In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mech

In the United States there was an unusual tale tellingof the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day whilewalking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1  to see 20eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl   2 __ themother would not return to her eggs and she   3  totake them home. There she carefully   4   theeggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days   5  theeggs broke and the baby geese came into the   6 ___.

Geese are known to take the first living thing theysee as their mother.   7   , to these younggeese, the girl was their mother.

As they  8 ,  the girl wasable to   9 her birds to run across the grass, but shecould not teach them to  10.  The girl became increasinglyworried about this, both when   11   and in herdreams. Later, she had an   12 : She would pilot a planeto guide them in   13   . She asked her fatherfor a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft forher.

Caring about   14    safety,the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not  15  orfollow him, and   16   slept in the grass.

One day, the girl  17   intothe plane, started it and soon left the   18 . Seeingtheir mother take to the air, the birds   19  flapped（拍打）their wings and    20 . Sheflew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.  

1.                A．managed       B．attempted       C．happened D．supposed

2.                A．realized        B．expected       C．imagined  D．admitted

3.                A．helped         B．decided        C．afforded  D．meant

4.                A．placed         B．protected       C．treated   D．examined

5.                A．ago            B．out            C．later D．long

6.                A．family          B．lake            C．home    D．world

7.                A．But            B．Also           C．Thus D．Still

8.                A．increased       B．improved       C．rose D．grew

9.                A．ask            B．lead           C．want D．allow

10.               A．fly            B．race           C．swim D．sing

11.               A．asleep         B．away           C．around    D．awake

12.               A．idea           B．opinion         C．explanation D．excuse

13.               A．sky            B．heaven         C．flight D．plane

14.               A．his            B．her            C．their  D．its

15.               A．respect        B．remember      C．recognize  D．receive

16.               A．so             B．instead         C．hardly D．too

17.               A．climbed        B．looked         C．reached   D．fell

18.               A．house          B．floor           C．water D．ground

19.               A．secretly        B．disappointedly   C．patiently   D．eagerly

20.               A．looked away     B．set out         C．went by   D．turned back

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【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.D

20.B

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