二、完形填空
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We were pretty quiet staying at home for a long time. Finally, Mom asked, "What's the matter with you two? You look as if you lost your best friend." Hearing Mom's words, I was about to 1. Mom sat us down, and we told her everything.
We were 2 how Dad would react to it, but he wasn't too angry. He seemed to know that all kids do some 3 things when they're growing up.
Chris spoke up, "Won't Timothy be 4?"
Dad comforted him, "Now, don't worry about that old turkey. He knows enough to be able to 5 food. He probably loves being a wild turkey living in the woods."
As 6 was coming, the snow became water. One day Chris and I were checking on the setting hens when we heard Mom crying. She was busy 7 things in the garden, and we at once ran to see what was wrong.
"Look at that! It's Timothy!" she cried.
8 enough it was, and he'd brought a partner, a pretty hen turkey. He walked around the
yard awhile, shaking his tail feathers and proudly showing off his 9 home to his sweetheart. Then he led her over to his old coop, and they began scratching on the ground.
Timothy was home to stay, 10 he'd not let us get too close any more. We named the hen turkey Florence, and before long she laid some 11 that hatched into ten chicks. We made pets out of some of them.
Every year since then we've 12 some turkey chicks, and each year one of them has been our Thanksgiving dinner.
Dad always gets a kick out of telling the whole 13 to everyone on Thanksgiving Day. "We are indeed 14 to have this bird here today," he says. "Especially since it grew up on a farm with a couple of professional turkey 15. Thank you, Chris and Bryan. Thank you, Timothy!"
()1. A. smile B. ask C. cry D. answer
()2. A. worried about B. surprised at C. excited about D. interested in
()3. A. clever B. small C. hard D. crazy
()4. A. busy B. hungry C. lazy D. happy
()5. A. find B. buy C. lose D. cook
()6. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
()7. A. sleeping B. eating C. planting D. studying
()8. A. Poor B. Cold C. Sad D. Sure
()9. A. small B. new C. cheap D. brown
()10. A. but B. and C. or D. so
()11. A. chicks B. birds C. eggs D. pets
()12. A. bought B. made C. brought D. raised
()13. A. book B. music C. history D. story
()14. A. busy B. lucky C. angry D. ugly
()15. A. doctors B. sellers C. keepers D. players

完形填空
火鸡Timothy是“我”和Chris的好朋友，“我们”一起生活与成长。春天到来时，Timothy与一只漂亮的雌火鸡为伴，并孵出了十只小火鸡。这个火鸡大家庭给“我们”带来了快乐。
1. C 上文提及妈妈说“我们”看起来好像失去了最好的朋友，此处对应表示：听到妈妈的话，“我”都要哭了。
2. A 下文表示转折：但他没有太生气，此处对应表示：“我们”担心爸爸会作何反应。
3. D 由“他并没有太生气”可知，他似乎知道所有的孩子在成长过程中都会做一些疯狂的事情。
4. B 由下文“他相当了解如何能找到食物”可知，Chris担心Timothy会饿。
5. A 由上文“爸爸安慰他现在不要担心那只老火鸡”可知，此处对应表示：他相当了解如何能找到食物。
6. A 下文提及雪变成水，由常识可知，此处对应表示：春天即将来临。
7. C 由 in the garden 并结合选项可知，planting符合语境。
8. D 由语境可知，此处表示：确实是Timothy，他还带来了一个伙伴。
9. B 下文提及他把伙伴带到旧笼子，此处对应表示：Timothy骄傲地向他的爱人炫耀他的新家。
10. A 前后文构成转折关系，用but连接两个分句。
11. C 由“she laid some ... that hatched into ten chicks.”可知，此处表示：她下了一些蛋。
12. D 下文提及每年其中一只都会成为“我们”的感恩节晚餐，此处表示：从那时起“我们”每年都会养一些小火鸡。
13. D 本文讲述一个火鸡家族从无到有的发展经历，由此可知，此处用story描述这一经历。
14. B 由上文“爸爸总是在感恩节把整个故事讲给大家听来从中得到乐趣”可知，“我们”真的很幸运能拥有这只火鸡。
15. C 由下文中的“Thank you, Chris and Bryan.”可知，此处用keepers指代Chris和“我”。