It was early spring.The sun was strong and warm.I went over the hillside fields behind my

It was early spring.The sun was strong and warm.I went over the hillside fields behind my village，__1__buntings and linnets，the birds I loved most.

I turned along a bush between two fields where I had seen the birds before，but on this fine day almost the first birds that I saw were winter visitors.I was__2__not to see a bunting straightaway，but I went on，stopping occasionally to look at the black-thorn (黑刺李) flowers in the bush，and ___3___I did hear a bunting singing.Or was it? Was I not perhaps turning a note of skylark (云雀) song into that of the song I was hoping to hear?

But the bunting's song was pretty clear，and within a few minutes I was proved___4__.The song was coming from the bush，and as I approached ___5__I saw the brown bird resting in a small tree.It opened its mouth，and__6__once more.Then it flew off.It was the only one I saw that day，but at least I had found one of the birds I had__7__.

It was not until I was on my way back home that I caught sight of some ___8__.I saw five of them gathering on the ground when I was just coming back beside the ___9__where I had found the bunting.As I came nearer，they flew up，spreading their tails so that their white edges ___10___ to look like a white fan in the sky.Then，to my___11__，some big pigeons suddenly came flying and joined the linnets.

A moment later they had all__12__ — but I had fulfilled my hopes for the day.

1．A.looking at  B．looking for C．looking up   D．looking after

2．A.disappointed    B．dismissed    C．dissatisfied         D．disturbed

3．A.directly    B．gradually     C．suddenly     D．immediately

4．A.proper     B．right    C．useful        D．true

5．A.sadly       B．hurriedly     C．proudly      D．quietly

6．A.danced     B．ate            C．sang    D．shouted

7．A.observed  B．noticed   C．expected  D．described

8．A.linnets  B．skylarks   C．pigeons   D．buntings

9．A.bush  B．road   C．grass  D．black-thorn

10．A.widened        B．enlarged      C．lengthened  D．expanded

11．A.knowledge  B．pleasure  C．amusement   D．honor

12. A．gathered       B．lost      C．missed  D．gone

【解析】【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，作者向我们描述了这样一幅画面：一个暖暖的早春的日子，“我”独自一人漫步在山间野外，寻找自己喜爱的白颊鸟和红雀(buntings and linnets)。“我”一会儿焦虑地四处寻找，一会儿又静静地注目欣赏……

1．B　由下文内容可知，“我”到野外田地里是为了寻找自己喜欢的白颊鸟和红雀。

2．A　“我”满怀希望地四处寻找，但却没有发现一只白颊鸟，不免感到失望。

3．C　由下文“我”听到了白颊鸟的叫声但又怀疑自己是否听错可知，事发突然，作者不敢相信自己听到的是白颊鸟的叫声，故用suddenly(突然)。

4．B　根据下文找到了白颊鸟的事实可知作者自己的判断是对的。　

5．D　从下文看见一只白颊鸟正栖息在一棵小树上可知，“我”仅仅是静悄悄地上前。

6．C　由上文听到白颊鸟的歌唱以及本句中的once more可知答案。

7．C　由文章第一段可知“我”到这儿来就是希望见到自己喜爱的小鸟。expect 期望，盼望。

8．A　由本段最后一句可知，此处指的是在回家的路上见到了自己喜欢的另外一种小鸟——红雀。

9．A　当“我”刚从发现白颊鸟的灌木丛旁边回来时，就发现了它们。由第三段第二句可知是在灌木丛中发现白颊鸟的，故用bush。

10．D　当红雀飞起来时，他们的尾巴伸展开来，在空中像一把展开的白色扇子。

11．B　接着使“我”高兴的是，一些大的鸽子也飞过来，加入了红雀的队伍。amusement娱乐，不符合句意。

12．D　从常识判断，鸟儿们不久都飞走了，消失在视线之外。gone消失了，不见了。