Question

短文填空：先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词。使短文完整。

On Thanksgiving Day. About 88 percent of Americans car turkey. But one l    (1)  turkey not only survives but also becomes famous! Every year, turkey farmers p      (2) a turkey to the U.S. president. However the president does not e       (3) this turkey. But gives in a “pardon”. The turkey is s        (4) to Florida for a Thanksgiving parade. Then it lives on a farm for the r        (5) of its life.

Turkeys come from North America and have been part of American culture for c       (6). Benjamin Franklin even wanted the turkey, i    (7) of the bald eagle, to be America’s icon.

Turkeys living on farms are large birds that cannot fly. But w        (8) turkeys are quite fast. They can fly at a s       (9) up to 88 kilometers per hour. They can also run as fast as 40 kilometers per hour.

Turkeys don’t have ears. They h             (10) with a snood (肉垂) above their beaks. But their hearing is five times better than human’s.

Answer 1

1. lucky      2. pick     3. eat  4. sent     5. rest 

6. centuries  7. instead  8. wild  9. speed  10. hear