题目内容
In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic (^H) . One day while walking along the bank of a lake,the girl 1 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 2 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 .
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7,to these young geese,the girl was their mother.
As they 8 , the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass,but she could not teach them to 10 . The girl became increasingly worried about this,both when 11 and in her dreams. Later,she had an 12 ：she would pilot a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (组装) a small aircraft for her.
Caring about 14 safety,the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However,the birds did not 15 or follow him,and 16 slept in the grass.
One day,the girl 17 into the plane,started it and soon left the 18 . Seeing their mother take to the air,the birds 19 flapped (拍打) their wings and 20 . She flew the plane freely in the sky,her young birds following.
1. A. managed B. attempted
C. happened D. supposed
2. A. realised B. expected
C. imagined D. admitted
3. A. helped B. decided
C. afforded D. meant
4. A. placed B. protected
C. treated D. examined
5. A. ago B. out
C. later D. long
6. A. family B. lake
C. home D. world
7. A. But B. Also
C. Thus D. Still
8. A. increased B. improved
C. rose D. grew
9. A. ask B. lead
C. want D. allow
10. A. fly B. race
C. swim D. sing
11. A. asleep B. away
C. around D. awake
12. A. idea B. opinion
C. explanation D. excuse
13. A. sky B. space
C. flight D. plane
14. A. his B. her
C. their D. its
15. A. respect B. remember
C. recognise D. receive
16. A. so B. instead
C. hardly D. too
17. A. climbed B. looked
C. reached D. fell
18. A. house B. floor
C. water D. ground
19. A. secretly B. disappointedly
C. patiently D. eagerly
20. A. looked away B. set out
C. went by D. turned back
1. A. C解析:happen意为“(偶然) 发生；碰 巧”，happen to do sth.意为“碰巧做某 事”，根据 see 的宾语“20 eggs laid by a wild goose”可判断出小女孩儿在湖边散 步时碰巧看见一只野雁下的20个蛋。
2. A解析:realise意为“意识到”，表示过 了一段时间，这个女孩儿意识到雁妈妈 不会回来找它的蛋。
expect意为“期待， 预期，预料”；imagine意为“想象，设 想”；admit意为“准许进入;承认”。
3. B解析：decide意为“决定”。根据下 文中的 “ There she carefully placed the eggs in the heat of a lamp. ” 可判断出她 决定把这些蛋带回家去。
help意为“帮 助，援助”；afford意为“给予，提供;买得起”;mean意为“表示 的意思，意思是 ”
4. A解析：place意为“放置”。根据地点 状语“in the heat of a lamp”可判断出她 把这些蛋放在灯下温暖的地方。
5. C解析:later常与一段时间连用，意为 “多长时间后”，根据下文中的the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the world. ”可判断出几天后，野雁蛋破 壳了，小雁来到了世上。
6. D解析:world意为“世界”，表示“几天 后，野雁蛋破壳了，小雁来到了世上”。
family意为“家，家庭”;lake意为“湖”; home意为“家，房子，住宅”。
7. C解析：thus意为“于是，因此”，根据 上文中“Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. ” 可* 判断出人们都知道雁把最先看见的生物 当作自己的妈妈，因此对于这些小雁来 说，这个女孩儿就是它们的妈妈。
but意 为“但，但是，可是，然而”；also意为“也， 还”；still意为“还，仍，尚”。
8. D解析:grow意为“成长”。根据下文 中的“the girl was able to lead her birds to run across the grass”可判断出随着这些 小雁的成长，女孩儿可以把它们带到草 地上去^ increase意为“增加，增长，增 多”；improve意为“改善，改进”；rise意 为“上升，升起”。
9. B解析:lead意为“带领”;表示“随着这些 小雁的成长,女孩儿可以把它们带到草地 上去”。ask意为“请求，要求”；want意为 “(想) 要，希望”；allow意为“准许(做某 事) ,许可(某现象存在) ”。
10. A解析：fly意为“飞翔”。根据雁的 习性及下文可判断出雁飞翔要由妈妈 教给它们。race意为“赛跑，速度竞 赛”；swim意为“游水，游泳”；sing意为 “唱歌”。
11. D解析:awake意为“醒着”。根据下文中的in her dreams可判断出女孩几 无论是醒着还是在睡梦中都为无法教 小雁飞翔而焦虑。asleep意为“睡着”； away意为“离开”；around意为“周围，四周”。
12. A解析:idea意为“主意”。根据下文中 的she would pilot a plane to guide them in flight”可判断出女孩儿想出了一 个主意。opinion意为“意见，看法”；ex-planation意为“解释;说明”;excuse意为 “理由，借口”。
13. C解析：flight意为“飞行”。根据上 文中的would pilot a plane可判断出女孩儿将开着飞机引导它们飞行。
sky意 为“天，天空”；space意为“空间”；plane 意为“飞机”。
14. B解析：根据下文中的“the father de-cided to pilot the plane himself ” 可判断出由于担心小女孩儿的安全，父亲决定 亲自驾驶飞机。
15. C解析：recognise意为“认识”，根据 上文的内容可知，小雁把女孩儿当成自 己的妈妈，所以不认识也不跟随她的父 亲。
respect意为“尊敬;尊重”；remember 意为 “记起 ，想起 ，回想 起”； receive 意为“受到，接到，收到”。
16. B解析：instead意为“代替”，强调用 甲而不用乙，并含有否定乙的意味，表 示小雁不跟着女孩儿的父亲，而是在草 地上睡觉。so意为“因此”；hardly意为 “几乎不”；too意为“也”。
17. A解析:climb意为“爬”，表示女孩儿 爬上飞机。look意为“看，注意”。reach意为“抵达，到达”。fall意为“落 下，掉落”。
18. D解析:ground意为“地面”。根据上 文中的started it可判断出女孩儿发动 了飞机，飞离开了地面。house意为 “房屋”；floor意为“地板”；water意为“水”
19. D解析:eagerly意为“急切地”，根据 上文中的 “ Seeing their mother take to the air”可判断出由于小雁们看见自己 的“妈妈”飞上天空，它们都急切地拍 打着翅膀。
secretly意为“秘密地”；disappointedly 意为 “失望地”； patiently 意 为“耐心地”。
20.B解析:set out意为“出发”。根据下 文中的“She flew the plane freely in the sky,her young birds following. ” 可判断 出小雁们也飞了起来。look away意为 “把脸转过去”；go by意为“(时间) 流 逝;遵照”；turn back意为“往回走”。
