Question

　　The cold weather of the last week has had a surprising result. Forty thousand Russian red-necked ducks have ___1___ in Britain where the weather, just below freezing, is like spring to them.

　　The Russian red-necked ducks manage perfectly well at temperatures down to thirty degrees ___2___ zero. They wouldn't think of ___3___ home at minus forty. But, as the weather gets colder, if it docs, they make a quick ___4___ to take off together all with a single thought ____5___,“Go somewhere ____6____”.

　　Last Tuesday the small ___7___ near my house was invaded by about three hundred Russian red-necked ducks, a noisy lot, though I must say they were not troublesome. Our local birds were at first quite ___8___ by these ___9___ from far away, and there were some obvious language difficulties too. At nine o'clock I went down ___10___ to the edge of the lake, with a little bread and milk ___11___ our own birds. I saw them standing up, __12___ the foreigners to eat up everything. But my worry proved ___13__：the red-necked birds didn't like the bread at all. Many of them ___14___ a mouthful, and threw up. In fact they pushed and fought to get away from the food, ___15___ own birds looked at them ___16___.

　　My wife had ___17___ me down the path with a hopeless cake she had made on Monday evening. She had forgotten to turn off the electricity in time, and the cake got ___18___ Now that, funnily enough, the Russian birds ___19__, though our birds wouldn't touch it. We realized then the visitors were used to ___20___ bread probably, and my wife agreed to make some for them.

(1) A．reached

B．got

    C．arrived

D．left

(2) A．below

B．under

    C．over

D．above

(3) A．staying

B．leaving

    C．getting

D．making

(4) A．conclusion

B．plan

    C．advice

D．decision

(5) A．by heart

B．in mind

    C．in heart

D．on mind

(6) A．hotter

B．colder

    C．warmer

D．cooler

(7) A．lake

B．village

    C．town

D．hill

(8) A．pleased

B．delighted

    C．moved

D．upset

(9) A．strangers

B．passengers

    C．enemies

D．pioneers

(10) A．as ever

B．as usual

　　 C．as often

D．as before

(11) A．form

B．on

　　 C．for

D．to

(12) A．expecting

B．expected

　　 C．watch

D．watching

(13) A．untrue

B．true

　　 C．unnecessary

D．necessary

(14) A．tried

B．ate

　　 C．had

D．managed

(15) A．your

B．our

　　 C．their

D．his

(16) A．in sadness

B．in a line

　　 C．in excite

D．in surprise

(17) A．followed

B．walked

　　 C．made

D．advised

(18) A．burnt

B．burned up

　 　C．burning

D．burned down

(19) A．sucked

B．drank

　 　C．loved

D．hated

(20) A．white

B．black

　　 C．green

D．red

Answer 1

答案：C;A;B;D;B;C;A;D;A;B;C;A;C;A;B;D;A;A;C;B
解析：

(1) arrive in 意为“到达（大城市）”． (2) below zero作“低于零度”解． (3) leave home“离开家”． (4) make a decision“做出决定”． (5) in mind意为“脑子里”． (6) go somewhere warmer作“到暖和点的地方”解． (7)由常识可知． (9)由下文中的“from far away”可知． (10) as usual作“像往常一样”解． (12) expecting作“期待”解，-ing形式作伴随状语． (13)此句意为：但是我的担扰是没有必要的． (14) try a mouthful意为“尝一口”． (16)因为这些foreigners的举动有些反常． (18)与20题前后照应． (19)由上下文的语境可知． (20)与18题前后照应．