单选题
A Life with Birds

For nearly 17 years David Cope has worked as one of the Tower of London's Yeoman Warders, better (51) to tourists as Beefeaters. David, 64, lives in a three-bedroomed (52) right at the top of the Byward Tower, one of the gatehouses. "From our bedroom we have a marvellous (53) of Tower Bridge and the Thames. " says David.
The Tower of London is famous for its ravens, the large black birds which have lived there for over three centuries. David was immediately (54) by the birds and when he was offered the post of Raven Master eight years ago he had no hesitation in (55) it. "The birds have now become my life and I'm always aware of the fact that I am maintaining a (56) The legend says that if the (57) leave the Tower, England will fall to (58) , and it's my job to make (59) this doesn't happen!"
David devotes about four hours a day to the care of the ravens. He has (60) to love them and the fact that he lives right (61) them is ideal. "I can keep a close eye on them (62) , and not just when I'm working. " At first, David's wife Mo was not keen on the (63) of life in the Tower, but she too will be sad to leave when he retires next year. "When we (64) our windows we see history all around us, and we are taking it in and (65) it up for our future memories. /

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】be well known意为“著名的”,与famous同义,因而选B。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】A选项house一般指独立的房子,C选项building为“建筑物”,不合题意,D选项room指“房间”,只有B选项表“公寓”最符合题意。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】have a view of表示“可以看到……的景色”;scene表示“场景”;scenery表示“风景”;D表示“美丽”;只有A选项最符合题意。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据下文,David一直照顾这些鸟儿,可以看出David被鸟儿吸引住了,而不是被吓住了,因而选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】David因为十分喜欢乌鸦,因而在被提供乌鸦主人的职位时,毫不犹豫地接受了,选项C最适合,receive表示“收到”,get表示“拿”,grab表示“抢”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】maintain a tradition表示“保持一项传统”,habit只表示“个人的习惯”,与题意不符,legend意为“传奇”,最佳选项为C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】前文提到是乌鸦住在塔上,所以应该是如果乌鸦里考了,主语后面的动词为复数,C不合适,选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】pieces前应为fall into,因而A不正确,后文提到David说“this doesn't happen”,前面应该也不会是prosperity(繁荣)和revolution(改革),因而选D,意为“会有敌人出现,有战乱。”
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】announce表宣布,promise表示“保证”,均不符合题意。make sure后加从句表示确保……,certain一般用在it is certain that…表示确定,选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】grow表示一个过程,David慢慢爱上它们了;become表示“转变”,但文章开始就说David一看到鸟儿就被吸引了,因而不合题意,happened表“突然”,appeared表示“出现”,均不合适。应选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此处不表具体方位,仅表示他与鸟儿比邻而居,因而C选项next to最符合题意。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】下文说“不仅在工作时可以看着鸟儿”,就说明可以经常看着它们,A、B不合题意,always一般用于动词前面,C不正确。all the time意为“一直的”,故应选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】opinion意为“想法、看法”;idea意为“主意”;mind意为“考虑”;suggestion意为“建议”,David与鸟儿比邻而居已既定事实,A、C、D均不合题意,选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】look out of意为“向外看”,句意为“当我们向窗外看时……”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】keep up意为“保持”;fade up意为“褪色”;maintain up意为“维护”;store up意为“储存起来”,句意为“把这些牢牢记住并储存在脑海里作为以后的记忆”。