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.
16. A.avoided | B.started | C.canceled | D.suggested |
17. A.business | B.fun | C.problem | D.privilege |
18. A.help | B.cheat | C.threat | D.exception |
19. A.trust | B.miss | C.admire | D.appreciate |
20. A.feared | B.ignored | C.discovered | D.remembered |
21. A.proved | B.decided | C.noticed | D.understood |
22. A.extreme | B.increasing | C.additional | D.inspiring |
23. A.squirrel | B.rabbit | C.peanut | D.carrot |
24. A.before long | B.long ago | C.over and over | D.all over again |
25. A.eating | B.playing | C.sitting | D.sleeping |
26. A.Next | B.Once | C.Soon | D.Lately |
27. A.carefully | B.suddenly | C.violently | D.patiently |
28. A.also | B.thus | C.just | D.still |
29. A.thought | B.doubted | C.admitted | D.recognized |
30. 31. A.fixed | B.placed | C.hung | D.kept |
32. A.tremble | B.move | C.delay | D.hesitation |
33. A.Even if | B.Ever since | C.As far as | D.So long as |
34. A.welcomed | B.required | C.bothered | D.expected |
35. A.trade | B.competition | C.task | D.affair |