Question

One day I was walking to the mailbox with my dad,when I saw something drop from a tree. I couldn't 24        what it was,so I kept my eyes on the spot as we came near. It was a baby bird,which had fallen from its nest. It had long,awkward wings and feet,and25      that fought to stay open. It was26      ,so I sat next to it watching while my dad got the mail. I27      its nest and mother,28       what had happened to it.

My dad said we had to29      it; there was nothing we could do. He said if the bird mother smelled any traces (踪迹) of 30      ,she wouldn't go near the 31      again.

As we began to walk away,a woman32       . "Did it fall out of a nest？"she asked.

"Yeah. ”I answered.

"It33      a lot. Not much we can do," she said. "Try not to think about it when you go to sleep tonight."

I walked34      the mailbox the next day. The baby bird lay 35        in the grass.

I realize that trying not to think about it is the 36        of many people towards things which 37        to provide them with perfect excuses 38        not bothering. The woman wasn't being39      ;she was actually quite nice. But when everyone says "there's40      I can do—just try not to think about it"? where will we finally41       ？

When billions of people42      try not to think about it and go to bed at night,there might be millions of fallen birds lying dead and 43        in the grass the next morning.

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

25. A. eyes   B. arms   C. feathers   D. claws

26. A. bored   B. stupid   C. lovely   D. clever

27. A. turned back   B. stared at   C. pointed to   D. looked for

28. A. suggesting   B. deciding   C. wondering   D. finding

29. A. help   B. leave   C. catch   D. kill

30. A. children   B. humans   C. animals   D. insects

31. A. tree   B. grass   C. baby   D. person

32. A. returned   B. interrupted   C. approached   D. left

33. A. happens   B. cries

   C. suffers   D. changes

34. A. from   B. beyond   C. past   D. into

35. A. asleep   B. dead   C. still   D. alive

36. A. attitude   B. feeling

   C. consideration   D. understanding

37. A. fails   B. proves   C. refuses   D. seems

38. A. from   B. of   C. about   D. for

39. A. cruel   B. kind

   C. silly   D. friendly

40. A. something   B. nothing   C. everything   D. anything

41. A. start out   B. come from   C. settle down   D. end up

42. A. possibly   B. simply

   C. particularly   D. luckily 

43. A. forgotten   B. buried

   C. eaten   D. remembered

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，讲述了作者和父亲发现一只从树上掉落的小鸟的故事。文章告诉我们遇到问题时，我们即使无能为力也不应回避，想办法解决问题才是对待问题的正确态度。

24. D根据句意可知，作者无法分辨那是什么。

say说;talk谈话，讨论;speak说(语言) ，演讲；tell告诉，辨别。

25. A根据句意可知，它有着又长又笨拙的翅膀和双脚，还有努力睁开的双眼。

eyes与句中stay open对应。

26. C根据句意可知，它很可爱，所以作者在父亲去拿信的时候坐在它的旁边观察。

bored烦人的;stupid愚笨的;lov_ely 可爱的;clever聪明的。

27. D根据句意可知，作者在寻找它的鸟巢和它妈妈。

turn back转回到;stare at盯着看，凝视；point to指向;look for 寻找。

28. C根据句意可知，作者想知道它怎么了。

suggest建议;de?cide决定;wonder想知道;find找到，发现。

29. B根据句意可知，父亲说"我们"不得不离开，因为"我们" 什么也做不了。

help帮助;leave离开;catch接住，抓住; kill杀。

30. B根据句意可知，如果鸟妈妈觉察到人类的踪迹它就不会靠近它的孩子。

31. C见上题解析。

32. C根据句意可知，当"我们"走开时，一位女士走了过来。

return返回;interrupt中断;approach接近;leave离开。

33. A根据句意可知，女士说这种事经常发生，"我们"做不了太多。

happen发生;cry哭;suffer遭受'change改变。

34. C根据句意可知，作者第二天从信箱走过。

35. B根据后文可知，作者发现小鸟躺在草丛中死了。

asleep 睡着的,dead死的;still还;alive活着的。

36. A根据句意可知，作者意识到女士说的"试着不要去想它" 是很多人对这类事情的态度。

attitude态度;feeling感情; consideration会话;understanding理解。

37. D根据句意可知，这种态度似乎为人们提供了不去烦恼的完美理由。

fail失败;prove证明;refuse拒绝;seem好像，似乎。

38. D excuse与for搭配，表示"……的理由或者借口"。

39. A根据句意可知，这位女士并不残酷，事实上她非常好。

cruel残酷的;kind善良的;silly傻的;friendly友好的。

40. B something某事;nothing没什么;everything每件事;any?thing任何事情。

41. D   "我们"最终会处于怎样的境地？

start out出发;come from来自于;settle down定居;end up最后处于.以..

结束。

42. B当数十亿人只是试着不去想它，晚上(心安理得) 上床睡觉的时候。

possibly可能地;simply仅仅，只，不过；particu?larly特别地;luckily幸运地。

43. A第二天早上可能就有数百万从树上掉下来的小鸟躺在草丛里死了，然后被忘记了。

forget忘记;bury埋葬;eat吃; remember记得。