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 (长尾鹦鹉) 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 extremely large, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue   4   and suddenly he was gone, clipped (夹住) wings and all.

Kathy managed to   5   me. With fake optimism, she even tried to reassure (使安心) 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 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. 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

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

Michael froze as he heard the voice on the radio saying that a man had been murdered by a bullet that had come from the sky. Thinking that the shot they had fired possibly was the shot that killed Mr. Ward, he immediately drove off. For the next two months, Michael and Joe hid the secret that the bullet had actually shot Mr. Ward.

    During this time, Jenna Ward started to realize life without her father. While Jenna mourned the death of her father, a strange boy started to appear at the front steps of the church. After many nights of watching this boy, she finally recognized that it was Michael who was sitting on the steps every night.

    After months of finding out where the shot came, the police arrived at Michael’s house. His dad mentioned the gun that Michael had received from his grandpa at his birthday party. Michael told the police that Joe had borrowed the gun. Upon this, Joe said that the gun had been stolen out of his car along with his CD player. After the police were gone, Michael met Joe and told Joe the gun was under the wood pile in his backyard.

One day , Michael came home to find the police searching his backyard with metal detectors .When the Sergeant(警官)went into the woods behind the house , he came out with a bullet that Joe and he had shot off on his birthday .The bullet matched the one that they had recovered from Mr Ward , but without the gun , the police could not place Michael as the killer.

  With the pressure increasing .Michael finally broke down and realized he had to give up .On a Saturday morning , he went to Jenna’s house to confess(忏悔) to her and her mother and then turned himself in .

1.It can be inferred from the story that Michael and Joe _____.

A. shot and killed Mr. Ward by accident

B. shot and killed Mr. Ward deliberately

C. fired a bullet that killed Ward from the sky

D. were experienced professional murders

2.Why did Michael sit on the steps of the church every night?

A. He was monitoring Jenna’s whereabouts (行踪).

B. He was probably feeling upset and guilty.

C. He wanted to make sure that Ward was dead.

D. He wanted to show sympathy for the Wards.

3.The underlined phrase “turned himself in” in the last paragraph means _____.

A. returned home              B. went into the room

C. fled into the woods        D. delivered himself to the police

4.From the passage we can learn that _____.

A. Michael lent the gun to Joe at his birthday party

B. the gun together with a CD player was stolen from Joe’s car

C. Michael hid the gun under the wood pile in his backyard

D. the Sergeant discovered the bullet in the wood pile

In 1956, Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my  21  Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky   22  the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird friend out there. I took him into the backyard, and then,  23  to my horror, Perky flew off. The enormous, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue   24   and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.

Kathy managed to   25  me. With fake optimism, she even tried to reassure （安慰）me that Perky would find a new   26  . But I was far too clever to   27  that such a thing was possible. Decades later, I watched my own  28   growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the   29   of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the   30   of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed to  31   the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog.   32   Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor(发言) and  33   that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

"The best thing   34  Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the   35   we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just dived down and   36   on my finger."

When I was  37  able to speak, we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all   38  . It seems our two families had been   39    long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were   40   ! Perky lived!"

21. A. niece                B. sister                    C. friend                    D. aunt 

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

23. A. many                B. much                      C. great                     D. very

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

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

26. A. parent               B. home                      C. house                     D. life

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

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

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

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

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

32. A. But                   B. Fortunately           C. Then                    D. However

33. A. announced              B. argued                   C. told                         D. hoped

34. A. in                      B. about                      C. from                     D. on

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

36. A. fell                    B. flew                        C. landed                  D. went

37. A. firstly                B. finally                      C. exactly                   D. even

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

39. A. known               B. joined                     C. connected                     D. introduced

40. 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   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