Myhusband,Tom,hasalwaysbeengoodwithanimals,butIwasstill...

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My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡). It's   21    for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people. In fact, they're hard to spot,   22   they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.

This grouse came into our lives in  23  . Tom was working out in the field when he  24  her walking around at the edge of the field. She was   25   unafraid and seemed to be  26   about what he was doing.

Tom saw the   27   bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew   28   of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.

One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom  29  he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.

Apparently, she didn't like to be   30   . She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then  31   off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the   32   and left.

As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to  33   more and more often.   34  Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a   35   of the two of them together. This friendly grouse soon felt   36   not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.

When hunting season started, we put a   37   at the end of our driveway asking   38  not to shoot our pet grouse. My father, who lived down the road,   39   warned people not to shoot her.   40   , hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.

21. A. interesting    B. reasonable    C. impossible    D. unusual

22. A. though      B. because       C. unless     D. until

23. A. spring       B. summer      C. autumn    D. winter

24. A. got         B. kept         C. noticed     D. imagined

25. A. naturally     B. certainly     C. normally    D. surprisingly

26. A. crazy          B. curious       C. concerned    D. cautious

27. A. shy            B. awkward      C. friendly      D. elegant

28. A. careful        B. tired          C. fond          D. sick

29. A. supposed      B. realized       C. hoped        D. pretended

30. A. ignored       B. observed      C. amazed        D. disturbed

31. A. put           B. back          C. set             D. take

32. A. game          B. work          C. place          D. man

33. A. give up       B. come out      C. turn over       D. fly by

34 A. Eventually     B. Suddenly      C. Constantly     D. Presently

35. A. chance        B. dream         C. picture         D. sense    

36. A. comfortable   B. guilty        C. anxious       D. familiar

37. A. lantern        B. sign        C. gun         D. loudspeaker

38. A. drivers        B. farmers      C. hunters     D. tourists

39. A. just          B. yet          C. thus         D. also

40. A. In fact        B. For long      C. On the contrary   D. By the way

【回答】

21-25DBACD 26-30 BCCDA 31-35BABAC 36-40ABCDA

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空