完型填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
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 41 a great climbing plant that had grown across a roof beam（房梁）, so that we could repair the roof and 42 the walls.
When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a 43 of a blackbird. He then 44 something 45 among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth 46__ it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his 47 ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet（手镯）. He ran into the house to 48 me.
“You won’t believe that the 49 blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we plant to feed on,” he said, “but they also want their children to 50 in a cradle（摇篮）of gold!”
When my daughter 51 on the eve of the 52 ,we told her about this 53 occurrence (事件).
“Don’t you remember, Mother?” she said with a loud 54 .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 55 a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”
As the bracelet no longer 56 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 57 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like 58 . I hope that if my grandson 59 loses it, one of the 60 that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.
【小题1】A．removeB．coverC．growD．water【小题2】A．buildB．paintC．rescueD．print【小题3】A．nestB．babyC．bodyD．egg【小题4】A．movedB．gotC．pickedD．noticed【小题5】A．niceB．colorfulC．shinyD．special【小题6】A．overB．throughC．aboveD．around【小题7】A．horrorB．surpriseC．delightD．disappointment【小题8】A．askB．shockC．showD．give【小题9】A．workingB．cheatingC．dreamingD．thieving【小题10】A．lieB．singC．listenD．wait【小题11】A．came upB．came overC．came acrossD．came by【小题12】A．partyB．ChristmasC．birthdayD．wedding【小题13】A．importantB．strangeC．terribleD．frightening【小题14】A．cryB．sighC．laughD．sound【小题15】A．hidB．threwC．lostD．broke【小题16】A．fittedB．satisfiedC．matchedD．interested【小题17】A．jewelsB．toysC．clothesD．presents【小题18】A．attractiveB．newC．modernD．golden【小题19】A．almostB．justC．evenD．ever【小题20】A．BlackbirdsB．GrandchildrenC．neighborsD．miceA
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解析：
【小题1】A根据第一段第一句可知答案。我们不得不移除这些植物。
【小题1】B前文提到是对房子进行维修，可排除A项 ；另外，本文没有提到房子是危房，故可排除C项；print 印刷，与句子意思不符。paint the walls粉刷墙壁。
【小题1】A根据后文的 that mass of earth and straw of the nest 可知答案。
【小题1】D根据后一句话可知作者的丈夫这时注意到了有一个发光的东西。
【小题1】C后文提到这个手镯是金子做成的，是金子就会发光。
【小题1】D 根据常识可知把它周围的（around）泥土去除。
【小题1】B丈夫发现并且取出这个手镯，就兴高采烈地把它拿给作者看。
【小题1】C show展示。解析见上题。
【小题1】D根据后面的steal 可知答案。
【小题1】A作者的丈夫是在鸟巢里发现的镯子，鸟巢就是小鸟躺着休息的地方。
【小题1】B e over“从远处走过来”之意。
【小题1】D前文提到作者一家对旧房子进行维修的目的就是为了迎接女儿的婚礼。
【小题1】B小鸟“偷”手镯，的确稀奇。
【小题1】C女儿就要结婚，手镯无意之中被找到，又听父母说了这么一件令人惊讶的事情，她怎能不笑。
【小题1】C作者的丈夫发现的手镯就是女儿丢失的那一个。
【小题1】A女儿已经长大，她那个小时候所戴的手镯已不再适合她。
【小题1】D女儿的孩子接受洗礼，作为外公外婆当然得送礼物表示祝贺；另外，从下文作者又把这个手镯当礼物送给外孙也可得知答案。
【小题1】B金手镯经过清洗妥善保管，又崭新如初。
【小题1】D ever此处用于条件句，在任何时候。
【小题1】A上文提到作者女儿丢失的手镯被画眉偷走，所以作者以幽默的语气结尾。“如果外孙再把这个手镯丢失，我希望再有一只画眉在附近。