Question

When our children were younger, it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and _____ a few animals there.

One of our new neighbors ____ some ducks. They seemed very lovely. However, they were ____ to run around in their yard and the neighbors’ yards -- ____ ours. Our vegetables were their favorite food. Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and wonder ____ there wasn’t a fence to keep them.

One day, I asked her if she ____her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden. She told me that they were her ____ and he was away traveling. My attitude (態度) to her was bad.

We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a ____, so our son built one. The ducks now stayed in their own yard. I didn’t see my neighbor again ____ months later.

A women’s church group asked me to ___ at their mother and daughter’s party. The topic was “Love”. Much to my ____, the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor. I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn’t been ____with my neighbor. So I walked ____to her and said sorry for my attitude. She forgave me and then we talked a lot.

Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me ____ you, if at all possible, to clear the ____between you.

1.A. put B. keep C. send D. take

2.A. bought B. sold C. dropped D. showed

3.A. made B. allowed C. forced D. chosen

4.A. except B. but C. without D. including

5.A. what B. why C. if D. when

6.A. saw B. understood C. thought D. realized

7.A. husband’s B. daughter’s C. wife’s D. grandma’s

8.A. fence B. house C. nest D. room

9.A. after B. before C. until D. while

10.A. speak B. talk C. say D. tell

11.A. excitement B. joy C. glad D. surprise

12.A. nice B. patient C. friendly D. annoyed

13.A. up B. along C. towards D. down

14.A. offer B. lift C. encourage D. afford

15.A. air B. difficulty C. pleasure D. trash

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章作者通過自己與鄰居之間因為養鴨子所產生的摩擦一事，來向我們講述了一個道理，鄰里之間要寬容大度，和睦相處，不要因為一點小事就鬧不愉快。

1.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. put 放；B. keep 飼養；C. send 送，寄；D. take帶走。根據本段內容的描述，購買農場的目的是在上面飼養動物所以用動詞keep；故選B。

2.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. bought 買；B. sold 賣；C. dropped 丟了；D. showed出示；我們的鄰居買了一些鴨子。根據后面的描述They seemed very lovely，可知應該是購買了鴨子，故選A。

3.考查動詞及語境的理解。然而這群鴨子卻只得以在他們的院子里和鄰居的院子里來回跑動，此處是指這些可愛的小動物不允許能到處亂跑；A. made 制作；B. allowed 允許；C. forced 迫使；D. chosen選擇。故選B。

4.考查介詞及語境的理解。因為本段的第一句就說這是我們鄰居家的家禽，所以自然也包括我們的院子成為鴨子的活動場地；其他三個選項的意思都是不包括我們的院子，與原文意思正相反；A. except 除……之外；B. but 但是，除……之外；C. without 沒有；D. including包括。故選D。

5.考查代詞及語境的理解。因為我們的蔬菜成了鴨子的美食，所以我們經常將他們“趕”回家，所以想知道為什么沒有用一個柵欄將他們攔住。A. what 什么；B. why 為什么；C. if 是否，如果 D. when什么時候。故選B。

6.考查動詞及語境的理解。根據上一段作者的不滿可推知他是責問他的鄰居問題的嚴重性，所以應該是問他是否意識到鴨子帶來的麻煩。A. saw 看見；B. understood 懂得，理解；C. thought 認為；D. realized意識到。故選D。

7.考查名詞及語境的理解。 根據本句話的后半部分he was away traveling.可知，鄰居家的女主人強調鴨子是“他”養的，然后再結合選項只有A選項她丈夫是男性，其他的三個選項都指女性，均可排除；A. husband’s 丈夫的；B. daughter’s 女兒的；C. wife’s 妻子的；D. grandma’s 奶奶的。故選A。

8.考查名詞及語境的理解。根據第二段最后一句there wasn’t a fence to keep them.可知，要是有一個柵欄就可以攔住鴨子跑到自家的地里吃蔬菜了，所以當作者意識到鄰居沒有建柵欄的打算之后，作者的兒子建了一個柵欄；A. fence 籬笆，柵欄；B. house 房子；C. nest 窩，巢；D. room房間，空間。故選A。

9.考查連詞及語境的理解。因為前面鄰居提到她丈夫的行蹤he was away traveling.，所以應該是直到幾個月后我才再次見到我的鄰居；A. after 之后；B. before以前；C. until 直到；D. while 當……時候。故選C。

10.考查動詞及語境的理解。speak“說”、“講”、“演講”。做及物動詞時，賓語常是表示語言的詞；本句中意為邀請我在聚會上發言；。A. speak 說（語言），發言；B. talk 交談；C. say 說（內容）；D. tell 告訴。故選A。

11.考查名詞及語境的理解。由后面的內容the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor.并結合前面描述的和鄰居的矛盾可知此時在這里見到鄰居是令她感到意外的；A. excitement 興奮；B. joy 高興；C. glad 高興的；D. surprise驚訝，驚喜。故選D。

12.考查形容詞及語境的理解。此時作者意識到在處理和鄰居間的矛盾時自己不夠有耐心，態度不好，A. nice 好的；B. patient 耐心的；C. friendly 友好的；D. annoyed 令人惱火的。故選B。

13.考查副詞及語境的理解。意識到自己的不足，所以作者徑直向前走過去表示歉意；A. up 向前；B. along 沿著；C. towards 朝，向；D. down 向下。故選A。

14.考查動詞及語境的理解。根據上文可知作者想說如果你遇到同樣的人的話，我會鼓勵你向她那樣做。A. offer 提供；B. lift 舉起；C. encourage 鼓勵；D. afford 負擔得起。故選C。

15.名及語境的理解。句意：如果可能，希望能消除我們之間的隔閡。A. air 空氣，也可指隔閡；B. difficulty 困難；C. pleasure 愉快；D. trash 垃圾。故選A。

考點：本題考查故事類短文。