Last Sunday was sunny and beautiful. All week long the Browns were looking forward to visiting the zoo. ____1___, Mom and Dad both had colds. All the family had to stay at home.

“____2___, kids,” said Mom at breakfast. “I know this isn’t the kind of day you wished for.”

“It’s OK,” Peter said in a low voice.

Peter really wanted ____3___ to rest and feel better, but he couldn’t help feeling blue too. “It’s going to be a(n) ____4____ day with no fun plans!” He lowered his head.

As he lay in bed feeling sorry for himself, his cats, Charlie and Snow, came in. Charlie jumped on top of Peter’s bookshelf. Snow looked ____5____ at Charlie with her sweet green eyes.

“Hmm,” Peter smiled. “Are you ____6____ trying to tell me something?”

Then, as if he really and truly ____7____ Peter, Charlie knocked a book right off the shelf!

“OK.” Peter ____8____ the book. “Come and jump onto my bed.” ____9____ they were all together, they started looking through the pages. “Here is a story about a boy who meets a ____10____ woman. She turns the boy into a small person. Suddenly, the boy can talk to animals! The boy climbs up on the back of a bird. He flies around and meets many amazing animals...”

Peter started to read the story out loud, ____11____ after a short while, he started imagining that he was the boy. That daydream was so cool that he had to take out his pen and ____12____.

A moment later, when Peter’s little brother and sister saw the pictures, they wanted to hear every detail of his ____13____ trip.

“Tell us again how you ____14____ to the animals!” said Tom.

“And all about what happened next!” ____15____ Mary.

Peter decided to turn those drawings into a book—and he’s still having fun working on it!

1.1.

A Happily

B Usually

C Unluckily

D Hopefully

解析：选C。第 1 题（C. Unluckily） 类型：逻辑关系题 解析：前文提到全家期待去动物园，后文转折为父母感冒无法出行，此处需表 “不幸” 的副词。A（开心地）、B（通常）、D（有希望地）均不符合语境，故选 C。

2.2.

A Thanks

B Sorry

C Excuse me

D Please

解析：选B。第 2 题（B. Sorry） 类型：情景交际题 解析：妈妈因无法满足孩子的出行愿望而致歉，A（谢谢）、C（打扰一下）、D（请）均不贴合道歉场景，故选 B。

3.3.

A his brother

B his sister

C his parents

D himself

解析：选C。第 3 题（C. his parents） 类型：指代判断题 解析：前文明确父母感冒，彼得希望 “他们” 休息康复，结合语境 “his parents” 对应前文的 “Mom and Dad”，A（弟弟）、B（妹妹）、D（他自己）均无依据，故选 C。

4.4.

A boring

B tiring

C exciting

D interesting

解析：选A。第 4 题（A. boring） 类型：情感态度题 解析：彼得因取消出行计划感到沮丧，推断他认为这天 “无聊”。B（疲惫的）、C（令人兴奋的）、D（有趣的）均与 “blue”（沮丧）的情绪矛盾，故选 A。

5.5.

A back

B away

C down

D up

解析：选D。第 5 题（D. up） 类型：介词辨析题 解析：查莉在书架顶端，斯诺在地面，需 “抬头看”，look up 为固定搭配。look back（回顾）、look away（移开视线）、look down（低头看）均不符合方位逻辑，故选 D。

6.6.

A two

B three

C four

D five

解析：选A。第 6 题（A. two） 类型：数量指代题 解析：前文提到的猫咪是查理和斯诺，共两只，此处 “you” 指代两只猫。B（三只）、C（四只）、D（五只）均与上下文猫咪数量不符，故选 A。

7.7

A mistook

B understood

C protected

D helped

解析：选B。第 7 题（B. understood） 类型：动词词义辨析题 解析：查莉碰掉书的行为仿佛 “听懂” 了彼得的沮丧，A（误解）、C（保护）、D（帮助）均无法体现 “回应情绪” 的逻辑，故选 B。

8.8.

A gave up

B got up

C set up

D picked up

解析：选D。第 8 题（D. picked up） 类型：动词短语辨析题 解析：书掉在地上，彼得应 “捡起” 书。A（放弃）、B（起床）、C（建立）均与 “书掉落” 的场景不符，故选 D。

9.9.

A Although

B Every time

C As soon as

D Unless

解析：选C。第 9 题（C. As soon as） 类型：连词辨析题 解析：“聚到一起” 与 “翻看书页” 是瞬间承接的动作，A（尽管，表让步）、B（每次，表重复）、D（除非，表条件）均不符合时间逻辑，故选 C。

10.10.

A modest

B generous

C serious

D magical

解析：选D。第 10 题（D. magical） 类型：形容词词义辨析题 解析：后文提到 “把男孩变成小人、能和动物说话”，体现女士的 “魔法属性”。A（谦虚的）、B（慷慨的）、C（严肃的）均与奇幻情节无关，故选 D。

11.11.

A and

B but

C so

D or

解析：选A。第 11 题（A. and） 类型：连词逻辑题 解析：“大声朗读” 与 “想象自己是男孩” 是顺承关系，B（但是，表转折）、C（所以，表因果）、D（或者，表选择）均不符合语境，故选 A。

12.12.

A write

B circle

C draw

D point

解析：选C。第 12 题（C. draw） 类型：动作对应题 解析：后文提到 “弟弟妹妹看到图片”，可知彼得拿出笔 “画画”。A（写）、B（圈出）、D（指向）均与 “pictures”（图片）无对应关系，故选 C。

13.13.

A running

B climbing

C boating

D flying

解析：选D。第 13 题（D. flying） 类型：情节指代题 解析：前文提到 “男孩爬上鸟背飞翔”，彼得想象自己是男孩，故此处是 “飞行之旅”。A（跑步）、B（攀爬）、C（划船）均与故事中的关键动作不符，故选 D。

14.14.

A spoke

B sang

C danced

D read

解析：选A。第 14 题（A. spoke） 类型：动词词义辨析题 解析：前文提到 “男孩能和动物说话”，此处弟弟询问 “如何与动物交流”，speak to 表 “与…… 交谈”。B（唱歌）、C（跳舞）、D（阅读）均与 “交流” 无关，故选 A。

15.15.

A replied

B added

C complained

D explained

解析：选B。第 15 题（B. added） 类型：动词词义辨析题 解析：玛丽在汤姆的请求后 “补充” 要求，A（回复）、C（抱怨）、D（解释）均不符合 “接续他人话语” 的场景，故选 B。