（全国用）2019年高考英语二轮复习与增分策略 专题三 完形填空 第三节 题组训练 6 夹叙夹议文（3）

(2017·江西上高二中四模)

When my son Gene was about 12 years old，I started helping him learn to 1 .I bought twenty chickens and asked him to 2 them.I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would 3 the eggs from him.However，he would have to buy chicken 4 with the money he made from the eggs.Whatever money was 5 would be his to keep.Gene was 6 ，thinking he would make his first 7 .

After several weeks’ successful work，I began to 8 that egg production was going down.I 9 nothing about it.Then one night，Gene told me he didn’t have 10 money to buy the feed.He said the chickens had never 11 a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped 12 eggs.

Then I asked him if he had 13 the amount of feed he had given the chickens，he was 14 .It was like he did not think anyone would ever 15 what he had done.After a long 16 ，he said yes.He thought he would make more money if he gave them 17 food.I asked him，“Did you fool the chickens？”

I was just astonished at the question in my own 18 .I was dumbfounded(惊呆的) at the 19 of it.Yes，you can fool everyone else，but you cannot “fool the chickens”，because 20 ，you will find out，as the saying goes，“What goes around comes around.”

1．A.work B．share

C．count D．cook

答案　A

解析　句意为：当儿子12岁的时候，我开始帮助他学习工作。由下一段开头“After several weeks’ successful work”可知选A。

2．A.play B．observe

C．train D．raise

答案　D

解析　play玩耍；observe观察；train训练；raise养育，饲养。句意为：我买了20只小鸡让他养。故选D。

3．A.save B．borrow

C．buy D．keep

答案　C

解析　句意为：我告诉他这些是他自己的鸡并且我们将从他那里买鸡蛋。由下句中的“with the money he made from the eggs”可知，我们是要买他的鸡蛋。故选C。

4．A.nest B．soup

C．meat D．feed

答案　D

解析　nest巢；soup汤；meat肉；feed饲料。由下文第二段第三句“...Gene told me he didn’t have money to buy the feed.”可知，他要用卖鸡蛋的钱买饲料。故选D。

5．A.given back B．left over

C．picked up D．brought in