八年级英语时文阅读~WEEK 10 动物世界~有答案

WEEK 10 动物世界（2）

一、完形填空（共20小题；共35分）

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When Nigel the African parrot got lost four years ago from his home in England, he spoke with a British accent(口音). Now, he has 1 but no one knows where he was. What they do know is that he 2 a lot of time living around Spanish speaking people because now he speaks Spanish!

Nigel returned to his owner, Darren Chick, two weeks ago. Chick was 3 to hear he spoke a new language and often said the name "Larry".

Four years ago, Nigel was 4 by the owners of a pet shop in Torrance, Scotland. "I heard 5 saying, 'Hello? Hello?'" said Sperling, who owns the shop with her husband, Jonathan. "I opened the 6 and went out and saw Nigel! She put him in a small cage and brought him to work with her. "We're from Panama and we 7 Spanish," Sperling said.

Sperling and her husband started to look for Nigel's owner. They found that Nigel was bought from a 8 called Animal Lovers in Torrance. They contacted(联系) the shop and, thanks to old paper records, they were 9 to find out Chick bought the bird back in 2006.

Sperling soon showed up at Chick's house with the 10 . When the two were reunited(重聚), Chick could tell that it really was Nigel as soon as he saw him!

1. A. returned B. came C. went D. turned

2. A. took B. cost C. paid D. spent

3. A. surprising B. surprised C. worrying D. worried

4. A. looked B. bought C. found D. sold

5. A. anyone B. no one C. everyone D. someone

6. A. window B. box C. door D. book

7. A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk

8. A. library B. bank C. store D. restaurant

9. A. able B. ready C. sorry D. difficult

10. A. bird B. cat C. dog D. panda

Move over! Hit the ball, Fred! Fred, the soccer-playing sheep may be New Zealand's newest star! Fred loves to practice soccer and is good at hitting the ball with his head. He has been returning lost balls to his owners for most of his life. "When he was one year old, I and Sam were playing soccer and we kicked the ball into the paddock(羊圈) by accident. He headbutted the ball through the fence, and then dad threw the ball at him and he kept headbutting it back," said Kyle Mclellan, the son of Fred's owner.

Fred has become popular online since Kyle sent a video to the Internet. The video showed what Fred did best on Sunday.

But, Kyle's parents are worried about Fred because he has got kind of annoyed at people. Kids aren't allowed in his paddock because he attacks(攻击) them and he even tried to attack a reporter who was taking photos of him for a New Zealand news station!

"He's a bit dangerous. We've been saying we might send him off to the butcher(屠夫) but we might have to keep him now if he's going to be famous," said Kyle's mom, Kim.

11. What is Fred good at?

A. Playing basketball.

B. Playing soccer ball.

C. Playing volleyball.

D. Playing pingpong.

12. What does the underlined word "headbutt" mean in Chinese?

A. 用头顶

B. 用手击

C. 用脚踢

D. 越位

13. How does Mclellan make Fred popular?

A. By taking part in a show.

B. By telling people about Fred.

C. By sending a video to the Internet.

D. By writing stories about Fred.

14. Where may the story happen?

A. In China.

B. In England.

C. In America.

D. in New Zealand.

15. According to the last paragraph, we can believe that .

A. Fred has gone to the butcher

B. Fred is playing with children

C. Fred still lives in Kyle's family

D. Fred has joined a soccer club