成为了最好的(best)朋友,故答案选B。 11.】根据下文的意思,可知当时一个人声称他有(have)一只最老的金鱼。结合各个选项的意思,可知选D。 12.】根据文章意思,可知这写家长是坐在一起交流,故他们是一个接着一个的说,故用表顺承的then,故选C。 13.】Barry当时也是在讲让他骄傲的东西,故可推断他用的是正式的词announce(宣布),可知此处答案选A。 14.】根据上下文可知道作者所说的是关于(about)Sweetie Pie的东西,故选B。 15.】下文讲述的是Barry他们是如何得到这只鸟的过程,可知这是得到这只鸟的方式,故此题的答案为C符合。 16.】根据语境,可知当时非常巧合和以外地,那只鸟落在Barry的指尖上,结合各个选项的意思,可知答案为A。 17.】think想;speak讲;interrupt打断;explain解释。根据对文意的理解并结合各个选项的意思,可知答案选B。 18.】come up提出;turn up出现;turn out结果是;match up匹配。根据对上下文的理解,可知道此句的句意是:时间,地点以及小鸟的图片都匹配,故选D。 19.】联系上下文可知此处的意思是:似乎这两个家庭早就联系(connect)在一起了。故选C。 20.】根据文意,可知作者最后才意识到当年姐姐安慰他的那句是对的(right),故选A。 考点:日常生活
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