Question

Mr Black lived in a city and he had a few shops there. His wife often _______ him when he was poor. So he loved her very much. One _______morning the woman _______her car on an icy road and it fell into a river and she _______ in the accident. He was very _______and always felt alone. His friends advised him to _______two weeks in a small town _______was by a forest and had much _______in it . He agreed with them and went there by himself. But there he often cherished the memory of (怀念) his late wife.

One afternoon he was walking in the town while he saw an old man _______ some parrots. He stopped to look at them and the old man asked him to buy one. He ________the most beautiful parrot and asked, “Can it speak?”

“Yes, sir,” answered the old man.

“How much does it ________?”

“Forty pounds.”

“It’s too ________,” said Mr Black. “Is it ________forty pounds?”

The old man said ________and turned to the bird and repeated the question, “Are you worth forty pounds, dear?”

“Certainly,” the bird answered ________.

Mr Black loved it at once and bought it. When he got home, he wanted to ________it more, but it couldn’t learn anything ________ “Certainly”.

One morning he ________the bird say “Certainly” again, he became angry and________, “Only a fool (傻瓜) spent forty pounds on such a stupid (愚蠢的) bird!”

“Certainly.” answered the parrot.

Mr Black began to ________and set it free.

1.A. saved    B. saw    C. helped    D. protected

2.A. rainy    B. snowy    C. windy    D. cloudy

3.A. mended    B. repaired    C. washed    D. drove

4.A. hurt    B. ill    C. died    D. disabled

5.A. sad    B. lucky    C. happy    D. pleased

6.A. take    B. spend    C. have    D. own

7.A. which    B. who    C. where    D. /

8.A. trees    B. birds    C. flowers    D. wildlife

9.A. selling    B. catching    C. feeding    D. showing

10.A. bought    B. touched    C. pointed to    D. looked after

11.A. fly    B. cost    C. pay    D. give

12.A. cheap    B. expensive    C. nice    D. bad

13.A. worth    B. cost    C. worthy    D. take

14.A. everything    B. something    C. anything    D. nothing

15.A. clearly    B. carefully    C. angrily    D. recently

16.A. ask    B. tell    C. teach    D. think

17.A. without    B. but    C. except    D. besides

18.A. saw    B. heard    C. watched    D. listened to

19.A. smiled    B. jumped    C. replied    D. shouted

20.A. control    B. escape    C. laugh    D. believe

Answer

1. C

2. B

3. D

4. C

5. A

6. B

7. A

8. D

9. A

10. C

11. B

12. B

13. A

14. D

15. A

16. A

17. C

18. B

19. D

20. C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。失去妻子的布莱克先生听从朋友的建议到一个小镇散心，被一位老人欺骗花了40镑购买了一只只会说“certainly”的鹦鹉，在一次生气咆哮之后，鹦鹉的回答让他哑然失笑，最后他把这只鹦鹉放归大自然了。

1.考查动词辨析。A. saved挽救，节省；B. saw看见；C. helped帮助；D. protected保护；当他贫穷的时候，他的妻子经常会帮助他，于是他们相爱了。故C项正确。

2.考查形容词辨析及上下文串联。A. rainy有雨的；B. snowy下雪的；C. windy有风的；D. cloudy多云的；根据下文“icy road”可知，那一天下了雪，路上都是冰雪。故B项正确。

3.考查上下文串联。A. mended维修；B. repaired修理；C. washed清洗；D. drove驾驶；根据下文“it fell into a river”可知，她的妻子开车掉进了河里去世了。故D项正确。

4.考查动词辨析。A. hurt受伤；B. ill生病；C. died去世；死亡；D. disabled残疾；她的妻子开车掉进了河里去世了，他非常难过。故C项正确。

5.考查上下文串联。A. sad悲伤的；难过的；B. lucky幸运的；C. happy幸福的；D. pleased高兴的；根据上文可知，他们很爱对方，妻子开车掉进了河里去世了，他非常难过。故A正确。

6.考查动词辨析。A. take拿走；B. spend度过；花费；C. have有；D. own拥有；他很难过感觉很孤独，于是他的朋友建议他到一个森林旁边的小镇过两个星期，散散心。故B项正确。

7.考查定语从句。本题定语从句的先行词是a small town，后面定语从句结构很完整，所以使用关系代词which指代先行词引导定语从句。B项指人，C项不能做主语。故A正确。

8.考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A. trees树；B. birds鸟；C. flowers花；D. wildlife野生动物；根据下文描述可知，这个小镇就在森林旁边，里面有很多野生动物。故D项正确。

9.考查动词辨析。A. selling出售；B. catching捕捉；C. feeding喂养；D. showing展示；有一个下午他正在街上散步，他看见一个老人在卖鹦鹉。故A项正确。

10.考查动词短语辨析。A. bought购买；B. touched触摸；C. pointed to指向；D. looked after照顾；当老人让他买一只的时候，他指向最漂亮的一只鹦鹉问：它会说话吗？根据语境可知C项正确。

11.考查动词辨析。A. fly飞行；B. cost花费；C. pay支付；D. give给与；老人告诉他这只鹦鹉会说话，于是他问这只鹦鹉要花多少钱才可以买下来。故B项正确。

12.考查形容词辨析。A. cheap便宜的；B. expensive昂贵的；C. nice漂亮的；D. bad糟糕的；本句是双方的讨价还价，他认为这只鹦鹉太贵了。故B项正确。

13.考查固定短语。短语“be worth+价钱”意为“值…钱”。句意：它值40镑？故A正确。

14.考查上下文串联。老人看到他怀疑价格太高，什么也没有说转向鹦鹉问：你值40镑吗？根据语境可知，应该使用否定含义的代词nothing。故D项正确。

15.考查副词辨析。A. clearly清楚的；B. carefully细致地；C. angrily生气地；D. recently近来；老人看到他怀疑价格太高，什么也没有说转向鹦鹉问：你值40镑吗？鹦鹉清楚地回答：当然值。根据语境可知A项正确。

16.考查动词辨析。A. ask问；B. tell告诉；C. teach教；D. think思考；布莱克先生非常喜欢它，于是就买了下来，回到家以后，他想要问鹦鹉更多问题，但是除了“certainly”，它什么也不会说。故A项正确。

17.考查介词辨析。介词except意为“除…之外”，不包括在内。布莱克先生非常喜欢它，于是就买了下来，回到家以后，他想要问鹦鹉更多问题，但是除了“certainly”，它什么也不会说。使用except表示它只会说“certainly”，故C项正确。

18.考查动词辨析。A. saw看见；B. heard听见；C. watched注视；D. listened to听（动作）；一天早晨他又听见这只鹦鹉说“certainly”，感到非常生气就对这只鹦鹉大叫：只有傻瓜才会花40镑买如此愚蠢的鸟。故B项正确。

19.考查动词辨析。A. smiled微笑；B. jumped跳跃；C. replied回复；D. shouted大喊；一天早晨他又听见这只鹦鹉说“certainly”，感到非常生气就对这只鹦鹉大叫：只有傻瓜才会花40镑买如此愚蠢的鸟。故D项正确。

20.考查动词辨析。A. control控制；B. escape逃脱；C. laugh大笑；D. believe认为；他对这只鹦鹉大叫：只有傻瓜才会花40镑买如此愚蠢的鸟。鸟儿回答：当然。布莱克先生听到这个回答，似乎在嘲笑他是傻瓜，开始大笑起来，于是把这只鹦鹉释放了。故C项正确。