语言朋友(27)(松鸡)．It's __1__(接触) with people.In fact,
hard to spot, __2__ they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.
This grouse came into our lives in__3__.Tom was working out in the field when he__4__ her walking around at the edge of the field.She was __5__unafraid and seemed to be __6__ about what he was doing.
Tom saw the __7__bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him.We quickly grew__8__of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch.Tom__9__he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently, she didn't like to be __10__.She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, __11__ off to see what he would do.This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the __12__and left.
As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to __13__ more and more often.__14__Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a__15__ of the two of them together.This friendly grouse soon felt__16__ not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.
When hunting season opened, we put a __17__ at the end of our driveway asking __18__ not to shoot our pet grouse.My father, who lived down the road, __19__warned people not to shoot her.__20__， hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.
解题导语：作者的丈夫与一只松鸡成了朋友！在狩猎季节大家一起提醒猎人不要猎杀那只松鸡事实上猎人们对这只和人类成为好朋友的松鸡非常好奇。根据常识及下文“they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching”可知松鸡能与作者的丈夫相处是很不寻常的。故选D。D
2．A.though
B．because
C．unless
D．until
解析：上下文存在因果关系故选B。句意：事实上松鸡是很难被人发现的它们非常警觉因为当它们听到人类靠近的时候通常就会飞走。B
3．A.spring
B．summer
C．autumn
D．winter
解析：根据文章倒数第二段“As spring went and summer came”可知我们是在春天和这只松鸡相遇的。A
4．A.got
B．kept句意：汤姆正在田里干活突然他注意到一只松鸡在田边上走动。其他选项不符合语境。C
5．A.naturally
B．certainly
C．normally
D．surprisingly
解析：根据下文松鸡靠近人可知此处应指令人感到惊D
6．A.crazy
B．curious
C．concerned
D．cautious
解析：句意：让人惊讶的是这只松鸡并不害怕而且看起来对汤姆所做的事情很好奇。B
7．A.shy
B．awkward
C．friendly
D．elegant
解析：这只松鸡看到人并不飞走因此是“友善的”。C
8．A.careful
B．tired
C．fond
D．sickbe fond of“喜欢喜爱”。C
9．A.supposed
B．realized
C．hoped
D．pretended
解析：根据下文“to see what she would do next”可知是假装没看到她。D
10．A.ignored
B．observed
C．amazed
D．disturbed
解析：根据上文汤姆假装没看见和下文“She'd run up and peck at Tom's hands”可知此处指松鸡不喜欢被忽略。A
11．A.put
B．back
C．set
D．take
解析：put off “推迟”；back off “退后”；set off“动身引爆”；take off“脱掉起飞事业成功”。句意：松鸡跑上前来啄汤姆的手然后后退看看他会做什么。B
12．A.game
B．work
C．place
D．man
解析：过来啄汤姆的手然后后退对松鸡来说应该是一种游戏。故选A。A
13．A.give up
B．come out
C．turn over
D．fly by
解析：give up“放弃”；come out“出来出版”；turn over“移交翻转”；fly by“飞过”。句意：当春天过去夏季到来的时候松鸡开始更加经常地出现。B
14．A.Eventually
B．Suddenly
C．Constantly
D．Presently
解析：此处选eventually表示时间慢慢流逝松鸡与我们的关系变得更好。A
15．A.chance
B．dream
C．picture
D．sense
解析：get a picture of the two of them together“为他们两个一起拍照”。其他选项不符合语境。C
16．A.comfortable
B．guilty
C．anxious
D．familiar
解析：根据上文多次出现的comfortable可知选A。句意：这只友好的松鸡很快不仅与我们家人待在一起感到很舒适而且与任何一个路过或驱车而过的人都是这样。A
17．A.lantern
B．sign
C．gun
D．loudspeaker
解析：lantern“灯笼台灯”；sign “标志迹象”；gun“枪”；loudspeaker “扩音器”。句意：狩猎季节到的时候我们在马路的一头放了一个标志叫猎人不要射杀我们的宠物松鸡。B
18．A.drivers
B．farmers
C．hunters
D．tourists
解析：根据上文“hunting season”狩猎季节可知选C。C
19．A.just
B．yet
C．thus
D．also
解析：根据上下文可知此处指“我”的父亲也警告人们不要射杀松鸡。D
20．A.In fact
B．For long
C．On the contrary
D．By the way
解析：句意：实际上猎人会停下来拍照因为他们从未见到过像这只松鸡一样的动物。A
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The leaves were once again falling; autumn was once again with us.This morning I had received a phone call from a friend inviting me to a small party at her home, 21.________I was delighted and happy to accept.
As soon as I 22.________(step) into my friend's garden, my eyes were 23.________(instant) attracted by the chrysanthemums which were in full bloom.The 24.________(fragrant) from these flowers filled the air and reminded 25.________immediately of my parents'garden in the past.I felt a lump (哽咽) ________ my throat as the sorrows went through my mind; my tears gathered and flowed down my face.The chrysanthemums made me think of my mother who 27.________(pass) away only last autumn.I looked up to the sky because I knew she was now living in Zion, in the seventh heaven.
My mind floated back in memory.My mother had been a very hardworking 28.________diligent woman with strong Chinese traditional virtues.We were a family of nine people－a large ________with my parents, grandpa and grandma and us five children, three sons, two daughters.I was the youngest daughter born in 30.________1960s.
解题导语：朋友家花园里鲜花的芳香让作者深深地思念亲人。解析：引导非限制性定语从句又在从句中作宾语。答案：which解析：从句缺谓语用一般过去时。答案：stepped解析：用副词修饰动词attract。答案：instantly解析：作句子的主语用名词形式。答案：fragrance解析：remind sb. of sth.“提醒某人某事”此处逻辑主语为I故填me。答案：me解析：表“在……里”用in。答案：in解析：此处作谓语表过去的过去用过去完成时。答案：had passed解析：前后两个词为近义词共同修饰woman表并列关系用and。答案：and解析：用one指代上文的“a family”。答案：one解析：在20世纪60年代。答案：the