Question

My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time. Last spring I bought two newly-hatched(孵化) chickens for her. She got      and took good care of them.     , a few days later, both chickens died. She burst into tears because of      .I helped her     the two birds 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 noticed under the eaves(屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows(麻雀). My daughter and I could     the sparrows as our “pets”, but we didn’t.

So I told her to    the grains on the windowsill（窗台）. 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 idea. You know,” I explained to her, “the sparrow is a bird who loves    .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      with the sparrow family. We feed them frequently and    them as pet birds. However, we do not need to     them. We     seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the spring morning.

1.A. exciting          B. excited        C. disappointed      D. encouraged

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

3.A. leaving           B. their death    C. the chickens      D. them

4.A. Bury        B. put           C. dig     D. set

5.A. end              B. beginning      C. wish            D. reality

6.A. Thus             B. Then          C. However         D. Therefore

7.A. at all            B. in all         C. after all         D. for all

8.A. encourage         B. upset          C. help             D. impress

9.A. look              B. act            C. feed             D. catch

10.A. throw             B. pour           C. pile             D. scatter

11.A. one after another  B. one another    C. every other       D. each other

12.A. stay              B. love           C. cage             D. watch

13.A. free              B. happy          C. cold             D. warm

14.A. freedom           B. spring         C. flying            D. trees

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

16.A. safe              B. used           C. proud           D. happy

17.A. neighbor         B. understanding  C. friendship        D. relationship

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

19.A. hurt             B. possess        C. belong to         D. hatch

20.A. enjoy             B. would like    C. want            D. consider

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述女儿养的小鸡死了后，看到窗台上的麻雀就想抓住它们并喂养它们，我告诉女儿麻雀是爱自由的动物，劝说女儿不要抓它们的故事。

1. daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time我的女儿一直对养小宠物很着迷，可知当她得到两只刚孵化的小鸡时应感到兴奋，故选B

2. few days later, both chickens died小鸡都死了，可知应是不幸地，故选C

3. burst into tears because of女儿大哭，是因为小鸡的死，故选B

4. helped her the two birds under a tree behind our house.，我应该是帮助女儿将小鸡埋在房后的树下，故选A

5. thought it would be the of her ideas.小鸡死了，故我认为女儿不会再养小动物了，故是女儿想法的结束，故选A

6. was wrong，我错了可知前面表转折，故选C

7. , I was wrong . Children are children然而我错了，孩子毕竟是孩子，故选C

8. failure hasn’t my

daughter in any way，前文说我错了，可知失败并没有使我的女儿沮丧，故选B

9. daughter and I could the sparrows as our “pets”, but we didn’t我的女儿和我看到麻雀后，本可以抓住它们作为宠物，但是我们没有，故选D

10. I told her to the grains on the windowsill（窗台）我告诉女儿把谷物散开放在窗台，这样麻雀就会来吃，故选D

11. few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill and pecked(啄) at the rice几分钟后，麻雀就一个接一个的飞到窗台啄米吃，故选A

12. my daughter asked me, Mum, can we catch and the sparrows,女儿突然问我，妈妈，我们能把鸟抓起来，然后关进笼子吗？故选C

13. it is for them to live outside，女儿想把鸟关进笼子和我们住在一起，是应为她觉得鸟在外面会冷，故选C

14. sparrow is a bird who loves .No one can keep them in a cage没有人能在笼子里养麻雀，因为麻雀热爱自由，故选A

15. they are caught, they will quickly.麻雀是热爱自由的动物，如果它们被抓了，它们马上就会死，故选D

16. are to living outside.，麻雀喜欢自由，它们习惯住在外面，be used to 习惯于…故选B

17. then on, we have set up a kind of with the sparrow family，从现在开始，我们要和麻雀家庭建立一种友谊，故选C

18. feed them frequently and them as pet birds.我们频繁喂养它们，将它们视为宠物鸟，treat as 视为…故选B

19. do not need to them，我们应该是不需要占据、拥有鸟，故选B

20. seeing these little birds flying后面接的是动词ing，只有AD，再根据句意我们应该是喜欢看着这些鸟飞，故选A

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