Question

Once upon a time, there was a bird in a cage who sang for her merchant(商人) owner. He was very happy with her . Before he left for a business trip one day, he asked if she had a wish: “I will go through the forest where you were born. What should I take for the birds there?” The bird said, “Tell them I am full of sorrow in a cage singing my captive (被監(jiān)禁的）song and I’m cut off from all of life’s sweet things. I hope it won’t be long before I can fly _ through the trees with them again.”

When the merchant reached the forest, he stopped and said, “Dear birds! to you all from my pretty bird locked in her cage. She asks for a from you. She wants to join you, but I would her beautiful song and cannot let her go.” Suddenly one bird screamed and to the ground.

Nothing else could be more shocking. The merchant thought it was dead. He continued on to the city and his goods. On returning home, the merchant said, “I do not know what happened. I told them your message. Then, one of them fell down dead.”

Suddenly the bird a terrible scream and fell on her head to the bottom of the cage. The merchant was terrified and wept in . He opened the cage door and took her into his hands carefully. The bird suddenly flew up, then out of the window and on the nearest tree. She turned to him and said gratefully,” I really appreciate your delivering my message. That bird instructed me how to my freedom. All I had to do was to pretend to be dead.”

1.A. cry B. poem C. speech D. song

2.A. report B. conversation C. message D. invitation

3.A. carefully B. proudly C. luckily D. freely

4.A. Thanks B. rewards C. Greetings D. Congratulations

5.A. reply B. story C. joke D. letter

6.A. avoid B. miss C. ignore D. quit

7.A. flew B. ran C. fell D. jumped

8.A. afforded B. served C. offered D. traded

9.A. let out B. worked out C. thought out D. found out

10.A. surprise B. interest C. hopelessness D. curiosity

11.A. hid B. started C. hit D. landed

12.A. fight B. treat C. win D. strike

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.C

【解析】

試題分析：一只小鳥被商人關(guān)在籠子里，失去自由的小鳥非常痛苦。但是，商人卻十分喜愛它的歌聲。當(dāng)商人把小鳥的話帶給森林里的鳥兒時，其中的一只小鳥大叫一聲跌落到了地上。這讓商人感到不解，但是，聰明的小鳥領(lǐng)會了其中的道理，它通過裝死最終得以重回大自然。

1.who sang for her merchant(商人) owner”可知，商人很喜歡鳥兒的歌唱，故選D。

2.What should I take for the birds there?商人問小鳥是否有話要他捎給森林里的小鳥，take message for sb給某人捎口信，根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)第二行“delivering my message”可知答案，故選C。

3.I am full of sorrow in a cage singing my captive (被監(jiān)禁的）song and I’m cut off from all of life’s sweet things”可知，小鳥被囚禁起來失去了自由，這讓它覺得痛苦，它渴望自由飛翔，故選D。

4.from my pretty bird locked in her cage”可知，商人帶來了關(guān)在鳥籠中的小鳥的問候，故選C。

5.She asks for a from you. She wants to join you,”可知，關(guān)在籠子里的小鳥想回到小鳥們的身邊，它想得到大家的答復(fù)，B、C、D三項與句意不符，故選A。

6.She wants to join you”那只小鳥想重回大自然，但那樣的話，商人會想念它的歌聲，故選B。

7.Suddenly one bird screamed and to the ground一只小鳥突然尖叫了一聲并落到了地上，故選C。

8.He continued on to the city and his goods.商人繼續(xù)趕路去城市做買賣，故選D。

9.Suddenly the bird a terrible scream小鳥突然發(fā)出一聲悲鳴，故選A。

10.a terrible scream and fell on her head to the bottom of the cage”可知，商人以為小鳥死掉了，他感到害怕，同時也很傷心、絕望，故選C。

11.then out of the window and on the nearest tree小鳥飛出窗外，落在最近的樹上，故選D。

12.All I had to do was to pretend to be dead.”可知，森林里的那只鳥兒教小鳥通過裝死來獲得自由，fight與for連用，表示“為爭取......而戰(zhàn)斗”，這里缺少介詞for，故選C。

考點：故事類短文閱讀