Question

    My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.

Last spring I bought two small chickens for her. She got ______and took good care of them. ______， a few days later, both chickens died. She ______ into tears because of their death. I helped her ______ the two chickens under a tree behind our house. I thought it would be the ______ of her idea.

______， I was wrong. Children are children ______. The failure hasn't ______ my daughter in any way. She still tried to keep a  small animal or even a snail（蜗牛）.

One day last winter, I ______ under the eaves (屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows (麻雀). My daughter and I could ______ the sparrows as our “pets”， but we didn't.

So I told her to ______ the grains on the windowsill (窗台). A few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill ______ and pecked (啄)  at the rice. Suddenly my daughter asked me, “Mum, can we catch and ______ the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How ______ it is for them to live outside.”

“Oh, my dear, I do not think it's a good ______. You know，” I explained(解释) to her. “The sparrow is a bird who loves ______. No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will ______quickly. They are ______ to living outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves.”

From then on, we have set up a kind of relationship with the sparrow family. We feed them and ______ them as pet birds. However, we do not need to possess them. We ______ seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the spring morning.

1.A.surprised B.excited C.disappointed D.amazed

2.A.Naturally B.Suddenly C.Unfortunately D.Finally

3.A.broke B.happened C.burst D.turned

4.A.bury B.put C.dig D.set

5.A.end B.beginning C.wish D.reality

6.A.Thus B.Then C.Therefore D.However

7.A.at all B.in all C.after all D.for all

8.A.upset B.encouraged C.helped D.impressed

9.A.stared B.noticed C.sensed D.glared

10.A.look B.act C.catch D.feed

11.A.throw B.pour C.pile D.put

12.A.one after another B.one another C.every other D.each other

13.A.stay B.cage C.love D.watch

14.A.free B.happy C.cold D.warm

15.A.way B.idea C.plan D.advice

16.A.freedom B.spring C.trees D.nests

17.A.please B.starve C.suffer D.die

18.A.safe B.proud C.grateful D.used

19.A.think B.dream C.treat D.appreciate

20.A.enjoy B.would like C.want D.consider

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.B

16.A

17.D

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者女儿养的小鸡死后，看到窗台上的麻雀就想抓住并喂养它们，作者告诉女儿麻雀是喜欢自由的动物，劝说女儿不要抓它们，而是让它们自由地飞翔跳跃，并通过喂养鸟儿与它们建立了良好的关系。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她很兴奋，并且照顾它们。A. surprised吃惊的；B. excited兴奋的；C. disappointed失望的；D. amazed惊讶的。根据下文的took good care of them可知作者的女儿认真照顾小鸡，故此处用 “兴奋的” 符合语境，故选B项。

2.考查副词词义辨析。句意：不幸的是，几天之后两只小鸡死了。A. Naturally自然而然地；B. Suddenly突然地； C. Unfortunately不幸地；D. Finally最后。根据下文的both chickens died可知两只小鸡死了，故此处用 “不幸的是” 符合语境，故选C项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：因为它们的死，她突然大哭起来。A. broke打破；B. happened发生；C. burst爆炸；D. turned转变。小鸡的死使女儿突然大哭起来。考查短语burst into tears突然大哭起来，故选C项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我帮她把两只小鸡埋在屋后的一棵树下。A. bury埋葬；B. put放；C. dig挖；D. set设置。由“under a tree behind our house”可知，把死掉的小鸡埋了，故选A项。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我以为她的想法结束了。A. end结束；B. beginning开始；C. wish希望；D. reality现实。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者认为小鸡死后，她的女儿就不会再养其它小动物了，故此处用 “她的主意结束了” 符合语境，故选A项。

6.考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，我错了。A. Thus因此；B. Then然后；C. Therefore因此；D. However然而。结合上下文可知，该句和前文是转折关系，故选D项。

7.考查副词短语辨析。句意：孩子毕竟是孩子。A. at all根本；B. in all总计；C. after all毕竟；D. for all虽然。此处用 “毕竟” 加强语气，突出作者的感受，故选C项。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这次失败并没有让女儿沮丧。A. upset使沮丧；B. encouraged鼓励；C. helped帮助；D. impressed使印象深刻。根据下文的She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail（蜗牛）可知作者的女儿仍然想养小动物，故此处用 “没有让她沮丧” 符合语境，故选A项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：去年冬天的一天，我注意到屋檐下有几只麻雀，它们是一家。A. stared凝视；B. noticed注意到；C. sensed感觉到；D. glared瞪。结合句意可知，此处是指作者注意到屋檐下有麻雀，故选B项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：女儿和我可以把它们抓住当作我们的宠物，但是我们没有。A. look看；B. act行动；C. catch抓；D. feed喂。结合句意可知，要想把麻雀作为宠物，首先得抓住它们，且下文的Mum, can we catch and ___13___ the sparrows也有暗示，catch是原词复现，故选C项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，我告诉她把谷物放在窗台上。A. throw扔；B. pour倾到；C. pile堆；D. put放。根据上下文可知作者是一个善良温柔的人，故此处用 “放” 更能体现出这一点，故选D项。

12.考查短语辨析。句意：几分钟之后，麻雀一只接一只地停到窗台上开始啄食谷物。A. one after another一只接一只；B. one another相互；C. every other 其余的；D. each other相互。结合句意可知，此处用 “一只接一只” 来表达麻雀的数量较多，故选A项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然，女儿问我：“妈妈，我们可以抓住这些麻雀，然后把他们关到笼子里，让他们和我们一起生活在家里吗？” A. stay待，保持；B. cage把……关在笼子里；C. love 爱；D. watch观看。根据下文的No one can keep them in a cage. 可知此处用“关在笼子里”符合语境，cage是原词复现，故选B项。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：它们生活在外面好冷啊！A. free自由的；B. happy高兴的；C. cold冷的；D. warm温暖的。结合上文的One day last winter可知事情发生在冬天，故此处用 “冷” 符合语境，故选C项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：亲爱的，我认为它不是一个好主意。A. way方法；B. idea主意；C. plan计划；D. advice建议。根据前文的“Mum, can we catch and ___13___ the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room?可知作者的女儿想要养麻雀，故此处用“主意”符合语境，且上文的I thought it would be the ___5___ of her idea.也有暗示，idea是原词复现，故选B项。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：麻雀是鸟，它们喜欢自由。A. freedom自由；B. spring春天；C. trees树木；D. nests巢。根据下文的No one can keep them in a cage. 可知作者告诉女儿没有人能够把麻雀关在笼子里，故推测她也告诉女儿它们喜欢自由，故选A项。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果它们被抓住，很快就会死亡。A. please使高兴；B. starve饥饿；C. suffer遭受；D. die死亡。根据常识可知，麻雀不能在笼子里养，如果麻雀被关在笼子里很快就会死亡，故选D项。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：它们习惯在户外生活。A. safe安全的；B. proud骄傲的；C. grateful感激的；D. used习惯的。根据上文的The sparrow is a bird who loves ___16___可知麻雀喜欢在户外，故此处用 “习惯生活在户外” 符合语境，故选D项。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们给它们喂食，把它们当作宠物鸟来对待。A. think想，认为；B. dream梦想；C. treat对待；D. appreciate感激。根据前文的we have set up a kind of relationship with the sparrow family可知作者一家和麻雀建立了很好的关系，故推测他们把麻雀一家当成自己的宠物来对待，故选C项。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：春天的早晨，我们喜欢看这些小鸟在树枝、树叶和花朵间飞来飞去。A. enjoy享受，喜欢；B. would like想；C. want想；D. consider考虑，认为。作者和女儿都是爱鸟之人，所以喜欢看这些小鸟在树枝、树叶和花朵间飞来飞去。故选A项。