文章大意:本文介绍了一个生日礼物引发的故事。Mary收到了叔叔寄来的礼物,是一箱鸡。她很高兴,打算把鸡留在家里下蛋。然而,当鸡箱到达时,她却不小心把它掉在了地上,鸡跑了出来。Mary花费了很长时间试图找到所有的鸡。最后,叔叔问她是否找到了所有的鸡,Mary回答说她只找到了11只,但叔叔只寄了6只鸡。
It was Mary’s birthday. She got a _________ from her uncle. “Dear Mary,” he wrote in the letter. “Happy birthday. I’m sending you some _________. They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you’ll like them.”
Mary felt very _________. She liked chicken and eating eggs. “I can keep the chickens for their eggs.” she thought.
When the chickens arrived the next day. they were in a _________. She took the box off the truck and began to carry _________ into her garden. But the box was heavy and she _________ dropped (掉) it.
The box fell on the ground and broke open. The chickens all _________. They ran here and there. Mary spent _________ in trying to find them.
A few days later her uncle came. He asked, “Did the chickens arrive safely?” “Yes, but I dropped the box. It broke open and the chickens ran everywhere. It took me the whole morning to _________ them.” Mary said.
“Did you find them all?” asked her uncle. “I hope so,” Mary answered, “but I only caught eleven of them.”
“That’s very interesting, __________ I only sent you six,” her uncle said with a smile.
11. A.stamp | B.letter | C.cake | D.note |
12. A.eggs | B.ducks | C.chickens | D.horses |
13. A.happy | B.bored | C.worried | D.angry |
14. 15. 16. A.slowly | B.quietly | C.rapidly | D.suddenly |
17. A.flew away | B.ran out | C.jumped up | D.climbed down |
18. A.hours | B.days | C.months | D.years |
19. 20.