完形填空 My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡). It's【C1】______for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people. In fact, they're hard to spot, 【C2】______they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.
This grouse came into our lives in【C3】______Tom was working out in the field when he【C4】______her walking around at the edge of the field. She was【C5】______unafraid and seemed to be【C6】______about what he was doing.
Tom saw the【C7】______bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew【C8】______of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom【C9】______he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently, she didn't like to be【C10】______She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then【C11】______off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the【C12】______and left.
As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to【C13】______more and more often.【C14】______Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a【C15】______of the two of them together. This friendly grouse soon felt【C16】______not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.
When hunting season opened, we put a【C17】______at the end of our driveway asking【C18】______not to shoot our pet grouse. My father, who lived down the road, 【C19】______warned people not to shoot her.【C20】______, hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.
单选题 11.【C1】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】unusual“不寻常的,罕见的”。根据下文中的“they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching”可知,松鸡与人接触不寻常。
单选题 12.【C2】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】事实上,松鸡很难被发现,因为听到有人接近时,他们通常会飞走。上下句之间有因果关系,所以空格处用because引导原因状语从句。
单选题 13.【C3】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据第六段中的“As spring went and summer came”可知,松鸡在春天进入了作者一家人的生活。
单选题 14.【C4】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】汤姆在地里干活时,注意到松鸡在田地的边缘走动。动词notice“看到,注意到”符合语境。
单选题 15.【C5】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】surprisingly“出人意料地”。上文提到有人接近时,松鸡通常会飞走,然而Tom发现的这只松鸡见到人时却无所畏惧。
单选题 16.【C6】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】松鸡在田地边活动,无所畏惧,似乎很好奇Tom在做什么。故curious“好奇的”符合上下文语境。
单选题 17.【C7】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据第六段中的“This friendly grouse soon felt”可知答案。
单选题 18.【C8】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】fond“喜爱”。根据上下文提到的这只松鸡很“friendly”和全文的感情色彩可知,“我们”很快喜欢上了这只松鸡,决定给她取名为Mildred。be fond of sb./sth.意为“喜欢某人/某物”。
单选题 19.【C9】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】pretend“假装”。Tom假装并没有看到她,想看看她下一步会做什么。根据“kept working to see what she would do next”可推知,D项正确。
单选题 20.【C10】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】ignore“忽视,不予理睬”。根据下文中的“She’d run up and peck(啄)at Tom’s hands”可知,松鸡不喜欢被忽视。
单选题 21.【C11】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】back off“后退”。松鸡跑上来啄Tom的手,然后又后退看他要做什么。短语back off与上文中的“run up”相对应。
单选题 22.【C12】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据上文中的“She’d run up and peck(啄)at Tom’s hands,then 21 off to see what he would do”可知,这对松鸡来说是一种“游戏”,这种“游戏”持续了约20分钟后,Mildred累了,离开了。
单选题 23.【C13】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】come out“出现,出来”。根据下句中的“Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom’s leg and stay long”可知,春去夏至,Mildred出来的次数越来越多,以至于她与作者的家人相处很好。
单选题 24.【C14】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】Eventually“最后,终于”。随着Mildred出来的次数越来越多,最终Mildred感到毫不拘束,竟然跑到Tom的腿上。
单选题 25.【C15】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】Mildred在“我”丈夫腿上停留了足够长的时间让“我”拍了一张Mildred和Tom在一起的照片。只有picture符合语境。
单选题 26.【C16】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】comfortable“舒适的,舒服的,自在的”。根据上文中的“Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom’s leg and stay long”可推知,友好的松鸡不仅与“我”的家人在一起时感觉舒适,而且有路人或者开车经过的人在时也感觉自在。
单选题 27.【C17】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】当狩猎季节开始时,“我们”在车道尽头立上标牌,请求猎人不要射击我们的松鸡。根据语境可知,空处应用sign。
单选题 28.【C18】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据本段中的“When hunting season opened”可知,空格处用hunters。
单选题 29.【C19】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】“我”父亲也警告人们不要向松鸡开枪。根据语境可知空格处应用also。
单选题 30.【C20】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】In fact“事实上,实际上”。根据文中的“hunters would stop and take pictures,because they had never seen anything like her”可知,猎人会停下来拍照,因为他们从来没有见过像Mildred这样的松鸡,这是当时的事实。故选In fact。