2 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；
My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard. That first year, I
_______ feeding peanuts to the blue jays, then the squirrels. The squirrels had no
_____ coming up right to me for them. As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no
_______and didn’t escape. When I threw carrot slices(薄片)，they even came for a nibble(啃).Slowly they came to
_____ me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand.
That second year, the rabbits
_______ me, and one would even sit up for slices! While I was feeding them, I
_____ that a groundhog who used to run away was now taking an
_______interest in this food situation. I carefully extended a long
_______, with a keen eye on those teeth, and
_______,there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching(津津有味的咀嚼) on carrots. A few months later, while
________,she would even turn her back to me.
______when she was facing away, I reached out and
_______scratched（搔）her back with my finger, She didn’t move.
By year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back. The groundhog
_______didn’t have a problem with me scratching her back, and I got an idea, I’d always
_______,while slicing up carrots, that the end looked like a cap.
________one day, just to see what she would do ,I gently
________ one on top of the groundhog’s head. Again, not a
________ .The next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures,
________she had a slice to eat, she never
________ the one of her head. It was a fair
______ —I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat.
1. | A．avoided | B．started | C．canceled | D．suggested |
2. | A．business | B．fun | C．problem | D．privilege |
3. | A．help | B．cheat | C．threat | D．exception |
4. | A．trust | B．miss | C．admire | D．appreciate |
5. | A．feared | B．ignored | C．discovered | D．remembered |
6. | A．proved | B．decided | C．noticed | D．understood |
7. | A．extreme | B．increasing | C．additional | D．inspiring |
8. | A．squirrel | B．rabbit | C．peanut | D．carrot |
9. | A．before long | B．long ago | C．over and over | D．all over again |
10. | A．eating | B．playing | C．sitting | D．sleeping |
11. | A．Next | B．Once | C．Soon | D．Lately |
12. | A．carefully | B．suddenly | C．violently | D．patiently |
13. | A．also | B．thus | C．just | D．still |
14. | A．thought | B．doubted | C．admitted | D．recognized |
15. 16. | A．fixed | B．placed | C．hung | D．kept |
17. | A．tremble | B．move | C．delay | D．hesitation |
18. | A．Even if | B．Ever since | C．As far as | D．So long as |
19. | A．welcomed | B．required | C．bothered | D．expected |
20. | A．trade | B．competition | C．task | D．affair |
