Ⅰ.完形填空
My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard.That first year, I __1__ feeding peanuts to the blue jays, then the squirrels. The squirrels had no __2__ coming up right to me for them. As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no __3__ and didn't escape. When I threw carrot slices (薄片), they even came for a nibble (啃). Slowly they came to __4__ me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand.
That second year, the rabbits __5__ me, and one would even sit up for slices! While I was feeding them, I __6__ that a groundhog who used to run away was now taking an increasing interest in this food situation. I carefully extended a long __7__， with a keen eye on those teeth, and __8__， there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching (津津有味地咀嚼) on carrots. A few months later, while __9__， she would even turn her back to me.Once when she was facing away, I reached out and __10__ scratched (搔) her back with my finger. She didn't move.
By year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back. The groundhog __11__ didn't have a problem with me scratching her back, and I got an idea. I'd always __12__， while slicing up carrots, that the end looked like a cap. So one day, just to see what she would do, I gently __13__ one on top of the groundhog's head. Again, not a move. The next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures. __14__ she had a slice to eat, she never bothered the one on her head. It was a fair __15__—I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat.
本文是一篇记叙文。“我”以前的家的后面有一片树林，在后院有很多动物。最初“我”给冠蓝鸦喂花生吃，后来松鼠、兔子、土拨鼠也熟悉了“我”，甚至会在“我”手中吃东西。“我”还将胡萝卜头放在土拨鼠的头上并拍照留念。
1．A.avoided B．started C．canceled D．suggested
答案：B
解析：第一年，“我”开始给冠蓝鸦喂花生吃，然后又喂松鼠。start doing sth.“开始做某事”。
2．A.business B．fun C．problem D．privilege
答案：C
解析：松鼠毫无困难(problem)，直接上来享用花生。
3．A.help B．cheat C．threat D．exception
答案：C
解析：几个月过去了，兔子见“我”没有威胁，不逃走了。threat“威胁”，符合语境。
4．A.trust B．miss C．admire D．appreciate
答案：A
解析：根据“they were eating out of my hand”可知，它们都信任“我”，故选trust“信任，信赖”。
5．A.feared B．ignored C．discovered D．remembered
答案：D
解析：remember“想起，记得”。第二年，兔子记得“我”，甚至有一只会坐着享用胡萝卜薄片。
6．A.proved B．decided C．noticed D．understood
答案：C
解析：结合空后内容可知，此处是“我”注意到的现象。notice“注意”，符合语境。
7．A.squirrel B．rabbit C．peanut D．carrot
答案：D
解析：“我”小心翼翼地伸出一个长长的胡萝卜。下文中的“both munching (津津有味地咀嚼) on carrots”也是提示。
8．A.before long B．long ago
C．over and over D．all over again
答案：A
解析：不久之后，土拨鼠就坐在兔子旁边，津津有味地咀嚼着胡萝卜。before long“不久之后”，符合语境。
9．A.eating B．playing C．sitting D．sleeping
答案：A
解析：在几个月后，咀嚼着(eating)胡萝卜时，土拨鼠甚至会背朝着“我”。
10．A.carefully B．suddenly C．violently D．patiently
答案：A
解析：当土拨鼠转身后，“我”小心翼翼地(carefully)伸出手，用手指抓挠她的背。
11．A.also B．thus C．just D．still
答案：D
解析：第三年，兔子和土拨鼠回来了。“我”用手指抓挠土拨鼠的背仍然(still)没有困难。
12．A.thought B．doubted C．admitted D．recognised
答案：A
解析：切胡萝卜片的时候，“我”一直认为(thought)胡萝卜头看起来像一顶帽子。
13．A.fixed B．placed C．hung D．kept
答案：B
解析：place“放置”。此处指“我”轻轻地将胡萝卜头放在土拨鼠的头上。
14．A.Even if B．Ever since
C．As far as D．So long as
答案：D
解析：只要土拨鼠有一片胡萝卜吃，她从不管头上的胡萝卜头。so long as“只要”，引导条件状语从句。
15．A.trade B．competition
C．task D．affair
答案：A
解析：根据下文中的“I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat”可知，这是公平的交易。fair trade“公平的交易”。
