2010届高考英语25分钟限时阅读天天练35.pdf

2010 届高考总复习 25 分钟限时阅读天天练 --第 35 天 第一部分：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分） s5u A gray African goose stood at the back of my father ?s t ruck ，staring into the wide shiny bumper( 保险 杠 )--completely attracted by the image he saw there. The goose preened(整理羽毛 )，waving his long 1 from side to side. It was an interesting and amusing 2 . When I noticed that the goose was 3 there nearly four hours later ， I thought it was 4 . So I asked my father about it. “Dad， ” I said. “ That old gray goose has been5 behind your truck all day. Do you have any 6 why? ” “Oh，sure，” he answered without 7 . “That?s Grady. He lost his ,wife? a yearago ，and he?s 8 without her. For nearly a month he searched the farm for her everyday. Then one day ，as he 9 the shiny bumper ，he caught sight of his reflection in it. I guess he thinks he?s 10 her. So every day he comes to be with her. ” Each and every morning ，the geese wait 11 at the door of their protective shed for my father to 12 them so they can wander around the farm. When Grady is turned to loose ，he leaves the others， 13 instead to be with “ his wife.”Eagerly, he rushes to 14 my father?s truck is parked and stares into the truck?s shiny silver bumper and 15 cackles( 叫 )away ， perhaps telling her the events that 16 while they were apart. “Isn?t it a bit strange that Grady 17 at the bumper all day long? ” I asked. “ 18 if that ?swhere he thinks his companion is ，”my father replied. “He's 19 to her. ” I was interested in the obvious affection this goose had once 20 his mate， an affection so strong that he was determined to hang on to some appearance of it after her parting. 1. A. 1eg B. wing