Ⅰ.完形填空
My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.Last spring I bought two newlyhatched(孵化) chickens for her.She got 1 and took good care of them. 2 ，a few days later, both chickens died.She burst into tears because of 3 .I helped her 4 the two birds under a tree behind our house.I thought it would be the 5 of her idea.
6 ，I was wrong.Children are children 7 .The failure hasn't 8 my daughter in any way.She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.
One day last winter, I noticed under the eaves(屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows (麻雀)．My daughter and I could 9 the sparrows as our “pets” ，but we didn't.
I told her to 10 the grains on the windowsill (窗台)．A few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill 11 and pecked(啄) at the rice.Suddenly my daughter asked me，“Mum，can we catch and 12 the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How 13 it is for them to live outside！”
“Oh, my dear.I do not think it's a good idea.You know，”I explained to her，“the sparrow is a bird who loves 14 .No one can keep them in a cage.If they are caught, they will 15 quickly.They are 16 to living outside.Moreover, they have warm nests under the eaves.”
From then on, we have set up a kind of 17 with the sparrow family.We feed them frequently and 18 them as pet birds.However，we do not need to 19 them.We 20 seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the spring mornings.
女儿养的小鸡死了后，看到窗台上的麻雀就想抓住它们并喂养它们，我告诉女儿麻雀是爱自由的动物，劝说女儿不要抓它们。
1.A.exciting B．excited
C．disappointed D．encouraged
答案：B
解析：考查形容词辨析。根据文章第一句“My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.”我的女儿一直对养小宠物很着迷，可知当她得到两只刚孵化的小鸡时应感到兴奋。
2.A.Naturally B．Suddenly
C．Unfortunately D．Finally
答案：C
解析：考查副词辨析。根据后文“a few days later，both chickens died.”小鸡都死了，可知应是“不幸地”。
3.A.leaving B．their death
C．the chickens D．them
答案：B
解析：考查细节理解。女儿大哭，是因为小鸡的死。
4.A.bury B．put C．dig D．set
答案：A
解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据“I helped her 4 the two birds under a tree behind our house.”可知，我应该是帮助女儿将小鸡埋在房后的树下。
5.A.end B．beginning
C．wish D．reality
答案：A
解析：考查名词词义辨析。根据句意可知，小鸡死了，故我认为女儿不会再养小动物了，故应是女儿想法的结束。
6.A.Thus B．Then
C．However D．Therefore
答案：C
解析：考查副词词义辨析。根据句子“I was wrong.”可知，前面应该表示转折。
7.A.at all B．in all C．after all D．for all
答案：C
解析：考查词组辨析。根据前面的句子“Children are children...”可知，然而，我错了，孩子毕竟是孩子。
8.A.encouraged B．upset
C．helped D．impressed
答案：B
解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据前文说我错了，可知失败并没有使我的女儿沮丧。
9.A.look B．act C．feed D．catch
答案：D
解析：考查动词词义辨析。我的女儿和我看到麻雀后，本可以抓住它们作为宠物，但是我们没有。
10.A.throw B．pour C．pile D．scatter
答案：D
解析：考查动词词义辨析。我告诉女儿把谷物散开放在窗台，这样麻雀就会来吃。
11.A.one after another B．one another
C．every other D．each other
答案：A
解析：考查固定短语。几分钟后，麻雀就一个接一个地飞到窗台啄米吃。
12.A.stay B．love C．cage D．watch
答案：C
解析：考查动词词义辨析。女儿突然问我，“妈妈，我们能把鸟抓起来，然后关进笼子吗？”
13．A.free B．happy
C．cold D．warm
答案：C
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。女儿想把鸟关进笼子和我们住在一起，是因为她觉得鸟在外面会冷。
14.A.freedom B．spring C．flying D．trees
答案：A
解析：考查名词词义辨析。我向女儿解释说，没有人能在笼子里养麻雀，因为麻雀热爱自由。
15．A.please B．starve C．suffer D．die
答案：D
解析：考查动词词义辨析。麻雀是热爱自由的动物，如果它们被抓了，它们不久就会死。
16．A.safe B．used C．proud D．happy
答案：B
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。根据句子“They are 16 to living outside.”可知，麻雀喜欢自由，它们习惯住在外面，be used to“习惯于……”。
17．A.neighbour B．understanding
C．friendship D．relationship
答案：C
解析：考查名词词义辨析。根据句意可知，从那时开始，我们和麻雀家庭建立一种友谊。
18．A.think B．treat C．dream D．appreciate
答案：B
解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据句子“We feed them frequently and 18 them as pet birds.”可知，我们频繁喂养它们，将它们视为宠物鸟，treat as“视为……”。
19．A.hurt B．possess C．belong to D．hatch
答案：B
解析：考查动词词义辨析。我们没必要占据、拥有鸟。
20．A.enjoy B．would like
C．want D．consider
答案：A
解析：考查动词词义辨析。后面接的是动词ing形式，只有A、D两项符合，再根据句意可知，我们应该是喜欢看着这些鸟飞。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
The United States government wants to know what the public thinks about its findings on the safety of cloned animals.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says meat and milk from clones of adult cattle, pigs and goats are safe to eat.An FDA official called them “as safe to eat as the food we eat every day”．And when those clones reproduce sexually(有性繁殖), the agency says, their offsprings (后代) are safe to eat as well.But research on cloned sheep is limited.So the FDA proposes that sheep clones not be used for human's food.
The United States could become the first country to approve the sale of foods from cloned animals.First，however，the public will have ninety days to comment on three proposed documents.On December 28th the FDA released a long report, called a draft risk assessment，along with two policy documents.
The agency says it must receive comments by April 2nd.The FDA seemed ready to act several years ago, but an advisory committee called for more research.
For now, the government will continue to ask producers to honour a request that they not sell foods from cloned animals.
Clones are still rare.They cost a lot and are difficult to produce.
The FDA says most food from cloning is expected to come not from clones themselves, but from their sexually reproduced offsprings.It says clones are expected to be used mostly as breeding animals to spread good qualities.
Public opinion studies show most Americans do not like the idea of food from cloned animals.But this research also shows the public knows little about cloning.
Cloning differs from genetic engineering.A cell taken from a socalled donor animal is grown into an embryo(胚胎) in the laboratory.Next, the embryo is placed into the uterus (子宫)of a female animal.If the process is successful and the pregnancy reaches full term，a genetic copy of the donor animal will be born.
1．From the passage we know that .
A．foods from cloned animals are popular in America
B．cloned adult animals are safe to eat except sheep
C．cloned animals will be easy to produce
D．most foods from cloning are expected to take place of other foods
答案：B
解析：推理判断题。从文中第二段可推出，除克隆绵羊外，其他克隆动物吃起来是安全的。
2．The main purpose of the text is to .
A．tell an interesting story B．give some advice on foods
C．give a report D．compare different opinions
答案：C
解析：主旨大意题。本篇文章是关于克隆食物的安全问题的报道。
3．Who believe(s) that most foods from cloning are safe to eat?
A．Most Americans. B．An advisory committee.
C．Critics. D．The FDA.
答案：D
解析：细节理解题。从第二段第一句“The Food and Drug Administration(FDA) says meat and milk from clones of adult cattle，pigs and goats are safe to eat.”可知。
4．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that .
A．cloning has much in common with genetic engineering
B．not every cell taken from a donor animal can grow into a genetic copy
C．the donor animal should be a female one
D．cloned animals grow faster than normal ones
答案：B
解析：推理判断题。从最后一段中的“If the process is successful and the pregnancy reaches full term，a genetic copy of the donor animal will be born.”可知答案。
