1、单元素能自测.完形填空My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.Last spring I bought two newlyhatched(孵化) chickens for her.She got 1 and took good care of them. 2 ，a few days later, both chickens died.She burst into tears because of 3 .I helped her 4 the two birds under a tree behind our h
2、ouse.I thought it would be the 5 of her idea. 6 ，I was wrong.Children are children 7 .The failure hasnt 8 my daughter in any way.She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.One day last winter, I noticed under the eaves(屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows (麻雀)My daughter and I could 9 t
3、he sparrows as our “pets” ，but we didnt.I told her to 10 the grains on the windowsill (窗台)A few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill 11 and pecked(啄) at the rice.Suddenly my daughter asked me，“Mum，can we catch and 12 the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How 13 i
4、t is for them to live outside！”“Oh, my dear.I do not think its a good idea.You know，”I explained to her，“the sparrow is a bird who loves 14 .No one can keep them in a cage.If they are caught, they will 15 quickly.They are 16 to living outside.Moreover, they have warm nests under the eaves.”From then
5、 on, we have set up a kind of 17 with the sparrow family.We feed them frequently and 18 them as pet birds.However，we do not need to 19 them.We 20 seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the spring mornings.女儿养的小鸡死了后，看到窗台上的麻雀就想抓住它们并喂养它们，我告诉女儿麻雀是爱自由的动物，劝说女儿不要
6、抓它们。 1.A.exciting Bexcited Cdisappointed Dencouraged答案：B解析：考查形容词辨析。根据文章第一句“My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.”我的女儿一直对养小宠物很着迷，可知当她得到两只刚孵化的小鸡时应感到兴奋。 2.A.Naturally BSuddenly CUnfortunately DFinally答案：C解析：考查副词辨析。根据后文“a few days later，both chickens died.”小鸡都死了，可知应是“不幸地”。 3.A.
7、leaving Btheir death Cthe chickens Dthem答案：B解析：考查细节理解。女儿大哭，是因为小鸡的死。 4.A.bury Bput Cdig Dset答案：A解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据“I helped her 4 the two birds under a tree behind our house.”可知，我应该是帮助女儿将小鸡埋在房后的树下。 5.A.end Bbeginning Cwish Dreality答案：A解析：考查名词词义辨析。根据句意可知，小鸡死了，故我认为女儿不会再养小动物了，故应是女儿想法的结束。 6.A.Thus BThen CHow
8、ever DTherefore答案：C解析：考查副词词义辨析。根据句子“I was wrong.”可知，前面应该表示转折。 7.A.at all Bin all Cafter all Dfor all答案：C解析：考查词组辨析。根据前面的句子“Children are children.”可知，然而，我错了，孩子毕竟是孩子。 8.A.encouraged Bupset Chelped Dimpressed答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据前文说我错了，可知失败并没有使我的女儿沮丧。 9.A.look Bact Cfeed Dcatch答案：D解析：考查动词词义辨析。我的女儿和我看到麻雀后，本
9、可以抓住它们作为宠物，但是我们没有。 10.A.throw Bpour Cpile Dscatter答案：D解析：考查动词词义辨析。我告诉女儿把谷物散开放在窗台，这样麻雀就会来吃。 11.A.one after another Bone anotherCevery other Deach other答案：A解析：考查固定短语。几分钟后，麻雀就一个接一个地飞到窗台啄米吃。 12.A.stay Blove Ccage Dwatch答案：C解析：考查动词词义辨析。女儿突然问我，“妈妈，我们能把鸟抓起来，然后关进笼子吗？”13A.free Bhappy Ccold Dwarm答案：C解析：考查形容词词
10、义辨析。女儿想把鸟关进笼子和我们住在一起，是因为她觉得鸟在外面会冷。 14.A.freedom Bspring Cflying Dtrees答案：A解析：考查名词词义辨析。我向女儿解释说，没有人能在笼子里养麻雀，因为麻雀热爱自由。15A.please Bstarve Csuffer Ddie答案：D解析：考查动词词义辨析。麻雀是热爱自由的动物，如果它们被抓了，它们不久就会死。16A.safe Bused Cproud Dhappy答案：B解析：考查形容词词义辨析。根据句子“They are 16 to living outside.”可知，麻雀喜欢自由，它们习惯住在外面，be used to“
11、习惯于”。17A.neighbour Bunderstanding Cfriendship Drelationship答案：C解析：考查名词词义辨析。根据句意可知，从那时开始，我们和麻雀家庭建立一种友谊。18A.think Btreat Cdream Dappreciate答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据句子“We feed them frequently and 18 them as pet birds.”可知，我们频繁喂养它们，将它们视为宠物鸟，treat as“视为”。19A.hurt Bpossess Cbelong to Dhatch答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。我们没必要占据
12、、拥有鸟。20A.enjoy Bwould like Cwant Dconsider答案：A解析：考查动词词义辨析。后面接的是动词ing形式，只有A、D两项符合，再根据句意可知，我们应该是喜欢看着这些鸟飞。.阅读理解The United States government wants to know what the public thinks about its findings on the safety of cloned animals.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says meat and milk from clones of ad
13、ult cattle, pigs and goats are safe to eat.An FDA official called them “as safe to eat as the food we eat every day”And when those clones reproduce sexually(有性繁殖), the agency says, their offsprings (后代) are safe to eat as well.But research on cloned sheep is limited.So the FDA proposes that sheep cl
14、ones not be used for humans food.The United States could become the first country to approve the sale of foods from cloned animals.First，however，the public will have ninety days to comment on three proposed documents.On December 28th the FDA released a long report, called a draft risk assessment，alo
15、ng with two policy documents.The agency says it must receive comments by April 2nd.The FDA seemed ready to act several years ago, but an advisory committee called for more research.For now, the government will continue to ask producers to honour a request that they not sell foods from cloned animals
16、.Clones are still rare.They cost a lot and are difficult to produce.The FDA says most food from cloning is expected to come not from clones themselves, but from their sexually reproduced offsprings.It says clones are expected to be used mostly as breeding animals to spread good qualities.Public opin
17、ion studies show most Americans do not like the idea of food from cloned animals.But this research also shows the public knows little about cloning.Cloning differs from genetic engineering.A cell taken from a socalled donor animal is grown into an embryo(胚胎) in the laboratory.Next, the embryo is pla
18、ced into the uterus (子宫)of a female animal.If the process is successful and the pregnancy reaches full term，a genetic copy of the donor animal will be born.1From the passage we know that .Afoods from cloned animals are popular in AmericaBcloned adult animals are safe to eat except sheepCcloned anima
19、ls will be easy to produceDmost foods from cloning are expected to take place of other foods答案：B解析：推理判断题。从文中第二段可推出，除克隆绵羊外，其他克隆动物吃起来是安全的。2The main purpose of the text is to .Atell an interesting story Bgive some advice on foodsCgive a report Dcompare different opinions答案：C解析：主旨大意题。本篇文章是关于克隆食物的安全问题的报道
20、。3Who believe(s) that most foods from cloning are safe to eat?AMost Americans. BAn advisory committee.CCritics. DThe FDA.答案：D解析：细节理解题。从第二段第一句“The Food and Drug Administration(FDA) says meat and milk from clones of adult cattle，pigs and goats are safe to eat.”可知。4It can be inferred from the last para
21、graph that .Acloning has much in common with genetic engineeringBnot every cell taken from a donor animal can grow into a genetic copyCthe donor animal should be a female oneDcloned animals grow faster than normal ones答案：B解析：推理判断题。从最后一段中的“If the process is successful and the pregnancy reaches full t
22、erm，a genetic copy of the donor animal will be born.”可知答案。.读后续写阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。How did I find the strength to live after the death of my 15yearold son from an accident two years ago？My mother is the short and long answer.My beautiful, blueeyed son lost his own life, and my life went wi
23、th him. I was blindsided. The intense grief and extreme pain were unbearable and still are at times. But that is another story. This story is about my mother who, although she died two years before my son, was and is my strongest pillar.My mother was born in 1924 and, from one perspective, was one o
24、f the lucky ones during the Great Depression.Her father was an assistant district lawyer, so she grew up with food on the table, decent clothes and a warm apartment to live in.She married my father，a heart surgeon, shortly after World War . They moved to Pittsburgh in 1958 and raised six children in
25、 Fox Chapel. She died at age 86.As a mother and spouse, she was remarkable.Taking my fathers long, stressful hours at General Hospital into account, she was in charge of everythingfinances, school schedules, housework, discipline. She was also involved in voluntary activities.Dealing with things in
26、a practical way, she managed to attend her childrens many activities with enthusiasm and still make time to sit with my father when he got home long after the dinner hour. She would listen to his days events devotedly, and she rarely complained about his long hours or her many responsibilities.Often
27、 doubled over in fits of laughter at the dinner table, she had a great sense of humor. She loved to read and was addicted to her daily crossword puzzles. I loved all these things about my mother and sought to imitate her as a young woman.注意：1所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好
28、；4续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1：While she experienced great joy in her life, she had also lived through and recovered from tremendous grief. When my mother was a young girl, her mother died of cancer. Then after high school her closest childhood girlfriend died in an accident. Next，her father d
29、ied shortly after she graduated from college, and she had to move in with her brothers family. She came to adore her brother, who became a second father to her, but he died at age 50. And years later came the death of her dear son, my brother. My mother never complained about these shocking losses.
30、She accepted them with grace.Paragraph 2：But after experiencing the loss of my son, I found myself leaning on a different kind of person with the sense of serfworth and believing deeply in love; my mother had been a good example to me.Through my mothers example I have come to terms with the death of my son. With Mom teaching me to overcome grief with love and wisdom, I found my pillar of strength.
