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

完型填空(共20小题,每题1分,满分20分)
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 across a roof beam(房梁), so that we could repair the roof and   42  the walls.
When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a  43  of a blackbird. He then  44  something  45  among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth __46__ it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his  47 ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet(手镯). He ran into the house to  48  me.
“You won’t believe that the   49  blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we plant to feed on,” he said, “but they also want their children to  50  in a cradle(摇篮)of gold!”
When my daughter ___51__ on the eve of the  52  ,we told her about this   53  occurrence (事件).
“Don’t you remember, Mother?” she said with a loud   54 .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I   55  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.

【小题1】
A.removeB.coverC.growD.water
【小题2】
A.buildB.paintC.rescueD.print
【小题3】
A.nestB.babyC.bodyD.egg
【小题4】
A.movedB.gotC.pickedD.noticed
【小题5】
A.niceB.colorfulC.shinyD.special
【小题6】
A.overB.throughC.aboveD.around
【小题7】
A.horrorB.surpriseC.delightD.disappointment
【小题8】
A.askB.shockC.showD.give
【小题9】
A.workingB.cheatingC.dreamingD.thieving
【小题10】
A.lieB.singC.listenD.wait
【小题11】
A.came upB.came overC.came acrossD.came by
【小题12】
A.partyB.ChristmasC.birthdayD.wedding
【小题13】
A.importantB.strangeC.terribleD.frightening
【小题14】
A.cryB.sighC.laughD.sound
【小题15】
A.hidB.threwC.lostD.broke
【小题16】
A.fittedB.satisfiedC.matchedD.interested
【小题17】
A.jewelsB.toysC.clothesD.presents
【小题18】
A.attractiveB.newC.modernD.golden
【小题19】
A.almostB.justC.evenD.ever
【小题20】
A.BlackbirdsB.GrandchildrenC.neighborsD.mice

The emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and lives in Antarctica. The male and female are similar in size, reaching 122 cm in height and weighing anywhere from 22 to 45 kg. The back and head are black, contrasting sharply with the pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ears. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and their wings stiffen and flatten into flippers(鳍状肢) for a marine habitat.
Its diet consists primarily of fish, but can also include animals with hard shells. In hunting, the species can remain underwater up to 18 minutes, diving to a depth of 535 m. Its unusually structured hemoglobin(血红蛋白)allows it to function at low oxygen levels.
The emperor penguin is perhaps best known for the journeys adults make each year in order to mate and to feed their babies. The only penguin species that breeds(繁殖) during the Antarctic winter, it goes on a long journey of 50-120 km over the ice to breeding areas which may include thousands of individuals. The female lays a single egg, which is incubated(孵化)by the male while the female returns to the sea to feed; parents take turns searching for food at sea and caring for their chick. They both care for the chick until it is able to enter the water to find food on its own. During the process of incubation, the male can lose up to 1/3 to 1/2 of his body weight. One of the coolest things about the male is that if the chick comes out its egg before the female returns, the male can actually produce a special liquid to feed the chick. He can only do this for a short time. If the female doesn’t return, he must leave the chick to go on with his own life. The emperor penguin can typically live for 20 years in the wild, although observations suggest that some individual may live to 50 years of age.
【小题1】We can learn from paragraph 1 that ____.

A.the emperor penguin is the world’s largest kind of penguin
B.the emperor penguin has pale-yellow ears
C.the male and female emperor penguins are of different sizes
D.the emperor penguin lives in the most northern area on the Earth
【小题2】The emperor penguin can stay underwater for a long time mainly because of its ____.
A.strong wingsB.streamlined bodyC.structured hemoglobinD.special diet
【小题3】The emperor penguin differs from other penguin species in that ____.
A.it gives birth in the Antarctic winterB.it feeds mainly on fish
C.the male won’t search for food on his ownD.it can only live for a short time
【小题4】According to the passage, ____.
A.the egg of the emperor penguin is mainly incubated by the female
B.many emperor penguins will stay together to breed
C.the male emperor penguin will give up his own life to feed the chick
D.the female emperor penguin will leave the chick forever once it lays an egg

The emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and lives in Antarctica. The male and female are similar in size, reaching 122 cm in height and weighing anywhere from 22 to 45 kg. The back and head are black, contrasting sharply with the pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ears. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and their wings stiffen and flatten into flippers(鳍状肢) for a marine habitat.

Its diet consists primarily of fish, but can also include animals with hard shells. In hunting, the species can remain underwater up to 18 minutes, diving to a depth of 535 m. Its unusually structured hemoglobin(血红蛋白)allows it to function at low oxygen levels.

The emperor penguin is perhaps best known for the journeys adults make each year in order to mate and to feed their babies. The only penguin species that breeds(繁殖) during the Antarctic winter, it goes on a long journey of 50-120 km over the ice to breeding areas which may include thousands of individuals. The female lays a single egg, which is incubated(孵化)by the male while the female returns to the sea to feed; parents take turns searching for food at sea and caring for their chick. They both care for the chick until it is able to enter the water to find food on its own. During the process of incubation, the male can lose up to 1/3 to 1/2 of his body weight. One of the coolest things about the male is that if the chick comes out its egg before the female returns, the male can actually produce a special liquid to feed the chick. He can only do this for a short time. If the female doesn’t return, he must leave the chick to go on with his own life. The emperor penguin can typically live for 20 years in the wild, although observations suggest that some individual may live to 50 years of age.

1.We can learn from paragraph 1 that ____.

  A. the emperor penguin is the world’s largest kind of penguin

  B. the emperor penguin has pale-yellow ears

  C. the male and female emperor penguins are of different sizes

  D. the emperor penguin lives in the most northern area on the Earth

2.The emperor penguin can stay underwater for a long time mainly because of its ____.

  A. strong wings     B. streamlined body     C. structured hemoglobin     D. special diet

3.The emperor penguin differs from other penguin species in that ____.

  A. it gives birth in the Antarctic winter        B. it feeds mainly on fish

  C. the male won’t search for food on his own   D. it can only live for a short time

4.According to the passage, ____.

  A. the egg of the emperor penguin is mainly incubated by the female

  B. many emperor penguins will stay together to breed

  C. the male emperor penguin will give up his own life to feed the chick

  D. the female emperor penguin will leave the chick forever once it lays an egg

 

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