Question

Cloze 9 (2013廣州黃埔)

       When I was a boy aged twelve in South Carolina,something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage.

       We lived on one end of a forest,and every evening the mockingbirds (嘲鴉) would come and rest in the trees and 1      . There isn’t a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird.

        I decided to catch a young 2        and keep it in a cage,and in this way,I would have my own private musician.

        I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage.At first,the bird was 3       ,so it fluttered (撲騰) about in the cage. But finally it was used to living in its new home. I felt very excited with myself and 4        some beautiful singing from my little musician.

        On the second day,the little bird’s mother flew to the cage with 5       in her mouth.The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was 6       to see this.Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.

        The following morning when I went to see my bird,I found it 7       on the floor of the cage.I was terribly surprised!What had happened!

        Arthur Wayne,the famous ornithologist (鳥類學(xué)家) ，happened to be 8       my father at that time.After she heard me crying over the death of my bird,she explained to me,uA mother mockingbird,finding her young in a cage,will 9       bring it poison berries (毒莓) . She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose 10       Since then I have never caught any living creature and put it in a cage.All living things have a right to live free.

1. A. dance   B. fly   C. sing   D. jump

2. A. bird   B. boy   C. fish   D. thief

3. A. happy   B. careful   C. active   D. afraid

4. A. looked forward to   B. looked out of  C. looked for   D. looked up

5. A. water   B. food   C. songs   D. diet

6. A. worried   B. pleased   C. bored   D. tired

7. A. alone   B. alive   C. dead   D. bad

8. A. calling   B. visiting   C. challenging   D. introducing

9. A. never   B. seldom   C. sometimes   D. ever

10. A. friends   B. parents   C. freedom   D. happiness

Answer 1

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. C

Cloze 9

[語篇解讀]主人公為了聽到嘲鶇美妙的歌聲，有一天抓了 一只幼 鳥，并把它關(guān)在了籠子里。第二天鳥媽媽尋來并給孩子喂食。鳥媽媽 的舉動使得主人公很開心，豈料第二天早上，鳥兒死了。原來鳥媽媽 給孩子喂的是毒莓，因為它認(rèn)為孩子沒有了自由還不如死去。

1. C由下句可以得出答案，每天晚上嘲鶇在樹上唱歌。

2. A由第二段可知主人公認(rèn)為嘲鶇的歌聲美妙。因此想要抓鳥，如此便有了私人的音樂家。

3. D由it fluttered (撲騰) about in the cage可知，鳥兒被抓來感到害怕。afraid害怕的。

4. A句意:我自己感到非常興奮，期待能從我的小音樂家那里聽到一 些動聽的歌唱。

5. B water水;food食物;song歌曲;diet飲食。由下句的ate可知B項 正確。

6. B 由下句 Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.可知主人公是樂于見到這種情況的。pleased高興的。

7. C 由 She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose…可知鳥兒死了。

8. B visit sb.拜訪某人。

9. C never從不;seldom很少;sometimes有時;ever曾經(jīng)。 C項符合句意。

10. C句意:它(鳥媽媽) 認(rèn)為對它的孩子來說死去比失去自由要好。freedom 自由。