Unit 4 Astronomy- the science of the stars reading课时作业

第一节：完形填空

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents' old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter's wedding. We had to __1__ a great climbing plant that had grown __2__ a roof beam(房梁)，so that we could repair the roof and __3__ the walls.

　　When my husband was taking the plant away he found a __4__ of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then __5__ something __6__ among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and to his __7__， saw glittering gold. It was a child's bracelet(手镯). He ran into the house to __8__ me.

　　"You won't believe that the __9__ blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we __10__ to feed on，" he said "but they also want their children to __11__ in a cradle(摇篮)of gold！"

　　When my daughter came over on the eve of the __12__， we told her about this __13__ occurrence.

　　"Don't you remember Mother？" she said with a loud __14__."When I was eight you gave me a bracelet that I __15__ a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one！"

　　As the bracelet no longer __16__ its owner and was dirty I decided to take it into my safekeeping.

　　In December of the following year the young couple's baby son was baptized(受洗礼)．Among the __17__ the newborn baby received I placed his mother's bracelet now shining like __18__. I hope that if my grandson __19__ loses it one of the __20__ that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

　　1．A.remove B．cover

　　C．grow D．water

　　解析：根据第一段第一句可知答案。

答案：A