完型填空(共20小题,每题1分,满分20分)
One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to 41 a great climbing plant that had grown across a roof beam(房梁), so that we could repair the roof and 42 the walls.
When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a 43 of a blackbird. He then 44 something 45 among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth __46__ it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his 47 ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet(手镯). He ran into the house to 48 me.
“You won’t believe that the 49 blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we plant to feed on,” he said, “but they also want their children to 50 in a cradle(摇篮)of gold!”
When my daughter ___51__ on the eve of the 52 ,we told her about this 53 occurrence (事件).
“Don’t you remember, Mother?” she said with a loud 54 .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 55 a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”
As the bracelet no longer 56 its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.
In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized(受洗礼).Among the 57 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like 58 . I hope that if my grandson 59 loses it, one of the 60 that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.
A.remove B.cover C.grow D.water
A.build B.paint C.rescue D.print
A.nest B.baby C.body D.egg
A.moved B.got C.picked D.noticed
A.nice B.colorful C.shiny D.special
A.over B.through C.above D.around
A.horror B.surprise C.delight D.disappointment
A.ask B.shock C.show D.give
A.working B.cheating C.dreaming D.thieving
A.lie B.sing C.listen D.wait
A.came up B.came over C.came across D.came by
A.party B.Christmas C.birthday D.wedding
A.important B.strange C.terrible D.frightening
A.cry B.sigh C.laugh D.sound
A.hid B.threw C.lost D.broke
A.fitted B.satisfied C.matched D.interested
A.jewels B.toys C.clothes D.presents
A.attractive B.new C.modern D.golden
A.almost B.just C.even D.ever
A.Blackbirds B.Grandchildren C.neighbors D.mice