Question

Cloze 9 (2013广州黄埔)

       When I was a boy aged twelve in South Carolina,something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage.

       We lived on one end of a forest,and every evening the mockingbirds (嘲鸦) would come and rest in the trees and 1      . There isn’t a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird.

        I decided to catch a young 2        and keep it in a cage,and in this way,I would have my own private musician.

        I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage.At first,the bird was 3       ,so it fluttered (扑腾) about in the cage. But finally it was used to living in its new home. I felt very excited with myself and 4        some beautiful singing from my little musician.

        On the second day,the little bird’s mother flew to the cage with 5       in her mouth.The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was 6       to see this.Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.

        The following morning when I went to see my bird,I found it 7       on the floor of the cage.I was terribly surprised!What had happened!

        Arthur Wayne,the famous ornithologist (鸟类学家) ，happened to be 8       my father at that time.After she heard me crying over the death of my bird,she explained to me,uA mother mockingbird,finding her young in a cage,will 9       bring it poison berries (毒莓) . She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose 10       Since then I have never caught any living creature and put it in a cage.All living things have a right to live free.

1. A. dance   B. fly   C. sing   D. jump

2. A. bird   B. boy   C. fish   D. thief

3. A. happy   B. careful   C. active   D. afraid

4. A. looked forward to   B. looked out of  C. looked for   D. looked up

5. A. water   B. food   C. songs   D. diet

6. A. worried   B. pleased   C. bored   D. tired

7. A. alone   B. alive   C. dead   D. bad

8. A. calling   B. visiting   C. challenging   D. introducing

9. A. never   B. seldom   C. sometimes   D. ever

10. A. friends   B. parents   C. freedom   D. happiness

Answer 1

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

Cloze 9

[语篇解读]主人公为了听到嘲鸫美妙的歌声，有一天抓了 一只幼 鸟，并把它关在了笼子里。第二天鸟妈妈寻来并给孩子喂食。鸟妈妈 的举动使得主人公很开心，岂料第二天早上，鸟儿死了。原来鸟妈妈 给孩子喂的是毒莓，因为它认为孩子没有了自由还不如死去。

1. C由下句可以得出答案，每天晚上嘲鸫在树上唱歌。

2. A由第二段可知主人公认为嘲鸫的歌声美妙。因此想要抓鸟，如此便有了私人的音乐家。

3. D由it fluttered (扑腾) about in the cage可知，鸟儿被抓来感到害怕。afraid害怕的。

4. A句意:我自己感到非常兴奋，期待能从我的小音乐家那里听到一 些动听的歌唱。

5. B water水;food食物;song歌曲;diet饮食。由下句的ate可知B项 正确。

6. B 由下句 Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.可知主人公是乐于见到这种情况的。pleased高兴的。

7. C 由 She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose…可知鸟儿死了。

8. B visit sb.拜访某人。

9. C never从不;seldom很少;sometimes有时;ever曾经。 C项符合句意。

10. C句意:它(鸟妈妈) 认为对它的孩子来说死去比失去自由要好。freedom 自由。