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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 our two 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

Answer

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】

试题分析：一只蓝鹦鹉成为两家人友谊的纽带。小时候作者不小心让妹妹的蓝色鹦鹉从手中飞了，妹妹坚信鹦鹉会找到自己的新家。很多年以后，作者和孩子的好朋友一家玩时，无意中得知他们家的那只鹦鹉正是飞到了他家 。

1.A 考查宾语从句的连词以及对语境的理解。A. what和look like一起用，意思是：什么样子；B. how如何；C. which哪一个；D. where哪里。我本想让Perky看看天是什么样子的。故选A。

2.C 考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. food食物；B. nest鸟巢；C. friend朋友；D. family家人。也许它还可以找一只鸟做朋友。故选C。

3.B 考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. jo高兴；B. horror恐怖；C. disappointment失望；D. satisfaction满意。鸟飞走了，应该很让人害怕，担心会飞不回来。故选B。

4.C 考查名词以及对语境的理解。 A. pleasure 高兴；B. sadness伤心；C. treasure宝贝； D. sense感觉。应该是：鹦鹉是妹妹的宝贝。故选C。

5.A 考查动词以及对语境的理解。 A. forgive原谅；B. comfort安慰；C. help帮助；D. delight高兴。根据下一句With fake optimism, she even tried to reassure me that Perky would find a new _____ .可知， Kathy还是原谅我了。故选A。

6.B 考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. parent父母；B. home家；C. master主人；D. life生活。最后的叙述说明，蓝鹦鹉找到了自己的新"家"。故选B。

7.D 考查动词以及对语境的理解。 A. imagine 想象；B. suppose假设；C. doubt怀疑；D. believe相信。我很聪明不相信会有这样的事情发生。故选D。

8.D 考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. birds鸟；B. happiness快乐；C. worries担心；D. children孩子。根据下一句可知，从后文看，作者已经成家立业， 看着自己的孩子慢慢长大。故选D。

9.A 考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. parents父母；B. birds鸟；C. interests 兴趣；D. games游戏。由后面the Kissells可知，此处指的是作者孩子朋友的父母。故选A。

10.B 考查形容词以及对语境的理解。 A. first第一个；B. best最好的；C. last最后的；D. happiest最快乐的。通过上下文可知，两家人经常在一起玩，应该是成为最好的朋友。故选B。

11.D 考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. catch抓住，明白；B. find发现；C. buy买；D. have有。 作为一种游戏和消遣大家各自讲述关于自己宠物的故事，因此这个人说自己拥有最老的金鱼。故选D。

12.C 考查副词以及对语境的理解。A. Suddenly突然；B. Fortunately幸运的是；C. Then然后；D. However但是。前面的人说了之后，另一个家庭的家长说话了。故选C。

13.A 考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. announced宣布；B. said说；C. told告诉；D. hoped希望。announced与前面的claim意思一致。体现了主人对拥有蓝色鹦鹉的自豪感。故选A。

14.B 考查介词以及对语境的理解。A. in在……之内；B. about关于，关于小的细节的方面；C. of……的；D. on关于，常指大的方面。关于鹦鹉的最棒的是。故选B。

15.C 考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. day白天；B. place地方；C. way方法；D. story故事。从下文看， Barry在叙述自己得到蓝鹦鹉的"方式"，其他都太片面。故选C。

16.A 考查连词以及对语境的理解。A. floated飘；B. dived俯冲；C. settled定居；D. went去。floated "飘落"符合鸟的动作特征。故选A。

17.B 考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. think认为；B. speak说； C. interrupt打断；D. explain解释。 我最后发言， 对这件事的调查。故选B。

18.D 考查动词短语以及对语境的理解。A. came up走近；B. turned up出现；C. turned out结果是；D. matched up匹配。 对方所讲的一切与作者当年不小心让蓝鹦鹉飞走的情景完全符合。故选D。

19.C 考查动词的过去分词以及对语境的理解。A. known知道；B. fastened固定； C. connected联系；D. introduced介绍。作者听了对方的叙述认为两家的缘分从那只蓝鹦鹉飞走的那一刻就开始了，也就是两家早就"联系"在一起了。故选C。

20.A. right对；B. wrong错；C. silly愚蠢；D. mad疯。最后作者不得不相信，妹妹当初所说的一切很"对"。故选A。

考点：考查故事类阅读。