阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A.B.C.D. 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents' old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter's wedding. We had to a great climbing plant that had grown    a roof beam （房梁）, so that we could repair the roof and the walls.

When my husband was taking the plant away, he found the of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then something among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his ,saw glittering gold. It was a child's bracelet （手镯）. With it, he ran into the house to me. "You won't that the thieving blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we to feed on," he said, "but they also want their children to in a cradle of gold！"

When my daughter came over on the eve of the ,  we told her about this  

occurrence.

"Don't you remember, Mother?" she said with a loud . "When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I it a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!"

As the bracelet no longer its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.

In December of the following year, the young couple's baby son was baptized （受洗礼）. Among the the newborn baby received, I placed his mother's bracelet, now shining like

. I hope that if my grandson loses it, one of the that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

A．remove  B．cover C．grow D．water

A．beyond  B．over  C．across       D．through

A．build     B．paint        C．rescue       D．print

A．nest       B．baby  C．body D．egg

A．moved   B．got    C．picked      D．noticed

A．nice       B．colorful    C．shiny D．special

A．horror    B．surprise    C．delight      D．disappointment

A．ask       B．tell    C．show       D．give

A．know     B．hope  C．consider   D．believe

A．buy      B．plant C．store  D．collect

A．lie B．sing．      C．listen D．wait

A．party    B．Christmas C．birthday    D．wedding

A．important    B．strange     C．terrible     D．funny

A．cry      B．sigh   C．laugh D．sound

A．hid      B．threw       C．lost   D．broke

A．fitted   B．satisfied    C．matched    D．interested

A．jewels  B．toys   C．clothes      D．presents

A．attractive B．new      C．modern     D．golden

A．certainly      B．nearly       C．surprisingly    D．unluckily

A．blackbirdsB．grandchildren     C．neighbors  D．mice

       One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to  36  a great climbing plant that had grown  37  a roof beam（房梁），so that we could repair the roof and   38  the walls.

       When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a  39  of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then  40  something  41  among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his  42  ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet（手镯）. He ran into the house to  43  me.

       “You won’t believe that the   44  blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we   45  to feed on,” he said,“but they also want their children to  46  in a cradle（摇摆）of gold!”

       When my daughter came over on the eve of the  47  ,we told her about this   48  occurrence.

       “Don’t you remember, Mother?” she said with a loud   49  .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I   50  a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”

       As the bracelet no longer  51  its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.

       In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized（受洗礼）.Among the   52  the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like  53  . I hope that if my grandson  54  loses it, one of the   55  that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

36．A．remove                   B．cover                      C．grow                      D．water

37．A．beyond                   B．over                       C．across                     D．through

38．A．build                      B．paint                      C．rescue                     D．print

39．A．nest                        B．baby                       C．body                      D．egg

40．A．moved                    B．got                         C．picked                    D．noticed

41．A．nice                       B．colorful                  C．shiny                      D．special

42．A．horror                    B．surprise                  C．delight                    D．disappointment

43．A．ask                         B．tell                         C．show                      D．give

44．A．working                 B．cheating                  C．dreaming                D．thieving

45．A．buy                        B．plant                      C．store                       D．collect

46．A．lie                          B．sing                        C．listen                      D．wait

47．A．party                      B．Christmas               C．birthday                  D．wedding

48．A．important               B．strange                   C．terrible                   D．funny

49．A．cry                         B．sigh                        C．laugh                      D．sound

50．A．hid                         B．threw                            C．lost                        D．broke

51．A．fitted                      B．satisfied                  C．matched                  D．interested

52．A．jewels                    B．toys                        C．clothes                    D．presents

53．A．attractive                B．new                        C．modern                   D．golden

54．A．almost                    B．just                        C．even                       D．ever

55．A．blackbirds               B．grandchildren          C．neighbors                D．mice

       One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to  36  a great climbing plant that had grown  37  a roof beam（房梁），so that we could repair the roof and   38  the walls.

       When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a  39  of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then  40  something  41  among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his  42  ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet（手镯）. He ran into the house to  43  me.

       “You won’t believe that the   44  blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we   45  to feed on,” he said,“but they also want their children to  46  in a cradle（摇摆）of gold!”

       When my daughter came over on the eve of the  47  ,we told her about this   48  occurrence.

       “Don’t you remember, Mother?” she said with a loud   49  .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I  50  a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”

       As the bracelet no longer  51  its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.

       In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized（受洗礼）.Among the   52  the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like  53  . I hope that if my grandson  54  loses it, one of the   55  that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

36．A．remove                   B．cover                      C．grow                      D．water

37．A．beyond                   B．over                       C．across                     D．through

38．A．build                      B．paint                      C．rescue                     D．print

39．A．nest                        B．baby                       C．body                      D．egg

40．A．moved                    B．got                         C．picked                    D．noticed

41．A．nice                       B．colorful                  C．shiny                      D．special

42．A．horror                    B．surprise                  C．delight                    D．disappointment

43．A．ask                         B．tell                         C．show                      D．give

44．A．working                 B．cheating                  C．dreaming                D．thieving

45．A．buy                        B．plant                      C．store                       D．collect

46．A．lie                          B．sing                        C．listen                      D．wait

47．A．party                      B．Christmas               C．birthday                  D．wedding

48．A．important               B．strange                   C．terrible                   D．funny

49．A．cry                         B．sigh                        C．laugh                      D．sound

50．A．hid                         B．threw                            C．lost                        D．broke

51．A．fitted                      B．satisfied                  C．matched                  D．interested

52．A．jewels                    B．toys                        C．clothes                    D．presents

53．A．attractive                B．new                        C．modern                   D．golden

54．A．almost                    B．just                        C．even                       D．ever

55．A．blackbirds               B．grandchildren          C．neighbors                D．mice

完形填空

　　One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to 1 a great climbing plant that had grown 2 a roof beam (房梁), so that we could repair the roof and 3 the walls.

　　When my husband was taking the plant away, he found the 4 of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then 5 something 6 among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his 7 , saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet(手镯). He ran into the house to 8 me.

　　“You won’t believe that the 9 blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we 10 to feed on,” he said,“but they also want their children to 11 in a cradle of gold!”

　　When my daughter came over on the eve of the 12 , we told her about this 13 occurrence(发生的事).

　　“Don’t you remember ,mother?”she said with a loud 14 .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 15 a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”

　　As the bracelet no longer 16 its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.

　　In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized(受洗礼). Among the 17 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like 18 . I hope that if my grandson 19 loses it, one of the 20 that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

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Ⅲ. 完型填空   ( 共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A.B.C.D. 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

    One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents' old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter's wedding. We had to   41   a great climbing plant that had grown   42   a roof beam （房梁）, so that we could repair the roof and   43   the walls.

When my husband was taking the plant away, he found the   44   of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then   45   something   46   among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his   47   ,saw glittering gold. It was a child's bracelet （手镯）. With it, he ran into the house to   48   me. "You won't   49   that the thieving blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we   50   to feed on," he said, "but they also want their children to   51   in a cradle of gold！"

When my daughter came over on the eve of the   52   ,  we told her about this   53  

occurrence.

"Don't you remember, Mother?" she said with a loud   54   . "When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I   55   it a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!"

As the bracelet no longer   56   its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.

In December of the following year, the young couple's baby son was baptized （受洗礼）. Among the   57   the newborn baby received, I placed his mother's bracelet, now shining like

   58   . I hope that if my grandson   59   loses it, one of the   60   that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

41．A．remove     B．cover C．grow D．water

42．A．beyond     B．over  C．across       D．through

43．A．build B．paint        C．rescue       D．print

44．A．nest   B．baby  C．body D．egg

45．A．moved      B．got    C．picked      D．noticed

46．A．nice  B．colorful    C．shiny D．special

47．A．horror      B．surprise    C．delight      D．disappointment

48．A．ask   B．tell    C．show       D．give

49．A．know       B．hope  C．consider   D．believe

50．A．buy   B．plant C．store  D．collect

51．A．lie     B．sing．      C．listen D．wait

52．A．party B．Christmas C．birthday    D．wedding

53．A．important B．strange     C．terrible     D．funny

54．A．cry    B．sigh   C．laugh D．sound

55．A．hid    B．threw       C．lost   D．broke

56． A．fitted      B．satisfied    C．matched    D．interested

57．A．jewels      B．toys   C．clothes      D．presents

58．A．attractive        B．new   C．modern     D．golden

59．A．certainly   B．nearly       C．surprisingly    D．unluckily

60．A．blackbirds B．grandchildren C．neighbors  D．mice