Question

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

Last spring I bought two newly-hatched 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 ideas. _______, 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.

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

So I told her to scatter (撤) the grains in the windowsill. 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 to her, “the sparrow is a bird ________ loves freedom. 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 frequently and ________ them as pet birds. However, we don’t need to possess them. We ________ seeing these little birds flying and jumping ________ branches, leaves and flowers in the spring mornings.

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

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

3.A. broke B. bored 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. one after another B. one another C. every other D. each other

12.A. stay B. cage C. love D. watch

13.A. free B. happy C. cold D. warm

14.A. way B. idea C. plan D. advice

15.A. what B. where C. that D. when

16.A. please B. starve C. suffer D. die

17.A. safe B. proud C. grateful D. used

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

19.A. enjoy B. hate C. want D. consider

20.A. to B. at C. from D. among

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者的女儿一直渴望养宠物。作者曾经给她买过两只小鸡。后来小鸡死了，但女儿没有放弃养宠物的想法。后来，女儿想将屋檐下的麻雀抓来养，在作者的劝说下，女儿放弃了这种想法。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。surprised惊讶的；excited兴奋的；disappointed失望的；amazed惊奇的。上文提到，作者女儿一直渴望养一个宠物。由此可以推知， 当作者给她买来小鸡的时候，实现她的愿望的时候，女儿很兴奋。B选项正确。

2.考查副词词义辨析。naturally自然地；suddenly突然地；unfortunately不幸地；finally最终。两只小鸡都死了，这是“不幸的”。故C选项正确。

3.考查动词词义辨析。break折断，打破；bore使厌烦；burst爆裂，炸破；turn转动。宠物小鸡死了，女儿大哭。burst into…意为“突然……起来”。C选项正确。

4.考查动词词义辨析。bury埋；put放；dig挖；set设定。小鸡死了，作者帮女儿把小鸡埋在一棵大树的下面。A选项正确。

5.考查名词词义辨析。end结束，终结；beginning开始；wish希望；reality现实。根据下文中的“She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail”可知，小鸡死后，作者的女儿仍然有养宠物的想法。由此可知，作者原以为小鸡的死是女儿养宠物这种想法的终结。但是作者想错了。A选项正确。

6.考查副词词义辨析。thus因此；then然后；therefore因此；however但是。作者原以为女儿会放弃养宠物的想法，但是，作者错了。女儿没有放弃这种想法。故D选项正确。

7.考查短语辨析。at all根本，简直；in all总共；after all毕竟，终究；for all尽管。孩子毕竟是孩子，小鸡的死并没有使女儿放弃养宠物的想法。C选项正确。

8.考查动词词义辨析。upset打乱，扰乱，使心烦意乱；encourage鼓励；help帮助；impress给……留下印象。根据“She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail”可知，作者的女儿仍然有养宠物的想法。由此可知，这次失败没有扰乱作者女儿养宠物的计划。故A选项正确。

9.考查动词词义辨析。stare盯着；notice注意到；sense感觉到；glare怒视。一天，作者注意到屋檐下有一窝麻雀。B选项正确。

10.考查动词词义辨析。look看；act行动；catch抓住；feed喂。根据下文的“So I told her to scatter (撤) the grains in the windowsill”可知，作者让女儿撒谷子喂麻雀吃。由此可知，作者和女儿本来可以抓住麻雀当作宠物的，但是她们没有这样做。C选项正确。

11.考查短语辨析。one after another相继地；one another互相；every other所有其他的人[事]，隔；each other彼此。麻雀们一个接一个的相继落下来吃谷子。A选项正确。

12.考查动词词义辨析。stay待；cage把……关进笼子；love爱；watch注视，观看。女儿提议将麻雀抓住关在笼子里喂养。该处与下文中的“No one can keep them in a cage”亦是呼应。B选项正确。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。free自由的，随意的；happy幸福的，快乐的；cold寒冷的；warm温暖的。上文提到这是冬天，所以女儿认为冬天外面“太冷”，提议将麻雀抓住和她们一起生活在房子里面。C选项正确。

14.考查名词词义辨析。way方式；idea想法，主意；plan计划；advice建议。作者认为女儿的想法不好。B选项正确。advice不可数，不和不定冠词a连用。

15.考查定语从句。麻雀是喜欢自由的鸟。“___15___ loves freedom”是定语从句，修饰a bird，引导词在从句中作主语，指物，应该用关系代词which或that引导该从句。结合选项，C选项正确。

16.考查动词词义辨析。please使高兴；starve挨饿；suffer受苦；die死。麻雀喜欢自由，一旦被抓住，他们很快就会死的。D选项正确。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。safe安全的；proud骄傲的；grateful感激的；used用过的，习惯的。麻雀喜欢自由，所以它们“习惯”了生活在外面。D选项正确。

18.考查动词词义辨析。think想；dream梦想；treat对待；appreciate感激，欣赏。作者和女儿经常给麻雀喂食，把它们当作宠物来对待。C选项正确。

19.考查动词词义辨析。enjoy喜欢；hate讨厌；want想要；consider考虑。根据上文可知，作者和女儿将麻雀当成宠物来对待。由此推知，作者和女儿喜欢看见这些小鸟飞翔。 A选项正确。

20.考查介词。麻雀应该是在树枝之间跳跃。among意为“在……之间”，故D选项正确。