Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡)．It's impossible for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people．In fact, they're hard to spot,     they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.

This grouse came into our lives in    ．Tom was working out in the field when he     her walking around at the edge of the field．She was       unafraid and seemed to be curious about what he was doing.

Tom saw the       bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him．We quickly grew     f the bird and decided to call her Mildred.

One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch．Tom     he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.

Apparently, she didn't like to be ignored．She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then________ off to see what he would do．This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the ________and left.

As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to   ________ more and more often．________Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a picture of the two of them together．This friendly grouse soon felt________ not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.

When hunting season opened, we put a   ________at the end of our driveway asking ________  not to shoot our pet grouse．My father, who lived down the road,   ________ warned people not to shoot her．In fact, hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.

1.A．though        B．because      C．unless       D．until

2.A．spring       B．summer       C．autumn       D．winter

3.A．got           B．kept         C．noticed      D．imagined

4.A．naturally     B．certainly    C．normally     D．surprisingly

5.A．shy           B．awkward      C．friendly    D．elegant

6.A．careful      B．tired       C．fond         D．sick

7.A．supposed      B．realized    C．hoped        D．pretended

8.A．put           B．back       C．set        D．take

9.A．game          B．work        C．place      D．man

10.A．give up      B．come out    C．turn over    D．fly by

11.A．Eventually   B．Suddenly    C．Constantly   D．Presently

12.A．comfortable  B．guilty      C．anxious     D．familiar

13.A．lantern      B．sign        C．gun          D．loudspeaker

14.A．drivers      B．farmers     C．hunters      D．tourists

15.A．just         B．yet         C．thus       D．also

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

【解析】

1.根据前一句they're hard to spot，可知与后面的那个句子形成了因果关系，故选B。

2.由下文第五段的开头As spring went，可知那是一个春天，同词复现。

3.根据上下文的意思可推测的句意是:当汤姆在田里工作的时候，他突然察觉(notice)到她(松鸡)了。故选C。

4.上文提到了松鸡平时一见到人就走，但此空格后写的是unafraid，可知道这件事是令人吃惊的，故选D。

5.由下文作者描述松鸡对Tom以及他家人的情况，可知道松鸡是很友好的，故选C。

6.根据前文提到的more comfortable，可推断此题选C。

7.根据此空格后面的一句kept working，可知Tom当时只是假装（pretend）看不见松鸡，故选D。

8.back off后退，put off 推迟，set off 出发，take off脱下，结合文章和选项的意思，只有选B才合理。

9.松鸡跟Tom玩的这种“游戏”玩多了，终于倦怠下来了，然后才离开。

10.give up 放弃，come out 出来， turn over 翻过来；fly by 飞过，结合文章和选项的意思，可知选B。

11.eventually 最终， suddenly 突然，constantly 不断地，presently目前，结合文章和选项的意思，可知选A。

12.上文多次出现了comfortable这一次来修饰松鸡，此处是同时复现。

13.lantern灯笼，sign标志，迹象，gun枪，louderspeaker扩音器，结合文章和选项的意思，可知选B。

14.下文提到了hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her，可知此题选C。

15.根据上下文的语境，可知此处应该用一个表递进的副词，故选D。

考点：日常生活