填空题 In November of 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi. His hunt was going 【31】 that day, and he couldn''t seem to find anything worthy of 【32】 his rifle. Then, his staff captured a black baby bear for the President to shoot, but he could not. The thought of shooting a bear that was tied to a tree did not seem sporting, so he 【33】 the life of the baby bear and set it free. Based on this story, a famous political cartoonist for the Washington Star drew a cartoon, which showed Teddy Roosevelt, rifle 【34】 . with his back turned on a cute (可爱的) baby bear. Morris Michtom, owner of a Brooklyn toy store, was 【35】 by the cartoon to make a stuffed baby bear. Intending it only as a display, he placed the stuffed bear in his toy store 【36】 , and next to it placed a copy of the cartoon from the newspaper. To Michtom''s surprise, his store was flooded by customers 【37】 to buy. He asked for and received President Roosevelt''s 【38】 to use his name for the band-sewn bears that he and his wife made, and the "Teddy Bear" was born! Michtom was soon manufacturing Teddy bears 【39】 the thousands. The money from the sale enabled him, in 1903, to 【40】 the Ideal Toy Company.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】在解答本题前，先将此句整体来看。后句是说没找到值得开枪射击的猎物，前句则肯定是讲那天狩猎没什么收获。A项“迅速地”、C项“按时地，如期地”，D项“稳定地”都不正确。只有B项“贫乏地”正确。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题考查的是固定短语搭配。A项“supporting”指支持：B项“opening”有“开”的意思，但在开枪短语中不用它；C项“shouldering”指肩负，承担。D项的“firing”有开枪，射击的意思。因此正确答案为D。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】先看本题的语义，总统不想射击被绑在树上的小熊，他没有伤害小熊并且把它放了。A项“spared”指不伤害，宽恕；B项“protected”指保护；C项“saved”指挽救；D项“checked”指检查，制止。因此本题的正确答案为A。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题的句意是受漫画的启发。A项“encouraged”指鼓励；C项“urged”指催促；D项“pictured”指画，以上三项都不正确。B项“inspired”指启示，使生灵感，正好符合句意。因此正确答案为B。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】题中句子的含义是Morris Michtom将玩具熊放在玩具橱窗里展示。B项指的是门；C项指的是桌子；D项指的是柜台，这三项都不正确。A项指的是窗，因此A项为正确答案。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题句子的含义是顾客们争相购买玩具熊。A项指的是渴望；B项指的是勉强的，难得到的；C项指的是感兴趣的；D指的是直接的。短语“eager to do sth．”表示渴望做某事。因此正确答案为A。