Question

【題目】 It was a usual day for Kathy. She was walking her dog in her neighborhood when some crows (烏鴉) flew over and one of them ________ a baby robin (知更鳥) to the ground. Kathy rushed over.________ , she carried him back home and ________ him in a box lined with grass. He looked like he was in ________ and the fall had injured his feet. “He was so tiny. He couldn’t fly yet; he needed a________ .”Kathy says.

She ________ the bird wet cat food using a tiny paintbrush. “It was like having a human baby,” Kathy says. A week later, she started bringing Squeaker — ________ for his talkative nature— out to her yard, where he would hop in the grass. Soon his feet healed, and his wings grew________ enough to take him up to low branches in a tree. Within a few ________, he was able to spend the night outside in the tree. For the next couple of weeks, every time Kathy went outside Squeaker would fly over and ________ on her shoulder. When she taught him how to dig for worms, he’d stand on her foot — always as ________ to his rescuer as possible. “I really became his mom,” she says. “We ________. I loved this little creature.”

One day, Squeaker decided it was time for him to ________ on his own. He ________, out of sight. Having known that this day would come, Kathy ________ hoped she had done enough to________ the robin for the big world out there.

One month later, Kathy was ________ when Squeaker swooped (俯沖) down on a branch right near her head. “I was so happy to see him and to watch him flying so well. I think he wanted to show me he was okay,” says Kathy holding back tears.

“We don’t think of the common bird as anything ________, but Squeaker taught me so much with his love and his ________ to recover. It was inspiring. It’s a(an) ________ of how connected we all are. ”

【1】A.placedB.droppedC.kickedD.abandoned

【2】A.GentlyB.CasuallyC.SecretlyD.Happily

【3】A.threwB.hidC.settledD.locked

【4】A.angerB.peaceC.anxietyD.shock

【5】A.momB.nurseC.teacherD.partner

【6】A.servedB.fedC.deliveredD.handed

【7】A.namedB.blamedC.knownD.praised

【8】A.oldB.heavyC.hardD.strong

【9】A.minutesB.hoursC.weeksD.years

【10】A.sitB.lieC.wanderD.land

【11】A.farB.closeC.coldD.kind

【12】A.cooperatedB.bondedC.succeededD.survived

【13】A.moveB.searchC.escapeD.explore

【14】A.took offB.rose upC.fell downD.flew off

【15】A.justB.evenC.stillD.yet

【16】A.followB.accompanyC.prepareD.raise

【17】A.outsideB.awayC.upstairsD.abroad

【18】A.importantB.familiarC.specialD.strange

【19】A.attemptB.fortuneC.determinationD.promise

【20】A.commitmentB.reminderC.achievementD.matter

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【6】B

【7】A

【8】D

【9】C

【10】D

【11】B

【12】B

【13】D

【14】D

【15】A

【16】C

【17】A

【18】C

【19】C

【20】B

【解析】

本文為記敘文。文章主要講了凱西在遛狗過(guò)程中救了一只知更鳥，幫助它成長(zhǎng)最后讓其翱翔藍(lán)天，從而讓我們意識(shí)到人與動(dòng)物之間也是可以有善意和愛意的。

【1】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：她在鄰居家遛狗時(shí)，有幾只烏鴉飛過(guò)，把一只小知更鳥摔在地上。A. placed放置；B. dropped掉落；C. kicked踢；D. abandoned拋棄。結(jié)合后文提及知更鳥受傷了，推斷它是被外物以粗野的方式致其摔倒在地的，故選B。

【2】考查副詞辨析。句意：凱西沖過(guò)去，輕輕地把他抱回家，然后把他放在一個(gè)鋪著草的盒子里。A. Gently輕輕地，溫柔地；B. Casually隨意地，隨便地；C. Secretly秘密地；D. Happily快樂(lè)地。故選A。前文提及知更鳥掉到地上，凱西向它奔過(guò)去，鳥受傷了，推斷出她是輕輕地（gently）帶它回家，故選Ａ．

【3】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：凱西沖過(guò)去，輕輕地把他抱回家，把他放置在一個(gè)墊草的盒子里。A. threw扔掉；B. hid躲藏；C. settled安置；D. locked鎖。根據(jù)前文提及到把知更鳥帶回家，推斷出接下來(lái)把它安置（settled）在鋪墊了草的一個(gè)箱子里。故選C。

【4】考查名詞辨析。句意：他看上去像是受了驚嚇，摔倒傷了腳。A. anger生氣；B. peace和平；C. anxiety焦慮；D. shock震驚。根據(jù)前文可知這是一只小幼鳥，被烏鴉所傷，被凱西所救，離開了媽媽，它應(yīng)當(dāng)是比較焦慮（anxiety）的，故選D。

【5】考查名詞辨析。句意：他還不會(huì)飛，他需要媽媽�！眲P西說(shuō)。A. mom媽媽；B. nurse護(hù)士；C. teacher老師；D. partner搭檔。根據(jù)上文可知，凱西所救的是小幼鳥，不會(huì)飛，可知。它還需要媽媽來(lái)照料。故選A。

【6】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：她用一把小畫刷給鳥喂?jié)竦呢埵场?/span>A. served服務(wù)；B. fed喂；C. delivered郵寄；D. handed上交�？崭窈筇岬接眯‘嬎⒔o小鳥吃濕的貓糧，推斷出是喂(fed)，故選B。

【7】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：她開始把“Squeaker”帶到她的院子里，讓它在草地上跳來(lái)跳去。A. named命名；B. blamed責(zé)備；C. known認(rèn)識(shí)；D. praised贊揚(yáng)�？涨笆切▲B的名字squeaker，結(jié)合squeaker有吱吱喳喳之意，而且后面提到這只小鳥愛講話的特點(diǎn)，可知此處是指給小鳥命名（name），故選A。

【8】考查形容詞辨析。句意：不久，他的腳痊愈了，翅膀也長(zhǎng)得足夠強(qiáng)壯。A. old老的；B. heavy重的；C. hard困難的；D. strong強(qiáng)壯的。上文說(shuō)這只小鳥很小，且受傷了，可推斷出一周后，經(jīng)過(guò)凱西的照料，它傷愈了，翅膀開始變強(qiáng)壯（strong）了，故選D。

【9】考查名詞辨析。句意：幾周之內(nèi)，他就可以在樹上過(guò)夜了。A. minutes分鐘；B. hours小時(shí)；C. weeks周；D. years年。前文提到它傷愈花費(fèi)一周，后又提及數(shù)周后，它已經(jīng)可盡力飛翔了，可知，以周（week）為時(shí)間長(zhǎng)度表示它可在外面的樹上過(guò)夜了。故選C。

【10】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：凱西每次出門，斯奎克都會(huì)飛過(guò)去，在她的肩膀上。A. sit坐；B. lie位于；C. wander漫游；D. land降落，平穩(wěn)著陸。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，從空中飛到停下來(lái)降落（land）動(dòng)作過(guò)程。故選D。

【11】考查形容詞辨析。句意：當(dāng)她教他怎么挖蟲子的時(shí)候，他會(huì)站在她的腳上——總是盡可能靠近他的營(yíng)救者。A. far遠(yuǎn)的；B. close近的；C. cold冷；D. kind善良的。根據(jù)“I really became his mom”我真的成了他的媽媽，推斷出它想盡可能地靠近它的救命（close）恩人。故選B。

【12】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：她說(shuō)。“我們緊密相連。我喜歡這個(gè)小家伙。”A. cooperated合作；B. bonded結(jié)合；C. succeeded成功；D. survived幸存，活下來(lái)。上文提及凱西覺得自己儼然成了小鳥的媽媽，且題干后說(shuō)她愛這只小生物，推斷出她覺得他們是緊密聯(lián)系（bonded）在一起的。故選B。

【13】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：斯奎克決定自己該探索的時(shí)候了。A. move移動(dòng)；B. search搜查；C. escape逃避；D. explore探索。上文提及凱西一直陪伴著這只小鳥成長(zhǎng)，推斷出一個(gè)月后，凱西決定讓它自己闖（explore）一下，獨(dú)自行動(dòng) ，故選D。

【14】考查短語(yǔ)辨析。句意：他飛走了，看不見了。A. took off脫下，起飛；B. rose up上升；C. fell down跌落；D. flew off飛離。結(jié)合后面的語(yǔ)境可知，提及它飛離（flew off）了凱西的視野。故選D。

【15】考查副詞辨析。句意：她希望自己已經(jīng)做了足夠的努力，讓知更鳥為飛向外面的世界做好準(zhǔn)備。A. just只是，僅僅是；B. even 甚至；C. still仍舊；D. yet然而，還。上文說(shuō)盡管知道這一天遲早會(huì)來(lái)，題干后出現(xiàn)轉(zhuǎn)折，可知她只是（just）希望她為知更鳥翱翔藍(lán)天所做的準(zhǔn)備足夠充分。故選A。

【16】考查名詞辨析及固定搭配。句意：凱西知道這一天會(huì)到來(lái)，她只希望自己已經(jīng)做了足夠的準(zhǔn)備，讓知更鳥為飛向外面的大世界做好準(zhǔn)備。A. follow跟隨；B. accompany陪伴；C. prepare準(zhǔn)備；D. raise提高，提升。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，凱西希望自己為知更鳥飛向廣闊世界做好了準(zhǔn)備（prepare）選C。

【17】考查副詞辨析。句意：一個(gè)月后，凱西在外面，這只小鳥俯沖下來(lái)，并停在凱西頭頂?shù)臉渲Α?/span>A. outside外面；B. away遠(yuǎn)離；C. upstairs樓上；D. abroad國(guó)外。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知這只小鳥俯沖下來(lái)，并停在凱西頭頂?shù)臉渲Γ�推斷出凱西在外面（outside），所以才能遇到這只小鳥。故選A。

【18】考查形容詞辨析。句意：我們沒有覺得這只普通的鳥有什么特別的。A. important重要的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. special特殊的；D. strange奇怪的。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，我們通常認(rèn)為這是只平凡的小鳥。即沒有什么特別的（special），故選C。

【19】考查名詞辨析。句意：但斯奎克用他的愛和恢復(fù)的決心教會(huì)了我很多。A. attempt嘗試；B. fortune運(yùn)氣；C. determination決心；D. promise允諾，承諾。前面敘述這只小鳥用它的愛教會(huì)了凱西很多東西，andspan>表示順接，結(jié)合空格后出現(xiàn)的to recover(恢復(fù))，可推斷出這只小鳥的決心（determination）得以恢復(fù)。故選C。

【20】考查名詞辨析。句意：它提醒我們大家有多親密。A. commitment承諾；B. reminder提醒；C. achievement成就；D. matter事情。此處為這提示（reminder）了我們和動(dòng)物之間是多么的緊密相連，這表示凱西的心理感受。故選B。