One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good science storybook. I was so the story I was reading that I didn’tthat it was getting dark. When I realized that it was too dark for me to read, I put the book down and got up to turn on the light. Just then I heard someone, “Help! Help!” It seemed to come from the trees at the end of the yard. I looked out but it was too dark toanything clearly. Almost immediately I heard the cry again. Itlike a child, but I could notwhat someone would be doing in our backyard, unless one of my neighbor’s children had climbed a tree and had not been able to .I decided that I ought to go out and havein the yard, just in case someone was .I got a flashlight and a stick, which I thought might be useful. With these in my hands, I went out the yard. Once again I heard the cry and this time there was no doubt that it came from the trees at the far end of the yard. “Who is there” Ias I walked across the yard towards the trees. But there was no. With the help of my flashlight, Iall over that end of the yard, including the branches of the trees. There was noof anybody or anything. I came to the conclusion that mymade fun of me, probably because of the strange creatures (生物) on anotherwhich I read about in the story. I had to go back into the house and put the stick and flashlight away. I had just sat down to read my book again when I wasby the cry of “Help! Help!” This time it was from right behind me! I dropped my book and .There, sitting on the table was my neighbor’s large green and red .
试题分析：一个夏天的晚上作者在读书，听到救命哭声，搜查院子，什么也没发现，后来才得知，原来是邻居家的大鹦鹉。 【小题1】B考查动词短语。A. worried about 担忧---；B. interested in对---感兴趣；C. surprised at对---感到惊讶；D. tired of对---感到厌烦。根据句意我对我正在读的故事感兴趣结果我没注意到天黑了。所以选B。 【小题2】C考查动词。A. mind 介意；B. hope希望；C. notice注意；D. expect期盼、预测。根据句意：我对我正在读的故事感兴趣结果我没注意到天黑了。所以C最合题意。 【小题3】D考查副词。A. quietly安静地；B. quickly迅速地；C. noisily吵闹地；D. easily容易地。句意：当我意识到天太黑，我不容易读书时，---。故选D。 【小题4】A 考查动词。A. shouting 喊叫；B. laughing大笑；C. speaking 说话；D. talking谈话。句意：当我意识到天太黑，我不容易读书时，我把书放下，站起身来开开灯，这是我听到有人在大声喊“救命！救命！”。此处应表达的意思是大声喊，故选A。 【小题5】C考查动词。A. listen 听；B. feel感觉；C. see 看见；D. find找到。句意：我仔细看，但天太黑我不能清晰地看到任何东西。格局句意选C。 【小题6】A考查动词。A. sounded听起来；B. looked 看；C. smelt闻；D. tasted品尝。句意：几乎立刻我又听到哭声，听起来像一个孩子。所以选A。 【小题7】B考查动词。A. question 问题；B. imagine想象；C. choose选择；D. understand理解。句意：但我不能想象到某人将在我们的后院做什么。故选B。 【小题8】D考查动词短语。A. hurry off 匆匆走开；B. send away派遣； C. come off能被去掉D. get down下来。句意：除非邻居家的孩子爬上树不能下来。所以选D。 【小题9】A考查名词。A. a look看；B. a rest休息；C. a sleep睡觉；D. a walk散步。句意：我决定应该到后院去看一看。have a look看一看，所以选A。 【小题10】D考查介词短语。A. at work在工作；B. in shock震惊；C. on holiday 度假；D. in trouble处于困境。句意：万一有人处于困境。故选D。 【小题11】C考查介词。A. forward 向前；B. onto到---上；C. into进入；D. backward向后。句意：拿着手电和棍子走进院子。故选C。 【小题12】B 考查动词。A. sang 唱；B. called out喊出；C. whispered低语；D. read阅读。句意：当我穿过院子朝着树走去时，大声喊道“谁在那里”？ 所以根据句意选B。 【小题13】D考查名词。A. noise吵闹声；B. sound声音；C. voice嗓音；D. answer回答。前面提到大声喊“谁在那里”？ But there was no .句意：但是没有回答。故选D。 【小题14】A 考查动词。A. searched搜查；B. touched触摸；C. cut砍；D. beat击打。句意：在手电的帮助下，我把院子整个搜查了一遍。故选A。 【小题15】B考查名词。A. seat 座位；B. sign迹象；C. place地方；D. sort种类。搜遍了整个院落，There was noof anybody or anything.句意：没有任何任何东西的迹象。所以选B。 【小题16】B考查名词。A. neighbor邻居；B. imagination想象力；C. brother 兄弟；D. dog狗。 句意：我最后得出结论“我的想象力在取笑我”。所以选B。 【小题17】C 考查名词。A. world 世界；B. country国家；C. planet 行星；D. satellite人造卫星。前面提到我最后得出结论“我的想象力在取笑我”。 probably because of the strange creatures (生物) on anotherwhich I read about in the story.很可能是因为我在股市中读到的另一个星球上的奇怪生物。根据句意应选C。 【小题18】D考查动词。A. called 叫喊；B. told告诉；C. encouraged鼓励；D. frightened使害怕。根据句意：我刚坐下正要再次读书，这救命的哭声让我感到害怕。所以选D。 【小题19】A考查动词短语。A. jumped up跳起来；B. sat up坐起来、不睡；C. rang up打电话；D. knocked down撞倒。前面提到：我刚坐下正要再次读书，这救命的哭声让我感到害怕。根据句意：这次来自我身后！我丢下我的书，跳起来。所以A项符合语境。 【小题20】C考查名词。A. cock公鸡；B. hen母鸡；C. parrot鹦鹉；D. chicken小鸡。根据句意：原来在我桌子上坐着的是我邻居的大鹦鹉。 考点：考查故事类阅读。