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My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡). It's         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     about what he was doing.

Tom saw the       bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew       of 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       . 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     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.       . hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.

1.A. interesting           B. reasonable         C. impossible        D. unusual

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

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

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

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

6.A. crazy                    B. curious              C. concerned         D. cautious

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

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

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

10.A. ignored              B. observed           C. amazed             D. disturbed

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

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

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

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

15.A. chance                 B. dream               C. picture                 D. sense       

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

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

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

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

20.A. In fact                B. For long            C. On the contrary D. By the way

 

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇记叙文。在文中作者讲述了自己一家人和一只松鸡的故事。作者的丈夫Tom在田间干活时看到一只胆大的松鸡,和别的松鸡不同它不惧怕人类,慢慢这只松鸡和作者一家越来越熟悉,甚至还会飞到Tom身上。后来这只松鸡和人们相处的越来越和谐,不但作者一家非常喜欢它,而且连猎人都和松鸡一起拍照留念。

1.考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。A. interesting有趣的;B. reasonable合理的;C. impossible不可能的;D . unusual不寻常的。根据上文作者对此事感到惊讶I was still amazed和下文中对松鸡性情的介绍they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.可知松鸡和人密切接触的情况是不常见的,答案选D.

2.考查连词词义辨析及语境理解。A. though 尽管;B. because因为;C. unless除非;D. until直到。前句提到they're hard to spot人们很难看到松鸡,后句内容说它们见到人类的接近就会飞走,由此可知人们很难见到松鸡的原因是它们惧怕人类,后句和前句是因果关系,故答案选B。

3.考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A. spring春天;B. summer夏天;C. autumn秋天;D. winter冬天。根据下文倒数第二段As spring went and summer came可知当Tom看到这只松鸡的时候是春天,故答案选A。

4.考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A. got得到;B. kept保持;C. noticed发现,注意到;D. imagine想象。此处讲述的是Tom第一次看到这只松鸡时候的情景,空后提到这只松鸡正在地边走动,所以是Tom看到,注意到,选C。

5.考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。A. naturally 自然地;B. certainly 当然地;C. normally正常地;D. surprisingly令人惊讶地。从上文内容可知松鸡是怕人的,见到人就飞走,而这只松鸡不怕人,所以是让人惊讶的情况,选D。

6.考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。A. crazy疯狂的,着迷的;B .curious好奇的;C. concerned关心的;D. cautious小心的。从空前内容可知松鸡不怕人,由此推断应该是好奇Tom在做什么,其他不符合语境,选B。

7.考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。A shy 害羞的;B awkward尴尬的;C friendly 友好的;D elegant优雅的。从后句内容可知这只松鸡不怕Tom,而且在他身边越来越自在,此外在文章倒数第二段也提到friendly grouse,由此可知这只松鸡是友好的,选C。

8.考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。A careful小心的;B tired厌倦的;Cfond喜欢的;D sick恶心,生病的。从空后内容可知作者和丈夫给松鸡取了名字,由此判断他们对这只松鸡越来越喜欢,be fond of 意思是“喜欢”,选C。

9.考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A supposed认为,猜想;B realized意识到;C hoped希望;D pretended假装。前面提到Tom看到松鸡走近他身边,后面又说没看到她,由此判断他是假装没看见,想看看松鸡会如何反应。选D。

10.考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A ignored忽略,不理睬;B observed观察,遵守,庆祝;C amazed感到惊讶;D disturbed打扰。上文提到Tom故意装作没看到这只松鸡,空后又描述松鸡去啄Tom的手,由此判断松鸡是想引起Tom的注意,不想被忽视,选A。

11.考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A put放;B backed后退;C place安置,放;D man带走。从描述的情景可以推测松鸡啄了Tom之后就退后看他的反应,选B。

12.考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A game游戏;B work工作;C place地方;D man人。根据上文的叙述可知在Tom不理睬松鸡的情况下,松鸡反反复复地去啄Tom,然后看他的反应,这对它来说是一种游戏,选A。

13.考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A give up 放弃;B come out出来;C turn over翻转;D fly by飞过。根据下文内容可知夏天到了松鸡更加频繁地外出走动了,选B。

14.考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。A Eventually 最终;B Suddenly突然;C Constantly不断地;D Presently目前地。从上文内容可知松鸡一点一点地接近人类,胆子越来越大,最后都飞到Tom身上,由此判断答案选A。

15.考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A chance机会;B dream梦想;C picture图片,照片;D sense感觉。根据作者描述的情景可知松鸡呆在Tom的腿上,所以是作者趁机拍了张照片,而且下文hunters would stop and take pictures也是很好的提示,选C。

16.考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。A comfortable舒服的;B guilty内疚的;C anxious 焦虑的;D familiar 熟悉的。本文讲述的内容是松鸡和人的友好相处,而且上文多次提到松鸡在人们身边很comfortable,比如and she got more comfortable around him和.Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg,所以答案选A。

17.考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A lantern灯笼;B sign 招牌;C gun 枪支;D loudspeaker扬声器。根据情理可知要想提醒人们应该是树立起一个警示牌,而且空前动词put也只能和sign构成搭配,故答案选B。

18.考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A drivers司机;B farmers农民;C hunters猎人;D tourists游客。从情理可知四个选项中会猎杀动物的只有猎人,而且通过下文猎人与松鸡拍照也可以判断作者是提醒猎人们不要猎杀他们的松鸡,选C。

19.考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。A just 仅仅;B yet 然而;D thus 因此;D alos也。前面内容提到作者竖起牌子警示人们不要猎杀这只友好的松鸡,而父亲同时也警告人们别猎杀那只松鸡,由此可知答案选D。

20.短语辨析以及语境理解。A In fact 事实上;B For long很长时间;C On the contrary相反;D By

the way 顺便说。上文提到作者和家人都提醒人们不要去伤害这只松鸡,而猎人们不仅没有猎杀松鸡,甚

至还和松鸡一起拍照,故A选项内容符合语境。

考点:考查故事类短文阅读。

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