Question

    Long ago, the birds and the land animals had a big fight. A bat ______ in a cave (洞穴) to see which side was going to win.

After many hours, the land animals won. The bat flew ______ his cave to follow them. A bear looked at him and said, “Here is a bird. Let’s ______ it.” The bat cried, “Oh, please don’t! I can fly ______ a bird, but I’m not a bird. I have ______ in my mouth. Birds do not.”

The land animals talked it over and finally allowed (允许) the bat to join them. All was well ______ one day, the birds came back to fight again. Once again, the bat hid in a cave. This time, the ______ won the fight. The bat joined them. One old bird said to the bat, “______ are not one of us.” But the bat cried, “I am a bird. I have ______.” Finally, the birds allowed the bat to stay. The land animals and birds ______ fighting for many years. Each time, the bat hid and waited to see which side would win. Finally, everyone was tired of fighting and they decided to make peace (讲和). ______, they didn’t know what to do with the bat.

One of them said, “You have wings, but you are not a bird. You have teeth, but you are not a land animal. From now on, you will fly only at night when we are ______.” Maybe that is why bats only come out at night.

1.A.brought B.hid C.searched D.fought

2.A.down into B.all over C.up to D.out of

3.A.help B.accept C.kill D.become

4.A.as B.through C.like D.in

5.A.teeth B.food C.cave D.wings

6.A.from B.till C.on D.to

7.A.birds B.bat C.land animals D.bear

8.A.We B.You C.They D.He and I

9.A.wings B.teeth C.land D.mouths

10.A.finished B.failed C.kept D.began

11.A.So B.But C.However D.Otherwise

12.A.afraid B.alone C.around D.asleep

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.C

12.D

【解析】

鸟类和兽类发生了大战，讲述了蝙蝠在其中的立场不定，最后沦为晚上出来活动的后果。

1.句意：一只蝙蝠藏在山洞里，看哪一方会赢。

brought带来；hid隐藏；searched寻找；fought打架。根据第三段中的句子“Once again, the bat hid in a cave.”，可知蝙蝠是躲藏在洞穴里的。故选B。

2.句意：蝙蝠飞出洞穴跟随它们。

down into向下进入；all over所有，全；up to直到；out of出来。根据语境，这时蝙蝠是从洞穴里飞出来。fly out of飞出。故选D。

3.句意：这里有只鸟，让我们杀掉它。

help帮助；accept接受；kill杀；become变成。根据语境，上文说的是陆上动物和鸟类在战斗。这里看到会飞的蝙蝠，肯定是杀了它。故选C。

4.句意：我能像鸟一样飞，但我不是一只鸟。

as像，常用作连词，后跟句子；through穿过；like像，介词，后跟名词；in在…里面。这里说的是：能像鸟一样飞。空格后是一个名词短语，所以用like。故选C。

5.句意：我嘴里有牙齿。

teeth牙齿；food食物；cave洞穴；wings翅膀。根据后文的“in my mouth”，可知只有A符合题意，故选A。

6.句意：直到有一天，鸟儿又回来战斗了。

from从；till直到；on在…上面；to去。鸟儿这次不回来战斗，一切都很好。也就是说直到（till）鸟儿们回来战斗这一天，又开始不平静了。故选B。

7.句意：这一次鸟赢得了战斗。

birds鸟；bat蝙蝠；land animals陆上动物；bear熊。从后文“One old bird said to the bat”，可知这次是鸟赢得了战斗。故选A。

8.句意：你不是我们中的一员。

we我们；you你，你们；they他们；he and I我和你。根据“One old bird said to the bat”，可知这是直接对蝙蝠说的话。故选B。

9.句意：我有翅膀。

wings翅膀；teeth牙齿；land陆地；mouths嘴。这次战斗是鸟类胜利了，所以蝙蝠走向了鸟的这一边。可推测应该说它有翅膀。故选A。

10.句意：陆上的动物和鸟类持续战斗了很多年。

finished完成，结束；failed失败；kept保持；began开始。从后文的“Each time, the bat hid and waited to see which side would win.”，可推测陆上动物和鸟类应该是一直战斗。keep doing sth一直做某事。故选C。

11.句意：然而，它们不知道如何处理蝙蝠。

So因此；but但是；however然而；otherwise否则。空格前后两句是转折关系。从标点上看，but之后一般不使用逗号，但however位于分句之首时，通常用逗号；位于分句之中时，通常在其前、后各加一个逗号；位于分句之尾时，则必须在其前加逗号。这里显然是however的用法。故答案为C。

12.句意：从现在开始，你只能在晚上我们睡觉的时候飞。

Afraid害怕的；alone独自的；around在…周围；asleep睡着的。根据前句说的，只能让蝙蝠晚上飞。晚上都是大家睡觉的时候。故选D。