Question

【題目】 John Sumner and his bird friend "Chirpy" have developed a special connection since they started spending so many cold days playing together on the________. Sumner first met Chirpy when the bird had a broken leg. The seagull was________. Sumner helped to ________ him back to health.

“I saw him crying and shouting________ my head in pain and I did not know what to do,” recalled 80-year-old Sumner. "The next day he came around me again and tried to _________. He was still shouting in pain. I didn't think he would live, his leg was ________ broken.”

To help the bird, Sumner fed it dog biscuits that he had originated_________ along to the beach for his pet dog Jack. With Sumner's help, Chirpy' s leg got well and it now shares a special ________ with Sumner.

"He comes right up to me, he gets so_________. He won't go to anybody else but me, I think _________he has got some kind of relationship with me, " says Sumner. "Because in March, he will go off and do his natural thing ________then in September, he is back with me ________they have finished making their home.”

Chirpy is believed to be around 20 years old. It won't be close to anybody else on the beach, but the bird will fly straight over to Sumner__________ he arrives. There are about 20 black-headed birds on the beach. Chirpy is the__________one that comes close to summer.

“People are surprised when I tell them about it. They can't believe a seagull would come back like that. It makes you __________ what kind of world we actually are ---- do they know more than we think they know?”

【1】A.fieldB.farmC.mountainD.beach

【2】A.luckyB.healthyC.sorryD.easy

【3】A.take afterB.look afterC.take careD.look for

【4】A.onB.aboveC.inD.beside

【5】A.leaveB.eatC.drinkD.land

【6】A.carefulB.hardlyC.completelyD.kindly

【7】A.broughtB.tookC.lentD.borrowed

【8】A.membershipB.relationshipC.leadershipD.partnership

【9】A.smartB.farC.closeD.silly

【10】A.whatB.thatC.ifD.where

【11】A.andB.butC.orD.so

【12】A.beforeB.afterC.sinceD.while

【13】A.as long asB.as soon asC.as far asD.as well as

【14】A.sameB.lastC.bestD.only

【15】A.knowB.thinkC.wonderD.believe

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】C

【10】B

【11】A

【12】B

【13】B

【14】D

【15】C

【解析】

本篇講述薩姆納在沙灘救了一只受傷的海鷗Chirpy，照顧他直到痊愈。只要薩姆納一到沙灘，Chirpy就徑直飛向他，這只海鷗與他建立一種特殊的關(guān)系。

【1】句意：自從約翰·薩姆納和他的鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)朋友“Chirpy”在沙灘上度過(guò)了那么多寒冷的日子，他們建立了一種特殊的聯(lián)系。

field田野；farm農(nóng)場(chǎng)；mountain高山；beach沙灘；根據(jù)下文“The seagull was lucky”可知Chirpy是只海鷗，生活在海上，由此推斷空格指在沙灘上；故選D。

【2】句意：他很幸運(yùn)。薩姆納幫助照顧他恢復(fù)健康。

lucky幸運(yùn)的；healthy健康的；sorry難過(guò)的；easy容易的；根據(jù)下文“Sumner helped to look after him back to health”可知這只鳥(niǎo)是幸運(yùn)的，得到薩姆納的照顧；故選A。

【3】句意：他很幸運(yùn)。薩姆納幫助照顧他恢復(fù)健康。

take after（在外表、舉止、性格方面）像（某家庭成員）；look after照顧；take care當(dāng)心；look for尋找；根據(jù)上文“Sumner first met Chirpy when the bird had a broken leg. The seagull was lucky”推斷空格指照顧他恢復(fù)健康；故選B。

【4】句意：我看見(jiàn)他在我頭上哀嚎我不知道該怎么辦。

on表示在….上，且表面接觸；above指高于物體上方的任何一點(diǎn)，不接觸，不一定垂直；in在……里面；beside在……旁邊；從文字的表層意思推斷空格指在他的頭上方哀嚎；故選B。

【5】句意：第二天，他又來(lái)到我的周?chē)�，試圖落地。

leave離開(kāi)；eat吃；drink喝；land著陸；從文字的表層意思推斷空格指這只受傷的海鷗試圖落地；故選D。

【6】句意：我沒(méi)想到他會(huì)活下來(lái)，他的腿完全斷了。

careful小心的；hardly幾乎不；completely完全地；kindly和藹地；由上文when the bird had a broken leg和tried to land可知空格指他的腿完全斷了沒(méi)法落地；故選C。

【7】句意：為了幫助這只鳥(niǎo)，薩姆納給它喂了狗餅干，原本是為了他的寵物狗杰克而帶到海灘的。

brought帶來(lái)；took拿走；lent借給；borrowed借來(lái)；從文字的表層意思推斷空格處指薩姆納給海鷗喂原本帶來(lái)要喂寵物狗的餅干；故選A。

【8】句意：在薩姆納的幫助下，奇皮的腿恢復(fù)了健康，它現(xiàn)在與薩姆納有著特殊的關(guān)系。

membership成員；relationship關(guān)系；leadership領(lǐng)導(dǎo)；partnership伙伴關(guān)系；根據(jù)上文“With Sumner's help, Chirpy' s leg got well”推斷由于薩姆納的照顧，他和海鷗之間建立特殊的關(guān)系；故選B。

【9】句意：他徑直向我走來(lái)，離我很近。

smart聰明的；far遠(yuǎn)的；close靠近的；silly愚蠢的；根據(jù)下文“He won't go to anybody else but me”推斷空格指離我很近；故選C。

【10】句意：除了我他不會(huì)去找別人，我認(rèn)為他和我有某種關(guān)系。

判斷句子是賓語(yǔ)從句，what什么；where哪里，可做賓語(yǔ)從句是引導(dǎo)詞；if當(dāng)賓語(yǔ)從句是一般疑問(wèn)句是的引導(dǎo)詞，意為是否；that當(dāng)賓語(yǔ)從句是陳述句時(shí)的引導(dǎo)詞；“he has got some kind of relationship with me”是陳述句，故選B。

【11】句意：因?yàn)樵谌�月份，他�?huì)去做他自然的事情，九月份，他們建完家后它就回來(lái)和我在一起。

and和，表順承；but但是，表轉(zhuǎn)折；or或者，表選擇；so因此，表因果；“在三月份，他會(huì)去做他自然的事情”和“月份，他們建完家后它就回來(lái)和我在一起”2個(gè)的單句之間是并列關(guān)系；故選A。

【12】句意：九月份，他們建完家后它就回來(lái)和我在一起。

before“在……之前”，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句；after在……之后，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句；since自從……，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句；while當(dāng)……時(shí)候，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句；根據(jù)自然規(guī)律可知海鷗在建完家后，回來(lái)與薩姆納在一起；故選B。

【13】句意：它不會(huì)靠近海灘上的任何人，但薩姆納一到這只鳥(niǎo)就會(huì)直接飛往他。

as long as只要；as soon as一……就……；as far as直到……為止，據(jù)……；as well as既…又…；從文字的表層意思推斷空格指薩姆納一到，這只鳥(niǎo)就會(huì)直接飛往他；故選B。

【14】句意：Chirpy是唯一一只在臨近夏天時(shí)到來(lái)的。

same同樣的；last最后的；best最好的；only只有；根據(jù)上文“He won't go to anybody else but me, I think that he has got some kind of relationship with me”推斷Chirpy是唯一一只回來(lái)的找薩姆納的鳥(niǎo)；故選D。

【15】句意：這讓我不禁去想：我們是處在一種什么世界，他們是知道了比我們以為他們知道的更多嗎？

know知道；think想；wonder想知道；believe相信；根據(jù)下文“do they know more than we think they know?”表疑惑，故選C。