Question

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）

On Thanksgiving Day. About 88 percent of Americans car turkey. But one l 1. turkey not only survives but also becomes famous! Every year, turkey farmers p 2. a turkey to the U.S. president. However the president does not e 3. this turkey. But gives in a “pardon”. The turkey is s 4. to Florida for a Thanksgiving parade. Then it lives on a farm for the r 5. of its life.

Turkeys come from North America and have been part of American culture for c  6.. Benjamin Franklin even wanted the turkey, i 7. of the bald eagle, to be America’s icon. Turkeys living on farms are large birds that cannot fly. But w 8. turkeys are quite fast. They can fly at a s 9. up to 88 kilometers per hour. They can also run as fast as 40 kilometers per hour.

Turkeys don’t have ears. They h 10.  with a snood (肉垂) above their beaks. But their hearing is five times better than human’s.

Answer

1.lucky

2.pick

3.eat

4.sent

5.rest

6.centuries

7.instead

8.wild

9.speed

10.hear

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文介绍了火鸡在美国感恩节是一个代表，每一年火鸡场主挑选一只火鸡给美国总统。然而总统并不吃它，而是将它放生。接下来讲述了火鸡来自北美,数百年来一直是美国文化的一部分。同时又将农场的火鸡与野生的火鸡进行了比较，又介绍了火鸡的听力。

1.考查形容词及语境的理解。通过对短文的理解，有一只火鸡不仅能够幸存而且还能够著名。说明这只火鸡是幸运的，故填：lucky

2.考查动词及语境的理解。火鸡场主挑选一只火鸡给美国总统，挑选，故填：pick

3.考查动词及语境的理解。但是总统并不吃这只火鸡，而是将它赦免。因此根据句意为吃这只火鸡，故填：eat

4.考查动词及语境的理解。根据句意：这只火鸡被送到佛罗里达为了一个感恩节游行活动。送send，此处是被动语态，用动词的过去分词，故填：sent

5.考查固定短语及语境的理解。考查固定短语：the rest of剩余的……句意：它剩下的生命时间都会生活在农场，故填：rest

6.考查语境的理解。句意：火鸡来自北美,数百年来一直是美国文化的一部分。从另一个角度讲就是世纪，故填：centuries

7.考查动词及语境的理解。通过句意了解本杰明想将火鸡来代替秃鹰，成为美国的代表。固定短语instead of代替。故填：instead

8.考查形容词及语境的理解。联系上下文得知是将农场的火鸡与野火鸡进行对比，野生的：wild，故填：wild

9.考查名词及语境的理解。联系下文：每小时达到88千米，指的是速度，故填：speed

10.考查动词及语境的理解。分析介绍火鸡没有耳朵，听力在勾嘴上的肉锤，故填：hear

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