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      When our children were younger,it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and 1  a few animals there.

      One of our new neighbors bought some ducks. They seemed very lovely;however,they were 2 to run around in their yard and the neighbors’ yards—including ours. Our vegetables were their favorite food. Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and want to know 3 there wasn’t a fence to keep them.

      One day,I asked her if she realized her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden. She told me that they were her 4 and he was away travelling. My attitude (态度) to her was bad. We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a 5 ，so our son built one.

The ducks now stayed in their own yard. I didn't see my neighbor again 6 months later.

      A women's church group asked me to 7 at their mother and daughter's party. The topic was “Love”. Much to my 8 ,the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor. I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn't been patient with my neighbor. So I walk up to her and said sorry for my attitude. She forgave (原谅) me and then we talked a lot 9.

      Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me encourage (鼓励) 10 ，if at all  possible,go to clear the air between you.

() 1. A. put   B. keep   C. send   D. take

() 2. A. made   B. allowed   C. invited   D. chosen

() 3. A. what   B. why   C. if   D. when

() 4. A. husband's   B. daughter's   C. wife's   D. grandma's

() 5. A. fence   B. house   C. home   D. room

() 6. A. after   B. before   C. until   D. while

() 7. A. speak   B. talk   C. say   D. tell

() 8. A. happiness   B. disappointment   C. sadness   D. surprise

() 9. A. angrily   B. seriously   C. happily   D. carefully

() 10. A. us   B. you   C. ourselves   D. yourselves

Answer 1

1. B 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. B

[解析]这篇文章作者通过自己与邻居之间因为养鸭子所产生的摩擦一事，来向我们讲述了一个道理，邻里之间要宽容大度，和睦相处，不要因为一点小事就闹不愉快。

1. B 根据本段内容的描述，购买农场的目的是伺养动物，所以用动词keep;故选B.

2. B 然而这群鸭子却得以在他们的院子里和邻居的院子里来回跑动，此处是指这些可爱的小动物不能到处乱跑；故选B.

3. B 因为我们的蔬菜成了鸭子的美食，所以我们经常将他们“赶”回家，所以想知道为什么没有用一个栅栏将他们拦住；故选B. 

4. A 根据本句话的后半部分…he was away traveling. 可知，邻居家的女主人强调鸭子是“他”养的， 然后再结合选项只有A选项她丈夫是男性，其他的三个选项都指女性，均可排除；故选A.

5. A 根据第二段最后一句…there wasn’t a fence to keep them.可知，要是有一个栅栏就可以拦住鸭 子跑到自家的地里吃蔬菜了，所以当作者意识到邻居没有建栅栏的打算之后，作者的儿子建了一个栅栏；故选A.

6. C 因为前面邻居提到她丈夫的行踪…he was a-way travelling.，所以应该是直到几个月后我才再次见到我的邻居；故选C.

7. A speak“说”、“讲”、“演讲”。做及物动词时，宾语常是表示语言的词；本句意为邀请我在聚会上 发言；talk“讲”、“说话”、“谈话”，与speak的意义相近。一般用作不及物动词，指一般的谈话或交谈，跟宾语时，与to、with、about等介词连用;say 一般着重讲话的内容，指有连贯性的说话，通常用作及物动词；tell指把一件事情传达给别人或讲述一件事情、一个故事等。常用作及物动词；根据本段的大意故可知A.

8. D 由后面的内容…the Hrst woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor.并结合前面描述的和邻居的矛盾可知此时在这里见到邻居是令她感到意外的；故选D.

9. C 根据邻居的反应She forgave (原谅) me…可知 在接下来的聊天中双方应该是聊的比较投机的，即 happily;故选C.

10. B 作者通过自己的经历并结合…go to clear the air between you. —句可知，作者是在奉劝读者要积极勇敢地澄清误会，和睦相处；故选B.