Question

When our children were younger, it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and _____ a few animals there.

One of our new neighbors ____ some ducks. They seemed very lovely. However, they were ____ to run around in their yard and the neighbors’ yards -- ____ ours. Our vegetables were their favorite food. Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and wonder ____ there wasn’t a fence to keep them.

One day, I asked her if she ____her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden. She told me that they were her ____ and he was away traveling. My attitude (态度) to her was bad.

We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a ____, so our son built one. The ducks now stayed in their own yard. I didn’t see my neighbor again ____ months later.

A women’s church group asked me to ___ at their mother and daughter’s party. The topic was “Love”. Much to my ____, the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor. I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn’t been ____with my neighbor. So I walked ____to her and said sorry for my attitude. She forgave me and then we talked a lot.

Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me ____ you, if at all possible, to clear the ____between you.

1.A. put          B. keep          C. send          D. take

2.A. bought       B. sold           C. dropped       D. showed

3.A. made        B. allowed        C. forced        D. chosen

4.A. except       B. but            C. without       D. including

5.A. what        B. why            C. if            D. when

6.A. saw         B. understood      C. thought       D. realized

7.A. husband’s    B. daughter’s       C. wife’s        D. grandma’s

8.A. fence        B. house           C. nest         D. room

9.A. after         B. before          C. until          D. while

10.A. speak        B. talk            C. say           D. tell

11.A. excitement    B. joy            C. glad          D. surprise

12.A. nice         B. patient          C. friendly       D. annoyed

13.A. up          B. along            C. towards       D. down

14.A. offer        B. lift              C. encourage     D. afford

15.A. air          B. difficulty         C. pleasure      D. trash

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章作者通过自己与邻居之间因为养鸭子所产生的摩擦一事，来向我们讲述了一个道理，邻里之间要宽容大度，和睦相处，不要因为一点小事就闹不愉快。

1.考查动词及语境的理解。A. put 放；B. keep 饲养；C. send 送，寄；D. take带走。根据本段内容的描述，购买农场的目的是在上面饲养动物所以用动词keep；故选B。

2.考查动词及语境的理解。A. bought 买；B. sold 卖；C. dropped 丢了；D. showed出示；我们的邻居买了一些鸭子。根据后面的描述They seemed very lovely，可知应该是购买了鸭子，故选A。

3.考查动词及语境的理解。然而这群鸭子却只得以在他们的院子里和邻居的院子里来回跑动，此处是指这些可爱的小动物不允许能到处乱跑；A. made 制作；B. allowed 允许；C. forced 迫使；D. chosen选择。故选B。

4.考查介词及语境的理解。因为本段的第一句就说这是我们邻居家的家禽，所以自然也包括我们的院子成为鸭子的活动场地；其他三个选项的意思都是不包括我们的院子，与原文意思正相反；A. except 除……之外；B. but 但是，除……之外；C. without 没有；D. including包括。故选D。

5.考查代词及语境的理解。因为我们的蔬菜成了鸭子的美食，所以我们经常将他们“赶”回家，所以想知道为什么没有用一个栅栏将他们拦住。A. what 什么；B. why 为什么；C. if 是否，如果 D. when什么时候。故选B。

6.考查动词及语境的理解。根据上一段作者的不满可推知他是责问他的邻居问题的严重性，所以应该是问他是否意识到鸭子带来的麻烦。A. saw 看见；B. understood 懂得，理解；C. thought 认为；D. realized意识到。故选D。

7.考查名词及语境的理解。 根据本句话的后半部分he was away traveling.可知，邻居家的女主人强调鸭子是“他”养的，然后再结合选项只有A选项她丈夫是男性，其他的三个选项都指女性，均可排除；A. husband’s 丈夫的；B. daughter’s 女儿的；C. wife’s 妻子的；D. grandma’s 奶奶的。故选A。

8.考查名词及语境的理解。根据第二段最后一句there wasn’t a fence to keep them.可知，要是有一个栅栏就可以拦住鸭子跑到自家的地里吃蔬菜了，所以当作者意识到邻居没有建栅栏的打算之后，作者的儿子建了一个栅栏；A. fence 篱笆，栅栏；B. house 房子；C. nest 窝，巢；D. room房间，空间。故选A。

9.考查连词及语境的理解。因为前面邻居提到她丈夫的行踪he was away traveling.，所以应该是直到几个月后我才再次见到我的邻居；A. after 之后；B. before以前；C. until 直到；D. while 当……时候。故选C。

10.考查动词及语境的理解。speak“说”、“讲”、“演讲”。做及物动词时，宾语常是表示语言的词；本句中意为邀请我在聚会上发言；。A. speak 说（语言），发言；B. talk 交谈；C. say 说（内容）；D. tell 告诉。故选A。

11.考查名词及语境的理解。由后面的内容the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor.并结合前面描述的和邻居的矛盾可知此时在这里见到邻居是令她感到意外的；A. excitement 兴奋；B. joy 高兴；C. glad 高兴的；D. surprise惊讶，惊喜。故选D。

12.考查形容词及语境的理解。此时作者意识到在处理和邻居间的矛盾时自己不够有耐心，态度不好，A. nice 好的；B. patient 耐心的；C. friendly 友好的；D. annoyed 令人恼火的。故选B。

13.考查副词及语境的理解。意识到自己的不足，所以作者径直向前走过去表示歉意；A. up 向前；B. along 沿着；C. towards 朝，向；D. down 向下。故选A。

14.考查动词及语境的理解。根据上文可知作者想说如果你遇到同样的人的话，我会鼓励你向她那样做。A. offer 提供；B. lift 举起；C. encourage 鼓励；D. afford 负担得起。故选C。

15.名及语境的理解。句意：如果可能，希望能消除我们之间的隔阂。A. air 空气，也可指隔阂；B. difficulty 困难；C. pleasure 愉快；D. trash 垃圾。故选A。

考点：本题考查故事类短文。