總有些東西比金錢珍貴

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。考查動詞。Sylvie不知道她的父母會不會因為她晚回家而生氣。wonder作動詞，意為“想知道，不知”時，其后可跟if/whether從句。

42. 答案為B。考查形容詞。open country指without forests，buildings，etc.，意為“空曠的田野”，此處open意為“開闊的，未圍上的（not surrounded by anything，not confined）”，類似短語還有open spaces（空地），open road（=part of a road in the country，where you can drive fast開闊的道路）。

43. 答案為D。考查名詞。Sylvie每天的日常活動包括把奶牛帶回家擠奶。routine在此處作名詞，意為the normal order and way in which you regularly do things，即“常規，正常順序”。daily routine 意為“日常生活”。route作名詞時，指公共汽車和列車等的常規路線，固定線路（a fixed way along which a bus，train，etc. regularly travels or goods are regularly sent）。

44. 答案為A。考查動詞。milk可以作動詞用，意為“擠奶”。

45. 答案為B。考查動詞。孩子催促奶牛快速穿過黑暗的樹林。hurry作動詞時，意為“催促”。

46. 答案為A。考查名詞。不遠處，一聲刺耳的口哨聲劃破長空。the air通常指the space above the ground or that is around things空中，天空。

47. 答案為D。考查形容詞。從下文看，小女孩和那只鳥相處得非常好，平時小女孩可能經常聽見鳥的類似叫聲，所以這兒應該是褒義詞friendly。

48. 答案為C。考查動詞短語。break out爆發，burst out突然爆發，call out叫出聲，carry out實施。此處指這個年輕人喊出聲。

49. 答案為D。考查動詞。小女孩看見年輕人帶著槍，所以害怕得發抖（tremble）。

50. 答案為B。考查動詞。小女孩聽到年輕人說是打鳥的，不會傷害她，所以她感到放松（relieved）。

51. 答案為A。考查副詞。ever since自那以后。

52. 答案為D。考查形容詞。從前一句“年輕人在兩天前看到過一次，之后就一直在尋找”，可推斷出這種鳥是稀有的（rare）。

53. 答案為C。考查動詞。encourage除了表示褒義的“鼓勵”，還有表示貶義的 “慫恿”。

54. 答案為A。考查副詞。小女孩立刻（immediately）想象用這筆錢買一些東西。

55. 答案為B。考查動詞。come flying意為“飛來”，flying是伴隨狀語。

56. 答案為C。考查動詞。watch the sun rise看日出。appreciate意為“欣賞，賞識，重視（to recognize the good qualities of sb./sth.）”，側重“認識到好”的層面。

57. 答案為A。考查動詞。她不能講出這只白鷺的秘密而出賣它的生命。tell意為“泄露（秘密），告發（to let sb. know a secret）”。

58. 答案為D。考查名詞。give sth. away意為“泄露，暴露”。不能讓白鷺失去生命。

59. 答案為B。考查形容詞。年輕人沒有打探到白鷺的行蹤，所以很失望（disappointed）。

60. 答案為C。考查名詞。很快白鷺動聽的歌聲和奶牛讓她忘了那個年輕人（man）和10美元。

（責任編校 周丹）