Question

    My mother believed in magic. She believed things happened for a/an _______ . She was vocal about “happy accidents”.

“See this little box? It’s magic: inside _______ a bird that can sing.”

I carefully wound the tiny music box, and my sons were _______ attracted by the beautiful music, coming up and wondering what it was. Besides singing, the bird _______ flapped (拍打) its wings, and opened and closed its small beak (鸟喙).

“Please don’t touch it,” I _______. However, weeks later I noticed the bird no longer moved back fully. I was so angry that I _______ my sons.

“I pushed the lid down,” volunteered the 7-year-old cautiously. Obviously, he realized what a big mistake he had made. I was going to _______ him. However, another voice told me that I might find a skilled person to _______ the bird back to life first.

Unfortunately, I soon discovered that few people could _______ broken music boxes. It took me lots of ________ to find one. After lots of time and cost, I was delighted to witness the fragile bird sing once more. What I did not ________ was that the tiny bird would also spin (旋转).

“It spins!” I said, totally ________.

“It’s supposed to do that,” the man said with a heavy German accent. “I guess it is ________ that your son broke it, because now the bird does what it was ________ to do.”

A happy accident, ________.

1.A.excuse B.result C.reason D.goal

2.A.flies B.lives C.lays D.sees

3.A.instantly B.eventually C.gradually D.accidentally

4.A.merely B.still C.suddenly D.also

5.A.requested B.declared C.warned D.repeated

6.A.gathered B.seized C.dragged D.led

7.A.comfort B.believe C.ignore D.punish

8.A.carry B.take C.bring D.get

9.A.discover B.make C.own D.repair

10.A.fortune B.efforts C.chances D.risks

11.A.observe B.expect C.realize D.feel

12.A.sad B.moved C.satisfied D.amazed

13.A.wrong B.reasonable C.good D.obvious

14.A.trained B.asked C.allowed D.designed

15.A.indeed B.though C.either D.instead

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.D

15.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的儿子们将一个带有小鸟的音乐盒弄坏了，作者很生气，但还是努力地找人修好了它，却意为的发现这只小鸟实际是可以旋转的。这个结局让作者想到了母亲的人生观：幸福的意外。

1.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她相信事情的发生是有原因的。A. excuse借口；B. result结果；C. reason理由；D. goal目标。根据前文“My mother believed in magic.”可知，作者的母亲相信魔法，因此在她看来，事情的发生都是有一定的理由和原因的。故选C项。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：神奇的是，里面住着一只会唱歌的鸟。A. flies飞；B. lives居住；C. lays摆放；下蛋；D. sees看见。根据后文对这只“鸟”描述“the bird ___4_ flapped its wings, and opened and closed its small beak(这只鸟拍打着翅膀，张开和合上了它的小喙)”可知，音乐盒里有一只小鸟，选项B“lives”用在句中，能够形象地体现出小鸟的逼真性。故选B项。

3.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：我小心地把小音乐盒绕好，我的儿子们立刻被这美妙的音乐吸引住了，走上前想知道这是什么。A. instantly立即；B. eventually最后；终于；C. gradually逐渐地；D. accidentally意外地；偶然地。根据后文“coming up and wondering what it was(走过来想知道那是什么)”可知，作者的孩子们对于这个音乐盒很感兴趣，选项A“instantly”意为“立即；马上”，可用来表达孩子们急切的心情。故选A项。

4.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：除了唱歌，这只鸟还拍打着翅膀，张开和合上它的小喙。A. merely只不过；仅仅；B. still仍然；还；C. suddenly突然；D. also还；也。根据前文“Besides singing(除了唱歌)”中使用了besides，说明该句应体现递进关系，选项D“also”用在句中可表达此逻辑关系。故选D项。

5.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：“请不要碰它，”我警告说。A. requested要求；B. declared声明；宣告；C. warned警告；D. repeated重复。根据前文作者的话语“Please don’t touch it(请不要碰它)”可知，应是警告的话语。故选C项。

6.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我非常生气，把我的儿子们召集起来。A. gathered聚集；B. seized抓住；C. dragged 硬拉；硬拽；D. led带领；通往。根据前文“However, weeks later I noticed the bird no longer moved back fully.(然而，几周后，我注意到这只鸟不再完全移动了。)”可知，在作者警告过孩子们之后，鸟却出现了问题，因此可推知作者很生气召集儿子们“质问”。故选A项。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我打算惩罚他。A. comfort安慰；B. believe相信；认为；C. ignore忽略；不理睬；D. punish惩罚。根据前文“Obviously, he realized what a big mistake he had made.(显然，他意识到自己犯了一个多大的错误。)”可知，7岁的孩子承认了错误，且前文提及作者很生气，因此要惩罚他。故选D项。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，另一个声音告诉我，我可以先找一个有技术的人把这只鸟“救活”。A. carry携带；搬运；B. take带走；花费；C. bring带来；D. get得到。根据前文“another voice told me that I might find a skilled person”可知，要找一个技术熟练的人，其目的应是想人修理以使这只鸟“活过来”，bring sth back to life，意为“使某物复活”，符合句意。故选C项。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：不幸的是，我很快发现很少有人能修理坏掉的音乐盒。A. discover发现；B. make制造；C. own拥有；D. repair修理。根据后文宾语为“broken music boxes”可知，应是修理坏掉的音乐盒。故选D项。

10.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我费了好大的劲才找到一个。A. fortune运气；财富；B. efforts努力；C. chances机会；D. risks风险。根据前文“few people could ___9__ broken music boxes.”提及很少有人能够修理这个音乐盒，且后文“After lots of time and cost”提及花费了很多时间和费用，因此本句应是强调作者很努力寻找。故选B项。

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我没有想到的是，小鸟也会旋转。A. observe观察；遵从；B. expect期望；期待；C. realize意识到；D. feel感觉。根据后文宾语“that the tiny bird would also spin”可知，这只小鸟是能够旋转的，且后文描述时作者用到“It spins!”为感叹句，说明这是出乎作者意料的。故选B项。

12.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“它可以旋转!”我说，完全惊呆了。A. sad伤心的；B. moved感动的；C. satisfied满意的；D. amazed震惊的。根据前文“What I did not ___11___ was that the tiny bird would also spin”可知，这只小鸟能够旋转是出乎作者意料的，因此看到它能够旋转，作者应是很震惊。故选D项。

13.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“你儿子把它打破了，我想这是件好事，因为现在这只鸟做了它应该做的事情。”A. wrong错误的；B. reasonable合理的；C. good庆幸的；很可能带来好结果的；D. obvious明显的。根据后文“because now the bird does what it was ___14__ to do.”可知，这只鸟在被修理以后能够旋转，因此这个修理工说作者的孩子将它弄坏反而带来了好的结果，这是一件庆幸的事。故选C项。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：“你儿子把它打破了，我想这是件好事，因为现在这只鸟做了它应该做的事情。”A. trained训练；培训；B. asked询问；要求；C. allowed允许；D. designed设计。根据前文这个修理工的话“It’s supposed to do that”可知，这只鸟本就设计为可以旋转的。故选D项。

15.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：的确，这是一个令人愉快的意外。A. indeed确实；真正地；B. though然而；不过；C. either也；而且；D. instead然而。分析可知，设空应是起到强调作用，强调这件事的确如作者的母亲所说的是一个幸福的意外（happy accident）。选项A“indeed”可用于句末修饰，起到加强语气的作用。故选A项。