Question

My friend Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he called and told me he was going away for a week.He asked me to feed _1._ birds for him and said that he would leave the key_2._ his front door in my mailbox.

_3._ (fortunate), I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse,_ 4._ was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found that the key Verson gave me could not unlock either the front door _5._ _the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of6._ _Vernon would say when he came back.

I was just going to give up7._ _I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed in under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb 8._ _and open the window.

I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone _9._ (shine) a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon’s neighbors. “What are you doing up there?: said the policeman._ 10._ _(feel)like a complete fool, I replied,”I was just going to feed Mr Davies’ birds.

Answer 1

1.the

2.to

3.Unfortunately

4.it

5.or

6.what

7.when

8.up

9.was shining

10.Feeling

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。Davies因有事出差委托作者照料他的鸟，作者完全忘了这回事，直到Davies回来的前一天晚上才记起来，钥匙打不开门，作者被警察误会。

1.the考查定冠词。分析句子，birds特指Davies的鸟，故前面需要加定冠词。

2.to考查固定搭配。The keys to the door“开这扇门的钥匙”；介词用to。

3.Unfortunately考查副词。根据后文I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return.可知这是件不幸的事。

4.it考查代词。此处it 代指when I arrived at his house，it 作虚拟主语，when引导的状语从句作真正主语。

5.or考查固定搭配。Either or“要么...要么...”，用于否定句。句意“...既打不开前门，也打不开后门。”

6.what考查连词。分析句子成分可知，此处what作say的宾语，指代Vernon would say的内容。

7.when考察连词。分析句子句意，“就在我准备放弃的时候，我发现有一扇卧室窗户没有完全关紧。”故答案为when。

8.up考查固定搭配。Climb up“爬上，攀援”，前文可知作者和the bedroom window 之间有一段距离，需要爬上去。

9.was shining考查过去进行时。过去进行时表示在过去的某时间点或时间段内正在进行的一种状态，由下文可知shine这个动作在当时正在进行，用过去进行时。

10.

考点：考查篇章理解及相关语法知识