阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡相应的位置涂黑。

In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky 1_____ the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird friend out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my 2______, Perky flew off. The enormous（巨大的）, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue  treasure and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.

Kathy managed to forgive me. With fake optimism（乐观）, she even tried to reassure （安慰）me that Perky would find a new  3_____. But I was far too clever to 4______ that such a thing was possible.

Decades later, I watched my own 5_______ growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the parents of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the best of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed（宣称） to 6______ the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. Then Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and 7_______ that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

"The best thing 8______ Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the way we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just floated down and landed on my finger."

When I was finally able to 9_______ , we examined the amazing evidence（证据）. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all matched up. It seems our two families had been connected long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were 10_______! Perky lived!"

1.A. what   B. how    C. which D. where

2.A. joy      B. horror     C. disappointment       D. satisfaction

3.A. parent       B. home C. master      D. life

4.A. imagine     B. suppose   C. doubt D. believe

5.A. birds   B. happiness C. worries     D. children

6.A. catch  B. find    C. buy    D. have

7.A. announced      B. said   C. told    D. hoped

8.A. in       B. about C. of       D. on

9.A. think   B. speak       C. interrupt   D. explain

10.A. right B. wrong       C. silly    D. mad

In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue   1 . One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky what the sky looked like. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my horror , Perky flew off. The enormous, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue  2   and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all. 

I told Kathy about Perky's disappearance and I was anxious that she would blame me. But , unexpectedly, Kathy managed to   3  me. With fake optimism, she even tried to convince me that Perky would find a new    4   . But I was far too clever to   5   that such a thing was possible.

Decades later, I watched my own    6  growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the   7 of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the best of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed（宣称） to  8  the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. Then Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and ___9___that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

"The best thing about Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the  10   we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just  11   down and landed on my finger."

When I was finally able to  12 , we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all  13 . It seems our two families had been  14  long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were  15 ! Perky lived!"

In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky   36   the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird   37  out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my   38  , Perky flew off. The enormous（巨大的）, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue   39  and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.

Kathy managed to   40  me. With fake optimism（乐观）, she even tried to reassure（安慰）me that Perky would find a new   41  . But I was far too clever to   42  that such a thing was possible.

Forty years later, I watched my own   43  growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the   44  of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the   45  of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed（宣称）to   46  the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog.   47  Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and   48  that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

"The best thing   49  Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the   50  we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just   51  down and landed on my finger."

When I was finally able to   52  , we examined the amazing evidence（证据）. The dates, the locations and the pictures of the bird all   53  . It seems our two families had been  54   long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were   55   ! Perky lived!"

1. A. what              B. how              C. which            D. where

2.A. food               B. nest             C. friend           D. family

3.A. joy                B. horror           C. disappointment   D. satisfaction

4. A. pleasure          B. sadness          C. treasure         D. sense

5.A. forgive            B. comfort          C. help             D. delight

6.A. parent             B. home             C. master           D. life

7.A. imagine            B. suppose          C. doubt            D. believe

8. A. birds             B. happiness        C. worries          D. children

9.A. parents            B. birds            C. interests        D. games

10.A. first             B. best             C. last             D. happiest

11. A. catch            B. find             C. buy              D. have

12.A. Suddenly          B. Fortunately      C. Then             D. However

13.A. announced         B. said             C. told             D. hoped

14. A. in               B. about            C. of               D. on

15. A. day              B. place            C. way              D. story

16. A. floated          B. slipped          C. settled          D. went

17. A. think            B. speak            C. interrupt        D. explain

18.A. came up           B. turned up        C. turned out       D. matched up

19. A. known            B. fastened         C. connected        D. introduced

20.A. right     B. wrong            C. silly            D. mad

 In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky  1  the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird  2  out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my  3  , Perky flew off. The enormous（巨大的）, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue  4  and suddenly he had gone , clipped wings and all.

Kathy managed to  5  me. With fake optimism（乐观）, she even tried to reassure （安慰）me that Perky would find a new  6  . But I was far too clever to  7  that such a thing was possible.

Decades later, I watched my own  8  growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the  9  of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the  10  of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed（宣称） to  11 the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog.  12  Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and  13  that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

"The best thing  14  Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the  15  we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just  16  down and landed on my finger."

When I was finally able to  17  , we examined the amazing evidence（证据）. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all  18  . It seems our two families had been  19  long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were  20  ! Perky lived!"

1. A. what           B. how           C. which        D. where

2. A. food           B. nest           C. friend        D. family

3. A. joy            B. horror          C. disappointment   D. satisfaction

4. A. pleasure        B. sadness         C. treasure      D. sense

5. A. forgive         B. comfort         C. help         D. delight

6. A. parent          B. home           C. master       D. life

7. A. imagine        B. suppose          C. doubt       D. believe

8. A. birds          B. happiness         C. worries      D. children

9. A. parents         B. birds            C. interests     D. games

10. A. first          B. best             C. last         D. happiest

11. A. catch         B. find             C. buy        D. have

12. A. Suddenly      B. Fortunately       C. Then       D. However

13. A. announced     B. said             C. told        D. hoped

14. A. in            B. about            C. of         D. on

15. A. day           B. place            C. way        D. story

16. A. floated         B. dived           C. settled      D. went

17. A. think          B. speak           C. interrupt     D. explain

18. A. came up       B. turned up         C. turned out    D. matched up

19. A. known        B. fastened          C. connected    D. introduced

20. A. right         B. wrong            C. silly         D. mad