一、完形填空

When Nigel—the African parrot got lost four years ago from his home in England, he spoke with a British accent(口音). Now, he has 1 but no one knows where he was. What they do know is that he 2 a lot of time living around Spanish speaking people because now he speaks Spanish!
Nigel returned to his owner, Darren Chick, two weeks ago. Chick was 3 to hear he spoke a new language and often said the name “Larry”.
Four years ago, Nigel was 4 by the owners of a pet shop in Torrance, Scotland. “I heard 5 saying, ‘Hello Hello’,” said Sperling, who owns the shop with her husband, Jonathan. “I opened the 6 and went out and saw Nigel!” She put him in a small cage and brought him to work with her. “We’re from Panama and we 7 Spanish,” Sperling said.
Sperling and her husband started to look for Nigel’s owner. They found that Nigel was bought from a 8 called Animal Lovers in Torrance. They contacted(联系) the shop and, thanks to old paper records, they were 9 to find out Chick bought the bird back in 2006.
Sperling soon showed up at Chick’s house with the 10 . When the two were reunited (重聚), Chick could tell that it really was Nigel as soon as he saw him!
1. A. returned
B. came
C. went
D. turned
2. A. took
B. cost
C. paid
D. spent
3. A. surprising
B. surprised
C. worrying
D. worried
4. A. looked
B. bought
C. found
D. sold
5. A. anyone
B. no one
C. everyone
D. someone
6. A. window
B. box
C. door
D. book
7. A. say
B. speak
C. tell
D. talk
8. A. library
B. bank
C. store
D. restaurant
9. A. able
B. ready
C. sorry
D. difficult
10. A. bird
B. cat
C. dog
D. panda

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了非洲鹦鹉 Nigel 四年前从英国家中走失，因生活在说西班牙语的人群中学会了西班牙语，后被宠物店老板发现并送回原主人 Darren Chick，围绕鹦鹉走失、被发现、语言变化及回归的过程展开，呈现了动物与人类生活交织的故事。
1. A 根据“Nigel returned to his owner”可知，鹦鹉之前丢了，现在回来了。故选 A。
2. D 根据“a lot of time living around Spanish speaking people”可知，这里指花费时间做某事，符合 spend time (in) doing sth 用法。故选 D。
3. B 根据“to hear he spoke a new language and often said the name ‘Larry’”可知，这里表示主人对于自己的鹦鹉会说一门新语言感到惊讶。be surprised to do sth 表示“做某事很惊讶”。故选 B。
4. C 根据“Sperling and her husband started to look for Nigel's owner.”和下文宠物店老板的描述可知，鹦鹉是被宠物店老板发现的。故选 C。
5. D 根据“I heard... saying, ‘Hello Hello’”可知，这里为肯定句，指听到有人说话的声音。故选 D。
6. C 根据“and went out and saw Nigel”可知，前文提到宠物店，这里是打开宠物店的门。故选 C。
7. B 根据“Spanish”可知，讲某种语言用 speak。故选 B。
8. C 根据“called Animal Lovers in Torrance”可知，Animal Lovers 是卖鹦鹉的动物商店。故选 C。
9. A 根据“to find out Chick bought the bird back in 2006”可知，be able to do sth 表示“能够做某事”，为固定用法，这里表示因为纸质记录可以查明何时购买的鹦鹉。故选 A。
10. A 全文围绕鹦鹉 Nigel 展开，bird 精准指代 Nigel。故选 A。

【分析】
这是一篇围绕非洲鹦鹉走失后被发现并回归主人的记叙文，解题时需先通读全文把握主旨，再结合每个空格的上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配等知识逐一分析选项，确保所选答案符合文章逻辑与语法要求。
【解析】
1. 选A。根据后文“Nigel returned to his owner”可知，鹦鹉走失后现在回到了主人身边，returned符合语境。
2. 选D。固定搭配“spend time (in) doing sth”表示“花费时间做某事”，此处指鹦鹉花费时间和说西班牙语的人生活在一起，符合用法。
3. 选B。“be surprised to do sth”表示“对做某事感到惊讶”，主语是人（主人Chick），用surprised修饰人，符合语境。
4. 选C。根据下文宠物店老板寻找鹦鹉主人的描述，可知鹦鹉是被宠物店老板发现的，found符合文意。
5. 选D。此处为肯定句，表达“听到有人在说‘Hello Hello’”，someone用于肯定句指“某人”，符合语境。
6. 选C。后文提到“went out”，所以是打开宠物店的门，door符合逻辑。
7. 选B。表示“说某种语言”用动词speak，“speak Spanish”是固定搭配，故选B。
8. 选C。根据“called Animal Lovers”及上下文，可知是卖宠物的商店，store符合。
9. 选A。固定搭配“be able to do sth”表示“能够做某事”，此处指通过旧记录能查明购买时间，符合用法。
10. 选A。全文围绕鹦鹉Nigel展开，bird指代鹦鹉，符合语境。
【答案】
1.A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、固定搭配、词义辨析
【点评】
本文是人与动物主题的记叙文，情节清晰，解题需结合上下文语境和基础词汇知识，能考查学生阅读理解与词汇运用能力，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.4

二、阅读理解
A

①“Mum, I want a cat.” or “Mum, I want a dog.” or “Mum, I want a ...” are common words that parents may hear from their children more than once. However, there are many arguments(论点) for and against children owning pets.
②The first argument that supports(支持) pet ownership by children is that they are good company(陪伴). When children come home from school, pets are always there to greet them. They will also help to keep children active as they will need to be walked and played with every day.
③ ▲ Pets need to be taken care of every day. Children will learn different skills that they can use later in life. For example, washing and feeding pets are important skills to learn. Learning these responsibilities(责任) will make sure that children will be able to take care of themselves one day.
④On the other hand, some pets can be dangerous. Some dogs, for example, may hurt others, and children may become afraid of animals as a result of this happening to them.
⑤Besides, pets need a great deal of care. Many pets need showers, exercise and so on. As a result of this, children may neglect(忽视) their studies because they are too busy worrying about their pets and their health.
⑥A further argument against pet ownership is that pets are costly. Buying food and caring for them is expensive. Finally, the cost of owning one falls on parents.
⑦In short, there are many arguments for and against pet ownership. Pets help to keep children company, fit, and they also help them to learn new responsibilities. However, pets can be dangerous. They need a lot of care, and they cost a lot of money to be taken care of properly.
1. Which of the following sentences can be put in “ ▲ ” in Paragraph 3?
A. Some animals are friendly to children.
B. So their children can look after more people at school.
C. All in all, having a pet is good for children.
D. Secondly, owning a pet helps children to learn new responsibilities.
2. Why are some people against owning a pet?
A. Because children can learn some life skills.
B. Because children love to play with pets happily.
C. Because children have no responsibility.
D. Because they care about children’s safety, schoolwork and the cost.
3. What’s the structure(结构) of the text?

4. What’s the text mainly about?
A. How to take good care of a pet.
B. The problems of owning a pet.
C. Keeping pets for children is a good thing.
D. Different ideas on children owning pets.

【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文，分别介绍了支持和反对孩子养宠物的观点。
1. D 补全文章题。根据“The first argument that supports pet ownership by children is that they are good company.”和“Learning these responsibilities... to take care of themselves”可知，此处说的是孩子养宠物的第二个好处：能培养孩子的责任感。故选 D。
2. D 细节理解题。根据“On the other hand, some pets can be dangerous.”、“Besides, pets need a great deal of care.”和“A further argument against pet ownership is that pets are costly.”可知，人们反对孩子养宠物是因为安全问题、影响学业和开销较高。故选 D。
3. C 篇章结构题。第一段介绍了支持和反对孩子养宠物的争论有很多。第二段介绍了支持孩子养宠物的第一个论点：它们能提供好的陪伴。第三段介绍了支持孩子养宠物的第二个论点：养宠物可以鼓励孩子学习新的责任。第四段介绍了反对孩子养宠物的第一个论点：许多宠物很危险。第五段介绍了反对孩子养宠物的第二个论点：耽误学习。第六段介绍了反对孩子养宠物的第三个论点：养宠物的成本很高。第七段总结正反两方面的观点。故选 C。
4. D 主旨大意题。根据“However, there are many arguments for and against children owning pets.”可知，本文主要对是否支持孩子养宠物进行了讨论，并给出了正方和反方的主要观点。故选 D。

【分析】
这是一篇关于孩子养宠物利弊的阅读理解题，包含补全段落、细节理解、篇章结构、主旨大意四类题型。解题思路如下：1. 补全段落题需结合上下文论点，第二段是第一个支持养宠物的论点，第三段应是第二个支持论点，匹配对应选项；2. 细节理解题需定位反方观点的段落，提取对应原因；3. 篇章结构题需梳理各段的功能（总起、分论点、总结）；4. 主旨大意题需找到文章中心句，概括核心内容。
【解析】
1. 补全段落题：第二段开头提到“第一个支持养宠物的论点是陪伴”，第三段后文提到“学习责任”，说明第三段是第二个支持养宠物的论点，对应选项D“其次，养宠物帮助孩子学习新的责任感”，故选D。
2. 细节理解题：定位反方观点的段落，第四段指出宠物危险（安全问题），第五段提到孩子可能忽视学业（影响学业），第六段说明养宠物成本高（开销问题），对应选项D，故选D。
3. 篇章结构题：第一段总起提出“支持和反对孩子养宠物的论点很多”；第二、三段为支持养宠物的分论点；第四、五、六段为反对养宠物的分论点；第七段总结正反观点，结构为总-分-总，对应选项C，故选C。
4. 主旨大意题：文章中心句为第一段最后一句“there are many arguments for and against children owning pets”，核心是讨论孩子养宠物的不同观点，对应选项D，故选D。
【答案】
1. D 2. D 3. C 4. D
【知识点】
阅读理解细节理解、篇章结构分析、主旨大意概括
【点评】
本文为议论文，考查学生对论点、论据、篇章结构及主旨的把握，需学生具备快速定位信息、梳理段落逻辑的能力，是初中英语阅读理解的典型题型。
【难度系数】
0.6