C．turn over 14．A.Eventually C．Constantly 15．A.chance C．picture 16．A.comfortable C．anxious 17．A.lantern C．gun 18．A.drivers C．hunters 19．A.just C．thus 20．A.In fact C．On the contrary
D．fly by B．Suddenly D．Presently B．dream D．sense B．guilty D．familiar B．sign D．loudspeaker B．farmers D．tourists B．yet D．also B．For long D．By the way 答案与解析
本文是一篇记叙文。作者的丈夫在地里干活时，无意中发现了一只松鸡。令人称奇的是，这只松鸡根本不怕人，逐渐与作者一家成了好朋友。周围的人们，包括猎人们，都很喜欢她。
1．D 根据下文“In fact，they're hard to spot”可知，这种松鸡平时很难看到，与人主动接触更是罕见。
2．B 上下文之间是因果关系，所以用because连接。因为松鸡听到有人靠近就会飞走，所以人们很难看到它们。
3．A 根据倒数第二段第一句的“As spring went and summer came”可知，这只松鸡是在春天进入我们生活中的。
4．C 作者的丈夫正在地里干活，这时他注意到一只松鸡在地边走来走去。“notice＋sb./sth.＋doing”表示“注意到某人或某物正在做某事”。
5．D 上文提到，松鸡通常听到有人靠近就会飞走，但令人惊讶的是，这只松鸡一点儿也不怕人。naturally“自然地”；certainly“当然；的确”；normally “正常地”；surprisingly“令人惊讶地”。
6．B 根据第四段第一句中的“Mildred came within a．..watch”可知，这只松鸡似乎对作者的丈夫干的工作很好奇。be curious about“对??感到好奇”。
7．C 这只松鸡很愿意与人接触，因此看起来很友好。根据倒数第二段最后一句也能得出答案。其他形容词不符合语境。shy“害羞的”；awkward “尴尬的”；elegant“优雅的”。
8．C 作者一家人越来越喜欢这只松鸡，并且给她取了一个名字。grow/be fond of “喜爱”。
9．D 根据语境可知，作者的丈夫假装没有看到这只松鸡，继续在地里干活，想看看接下来这只松鸡会做什么。
10．A 根据下文描述的松鸡的动作可知，这只松鸡很不喜欢被别人忽视，于是主动上前进攻作者的丈夫。
11．B 松鸡跑上前，用嘴啄汤姆的手，然后向后退，想看看汤姆会怎么做。back off“后退”。
12．A 上文描述的松鸡的行为就好像是与汤姆做的一种游戏。后来，松鸡厌倦了这种游戏，然后走开了。
13．B 根据下文内容可知，这只松鸡出来的次数越来越频繁，与汤姆的关系越来越亲近。
14．A 事情发展的结果越来越有趣，最后，这只松鸡居然跳到
汤姆的腿上玩耍。
15．C 作者把松鸡跳到丈夫腿上玩耍的镜头拍摄下来，于是有了一张合影。
16．A 很快，这只松鸡不但感到与作者一家人相处很轻松，而且与任何从她旁边经过的人都相处得很自在。
17．B 狩猎季节来到了，作者一家在自家车道的尽头竖了一个牌子，请求猎人们不要射杀这只松鸡。
18．C 因为上文提到hunting season opened，显然此处是针对猎人们竖立的牌子。
19．D 根据上下文内容可知，作者的父亲也警告人们不要射杀这只松鸡。
20．A 事实上，作者一家的担心是多余的，猎人们经常会停下来和这只松鸡一起拍照，因为他们从来没有看到像这只松鸡一样有趣的动物。
Cloze 4 (2014·天津卷)
One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to __1__ me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling you that you've done __2__ and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级)，but you'll have to __3__ your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher？”She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me __4__ for the rest of the night. I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the __5__ decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every
day. Every evening I'd __6__ wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her __7__ and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times. During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large __8__ apartment, I became __9__ how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then __10__ I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on __11__ family and work. __12__ difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn't know whether you made the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a __13__ attitude.
Back home, I __14__ myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she __15__ to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be __16__. I learnt how to take care of myself and set high but achievable __17__. My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the __18__ has really taught me. Sacrifices __19__ in the end. The separation between us has proved to be a __20__ for me. 1．A.attract C．surprise 2．A.little C．well 3．A.leave C．contact 4．A.explaining C．wondering 5．A.poor
B．promote D．praise B．much D．wrong B．refuse D．forgive B．sleeping D．regretting B．timely