Question

【題目】I work with volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue(救援) and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Try to help wounded, homeless or sick _____. To keep them alive is never certain. _____, when it works, it is simply beautiful.

I got a rescue call from a woman in Mutton town. She had found a young owl(貓頭鷹) on the ground. When I _____, I saw a 2 to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.

I examined the chick(雛鳥) and it seemed _____. If I could find its nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to build a nest and _____ it in a tree.

The homeowner was very _____. He gave me an old basket. I put some branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it became _____ soon.

Now all that was needed were the parents, _____ they had flown away. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. It could make the parents notice_____ chick; they ______ encourage the chick to start calling too. I gave the owner as much information as possible. Then I headed home to see what ______ the night might bring.

A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature ______ us all! The next morning I got the good news from the owner. She ______ to say that the parents had found their kid. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest ______ healthy and active. And it was having lunch with its parents. They had done their ______ and would probably continue to do so.

【1】A. people B. birds C. fish D. animals

【2】A. However B. Besides C. Anyway D. Therefore

【3】A. resulted B. arrived C. failed D. succeeded

【4】A. happy B. sick C. fine D. busy

【5】A. fix B. cut C. give D. throw

【6】A. thankful B. careful C. useful D. helpful

【7】A. careless B. quiet C. noisy D. weak

【8】A. but B. or C. and D. so

【9】A. your B. their C. his D. her

【10】A. need B. must C. might D. should

【11】A. advice B. idea C. story D. news

【12】A. smile on B. care for C. laugh at D. listen to

【13】A. asked B. ordered C. called D. told

【14】A. smelling B. looking C. sounding D. feeling

【15】A. work B. homework C. plan D. duty

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【6】D

【7】B

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【11】D

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】D

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。文中作者主要講述了自己接到救援電話，救助一只貓頭鷹幼鳥的故事。最后作者成功地幫助這只幼鳥重建了家園，又尋回了它的父母。這讓作者體會到了自然精神的美麗。

【1】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：努力幫助受傷的、無家可歸的或者生病的_________。people人；birds鳥；fish魚；animals動物。聯(lián)系前文“for Wildlife”以及下文描述可知，作者的工作是救助野生動物。故選D。

【2】考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：_________，當救助有效時，那是相當美妙的。However然而；Besides此外，而且；Anyway無論如何，不管怎樣；Therefore因此。對比前一句可知，設(shè)空處副詞表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選A。

【3】考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：當_________我時，我看到一只兩到三周大的貓頭鷹。resulted結(jié)果，導致；arrived到達；failed失敗，不及格；succeeded成功。根據(jù)本段第一句可知，作者是在接到一個救援電話后動身前往那里，所以此處是指“到達”。故選B。

【4】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：我檢查了這只幼鳥，它好像_________。happy高興的；sick生病的；fine很好的，健康的；busy忙碌的。根據(jù)下文可知，這只幼鳥沒有什么問題。故選C。

【5】考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：我的下一步工作是做一個鳥巢，_________在樹上。fix修理，使固定；cut砍，切；give給；throw扔。鳥巢一般都是在樹上，因此此處指“把它固定在樹上”。故選A。

【6】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：屋主非常_________。thankful感謝的，欣慰的；careful仔細的；useful有用的；helpful有幫助的，樂于助人的。根據(jù)下文屋主為我提供幫助可知“屋主很樂于助人”。故選D。

【7】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：它很快變得_________。careless粗心的，馬虎的；quiet安靜的；noisy吵鬧的；weak虛弱的。根據(jù)上一句可知，作者把鳥巢弄得非常安全和舒適，故可推知幼鳥變得安靜了。故選B。

【8】考查連詞詞義辨析。句意：現(xiàn)在所需要的就是父母了，________它們已經(jīng)走了。but 但是;or 或者；and 且，和；so 所以。根據(jù)語境可知，兩句之間為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選A。

【9】考查代詞詞義辨析。句意：這能讓父母們注意到________幼鳥。your 你/你們的；their 他/她/它們的；his他的；her她的。根據(jù)句意可知，此處表示讓父母注意到它們的幼鳥。故選B。

【10】考查情態(tài)動詞詞義辨析。句意：它們________鼓勵幼鳥也開始鳴叫。need 需要；must 必須；might 可能；should 應(yīng)該。結(jié)合句意可知此處表示這些叫聲可能鼓勵幼鳥也開始鳴叫。故選C。

【11】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：然后，我就回家了，看晚上可能會帶來什么_________。advice建議；idea主意，想法；story故事；news新聞，消息。根據(jù)句意可知，此處指“消息”。故選D。

【12】考查動詞短語辨析。句意：晚上緊張是肯定的，但是有時候自然精神我們所有人_________。smile on向……微笑；care for關(guān)心；laugh at嘲笑；listen to聽。分析語境可知，此處指“自然精神向我們所有人微笑”。故選A。

【13】考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：屋主_________說（幼鳥的）父母已經(jīng)找到它們的孩子了。asked問，要求；ordered命令；called打電話；told告訴，講述。根據(jù)第二段第一句“I got a rescue call from a woman in Mutton town.”可知，這位屋主是用電話和作者聯(lián)系的。因此此處指“打電話說……”。故選C。

【14】考查感官動詞詞義辨析。句意：我開車去過去，看見幼鳥在巢里_________健康且活躍。smelling 聞起來；looking看起來；sounding聽起來；feeling感覺。根據(jù)語境應(yīng)是“看起來”。故選B。

【15】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：它們正在盡它們的_________，并且可能會繼續(xù)這樣做下去。work工作；homework家庭作業(yè)；plan計劃；duty義務(wù)，職責。父母喂養(yǎng)孩子是應(yīng)盡的義務(wù)。故選D。