总有些东西比金钱珍贵

李秘秘

The forest was full of shadows as a little girl hurried through it one summer evening. It was already 8 oclock and Sylvie    41    if her parents would be angry with her for being so late.

Every evening Sylvie left at 5：30 to bring their cow home. The old animal spent her days out in the    42    country eating sweet grass. Sylvies    43    included bringing her home to be    44    . The child    45     the cow through the dark forest. Suddenly the    46    was cut by a sharp whistle not far away. Sylvie knew it wasnt a    47   birds whistle. It was the whistle of a person.

“Hello，little girl，” a young man with a gun    48    . “How far is it to the main road？” Sylvie was    49    as she pronounced “two miles”.

“Ive been hunting for birds，” he explained，“I shoot them and preserve them with special chemicals. I have over 100 different kinds of birds from all over the United States in my study at home.” Sylvie was    50    but silent.

“I saw a white heron not far from here two days ago. Ive been looking for it    51    since. Its a very    52    bird， the little white heron. Have you seen it，too？” he asked. Sylvie was still silent.“I would give $10 to the person who showed me where the white heron is，” he    53     Sylvie.

Sylvies mind was    54    full of all the wonderful things she and her parents could buy for ten dollars. But she also remembered how the white heron came    55       through the golden air and how they    56     the sun rise together from the top of the world. Sylvie could not speak. She could not    57     the herons secret and give its    58       away.

The young man went away    59    . Sylvie was also disappointed. But soon the white herons beautiful songs and the cow made her forget the    60    and the 10 dollars.

41. A. asked        B. knew

C. wondered          D. understood

42. A. poor                 B. open

C. neighboring          D. developing

43. A. arrangement      B. route

C. plan            D. routine

44. A. milked                 B. killed

C. kept          D. cared

45. A. observed                 B. hurried

C. touched                   D. shouted

46. A. air                 B. thought

C. road          D. picture

47. A. frightening                 B. dangerous

C. scary          D. friendly

48. A. broke out               B. burst out

C. called out        D. carried out

49. A. smiling                 B. jumping

C. advancing        D. trembling

50. A. loosed                   B. relieved

C. embarrassed          D. dismissed

51. A. ever                   B. just

C. yet                   D. never

52. A. expensive                 B. common

C. ordinary          D. rare

53. A. forced                    B. inspired

C. encouraged            D. threatened

54. A. immediately                         B. extremely

C. naturally            D. exactly

55. A. racing                               B. flying

C. running            D. rushing

56. A. felt                               B. found

C. watched            D. appreciated

57. A. tell            B. give

C. show            D. introduced

58. A. place                      B. secret

C. body            D. life

59. A. hungry                    B. disappointed

C. bored            D. disturbed

60. A. bird          B. cow

C. man            D. forest

答案及解析

41. 答案為C。考查动词。Sylvie不知道她的父母会不会因为她晚回家而生气。wonder作动词，意为“想知道，不知”时，其后可跟if/whether从句。

42. 答案为B。考查形容词。open country指without forests，buildings，etc.，意为“空旷的田野”，此处open意为“开阔的，未围上的（not surrounded by anything，not confined）”，类似短语还有open spaces（空地），open road（=part of a road in the country，where you can drive fast开阔的道路）。

43. 答案为D。考查名词。Sylvie每天的日常活动包括把奶牛带回家挤奶。routine在此处作名词，意为the normal order and way in which you regularly do things，即“常规，正常顺序”。daily routine 意为“日常生活”。route作名词时，指公共汽车和列车等的常规路线，固定线路（a fixed way along which a bus，train，etc. regularly travels or goods are regularly sent）。

44. 答案为A。考查动词。milk可以作动词用，意为“挤奶”。

45. 答案为B。考查动词。孩子催促奶牛快速穿过黑暗的树林。hurry作动词时，意为“催促”。

46. 答案为A。考查名词。不远处，一声刺耳的口哨声划破长空。the air通常指the space above the ground or that is around things空中，天空。

47. 答案为D。考查形容词。从下文看，小女孩和那只鸟相处得非常好，平时小女孩可能经常听见鸟的类似叫声，所以这儿应该是褒义词friendly。

48. 答案为C。考查动词短语。break out爆发，burst out突然爆发，call out叫出声，carry out实施。此处指这个年轻人喊出声。

49. 答案为D。考查动词。小女孩看见年轻人带着枪，所以害怕得发抖（tremble）。

50. 答案为B。考查动词。小女孩听到年轻人说是打鸟的，不会伤害她，所以她感到放松（relieved）。

51. 答案为A。考查副词。ever since自那以后。

52. 答案为D。考查形容词。从前一句“年轻人在两天前看到过一次，之后就一直在寻找”，可推断出这种鸟是稀有的（rare）。

53. 答案为C。考查动词。encourage除了表示褒义的“鼓励”，还有表示贬义的 “怂恿”。

54. 答案为A。考查副词。小女孩立刻（immediately）想象用这笔钱买一些东西。

55. 答案为B。考查动词。come flying意为“飞来”，flying是伴随状语。

56. 答案为C。考查动词。watch the sun rise看日出。appreciate意为“欣赏，赏识，重视（to recognize the good qualities of sb./sth.）”，侧重“认识到好”的层面。

57. 答案为A。考查动词。她不能讲出这只白鹭的秘密而出卖它的生命。tell意为“泄露（秘密），告发（to let sb. know a secret）”。

58. 答案为D。考查名词。give sth. away意为“泄露，暴露”。不能让白鹭失去生命。

59. 答案为B。考查形容词。年轻人没有打探到白鹭的行踪，所以很失望（disappointed）。

60. 答案为C。考查名词。很快白鹭动听的歌声和奶牛让她忘了那个年轻人（man）和10美元。

（责任编校 周丹）