In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue   1 . One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet （小鸚鵡）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky what the sky looked like. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my horror , Perky flew off. The enormous, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue  2   and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all. 
I told Kathy about Perky's disappearance and I was anxious that she would blame me. But , unexpectedly, Kathy managed to   3  me. With fake optimism, she even tried to convince me that Perky would find a new    4   . But I was far too clever to   5   that such a thing was possible.
Decades later, I watched my own    6  growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the   7 of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the best of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed（宣稱） to  8  the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. Then Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and ___9___that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.
"The best thing about Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the  10   we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just  11   down and landed on my finger."
When I was finally able to  12 , we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all  13 . It seems our two families had been  14  long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were  15 ! Perky lived!"
小題1:
A．lakeB．skyC．parakeetD．backyard
小題2:
A．pleasureB．sadnessC．treasure D．sense
小題3:
A．forgive B．comfortC．help D．delight
小題4:
A．parentB．homeC．nest D．fellow
小題5:
A．imagine B．supposeC．doubtD．believe
小題6:
A．birdsB．happinessC．worriesD．children
小題7:
A．parentsB．birdsC．interestsD．games
小題8:
A．catchB．findC．buyD．have
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)nnouncedB．saidC．retoldD．hoped
小題10:
A．dayB．placeC．wayD．story
小題11:
A．floatedB．divedC．settledD．went
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A．thinkB．speakC．interruptD．explain
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A．came upB．turned upC．turned outD．matched up
小題14:
A．knownB．fastenedC．connectedD．introduced
小題15:
A．rightB．wrongC．sillyD．mad

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小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:D
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小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:C
小題11:A
小題12:B
小題13:D
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小題15:A 
本文是記敘文。作者敘述了一只藍(lán)鸚鵡連接兩家人友誼的傳奇故事。小時(shí)候作者在和妹妹的藍(lán)鸚鵡玩耍時(shí)，因?yàn)椴恍⌒柠W鵡從作者手中飛了，但妹妹堅(jiān)信鸚鵡會(huì)找到自己的新家。很多年以后，當(dāng)作者成家立業(yè)，和另外一家人在野外宿營(yíng)時(shí)，無(wú)意中了解到他們小時(shí)候得到一只鸚鵡的故事，結(jié)果得知他們的那只鸚鵡正是作者當(dāng)年不小心失去的那只。
小題1:考查名詞。所選之詞受boundless blue的修飾，沒(méi)有限定詞，故應(yīng)是不可數(shù)名詞，所以選B.
小題2:考查名詞。treasure"珍寶"，說(shuō)明妹妹對(duì)藍(lán)鸚鵡非常珍愛(ài)。
小題3:考查動(dòng)詞。表明妹妹"原諒"了作者，從后文的敘述中可得出結(jié)論
小題4:考查名詞。后文的敘述驗(yàn)證，藍(lán)鸚鵡找到了自己的新"家"。
小題5:考查動(dòng)詞。說(shuō)明作者本人根本不相信妹妹的話。
小題6:考查名詞。從后文看，作者已經(jīng)成家立業(yè)，有了自己的孩子。
小題7:考查名詞。由后面the Kissells可得出此答案，此處指的是作者孩子朋友的父母。
小題8:考查動(dòng)詞。作為一種游戲和消遣大家各自講述自己寵物的故事，因此這個(gè)人說(shuō)自己擁有最老的金魚(yú)。
小題9:考查動(dòng)詞。"宣稱"與前面的claim相呼應(yīng)，表現(xiàn)出主人的自豪感。
小題10:考查名詞。從下文看， Barry在敘述自己得到藍(lán)鸚鵡的"方式"，其他都太片面。
小題11:考查動(dòng)詞。"飄落"符合鳥(niǎo)的動(dòng)作特征。
小題12:考查動(dòng)詞。此處說(shuō)明作者聽(tīng)到對(duì)方的敘述而非常吃驚，最后才能夠"說(shuō)話"。
小題13:考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。match up當(dāng)"吻合"講，符合特定的語(yǔ)境：對(duì)方所講的一切與作者當(dāng)年不小心讓藍(lán)鸚鵡飛走的情景完全吻合。
小題14:考查動(dòng)詞。作者聽(tīng)了對(duì)方的敘述認(rèn)為兩家的緣分從那只藍(lán)鸚鵡飛走的那一刻就開(kāi)始了，也就是兩家早就"聯(lián)系"在一起了。
小題15:考查形容詞。最后作者不得不相信，妹妹當(dāng)初所說(shuō)的一切很"對(duì)"。
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On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone   38  ! Yet all my dad did was to   39  his toast, smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was at school. I don’t remember what I   40  him that night, but I do remember   41  him smear(涂上)butter on that toast and eat   42  bite!
  43  I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom   44  to my dad for burning the toast.   45  I’ll never forget what he said: “Baby, I   46  burnt toast.”
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy   47  and I asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, “Son, your mom   48  a hard day at work today and she’s really   49 . And besides, a little burnt toast never   50  anyone!”
You know, life is full of imperfect things…and imperfect people. I’m not the best housekeeper or cook. What I’ve learned over the years is that learning to accept each other’s   51  and choosing to celebrate each other’s differences is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy and   52  relationship.
And this is my prayer for you today: you’ll learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and   53  them at the feet of God, because   54 , he’s the only one who will be able to give you a relationship where burnt toast isn’t a deal-breaker(煞風(fēng)景)！
We could extend(推廣)this to any relationship in fact   55  understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!
小題1:
A．in timeB．in turnC．in factD．in particular
小題2:
A．comfortableB．hardC．boringD．happy
小題3:
A．noticedB．punishedC．praisedD．opposed
小題4:
A．enter forB．a(chǎn)nswer forC．reach forD．make for
小題5:
A．toldB．a(chǎn)skedC．explainedD．promised
小題6:
A．helpingB．hearingC．makingD．watching
小題7:
A．oneB．everyC．a(chǎn)notherD．neither
小題8:
A．UntilB．SinceC．WhenD．As long as
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)pologizeB．congratulateC．a(chǎn)pplyD．introduce
小題10:
A．OrB．ForC．HoweverD．And
小題11:
A．hateB．respectC．loveD．make
小題12:
A．morningB．goodnightC．eveningD．night
小題13:
A．bring in B．put inC．get inD．take in
小題14:
A．lovelyB．excellentC．hard-workingD．tired
小題15:
A．hurtB．foundC．expectedD．stricken
小題16:
A．a(chǎn)dvantagesB．valuesC．faultsD．gifts
小題17:
A．lastingB．a(chǎn)ppreciativeC．outstandingD．turning
小題18:
A．wrapB．playC．layD．tie
小題19:
A．on the topB．in the endC．in surpriseD．in the long term
小題20:
A．ifB．thoughC．whenD．a(chǎn)s

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