与熊为邻的小城（完形填空）
Brian Gordon bought a house in Monrovia, California, where bears live. “I’d never seen a bear,” he said. At first he was ____1____ of them and planned to build a wall. Soon they came every week. Some of them ____2____ the fence and looked for food.
“Bears have crashed our barbecues,” Gordon said. He and his partner Ricardo tried to ____3____ the bears away. They shouted and played music. But it felt wrong.
So the couple changed their ____4____. They stopped chasing the bears. Now they keep a healthy ____5____ from them. When a bear comes near, they stay inside and wait until it leaves.
“Food is the biggest problem,” says Wilson Sherman, a wildlife researcher. He tells people never to ____6____ food or rubbish outside. If bins are easy to open, bears come back. So neighbours should lock their bins ____7____.
The same bears return every year. Maddie, a ____8____ young bear, looks into everything. Punky once got on a big toy in the pool. Then she ____9____ slowly across the water and fell asleep.
California has more than 60,000 black bears. Attacks on people are ____10____ rare. Last year a bear named Blondie was killed after frightening a woman. Thousands signed a petition to save her. ____11____, the state says it only does this as a last resort.
Sherman has studied bears for years. He says the answer is to ____12____ what attracts bears, such as rubbish. It is a team effort. The Gordons take extra ____13____ now: doors stay closed and rubbish stays indoors.
Martinez once found a bear in the garage. “You never want to ____14____ a bear into a corner,” he said. Sherman warns against treating bears like cartoon characters. “They are not pets — they are still ____15____ animals,” he says.
1.1.
A proud
B afraid
C tired
D sure
解析：选B。 B 考查be afraid of（形容词＋介词的固定搭配）。根据上文“I’d never seen a bear”可知，Gordon之前从没见过真熊，对熊只有耳闻；再看他“planned to build a wall”，可见起初是怕熊的。A项proud of（为……自豪）与砌墙防熊相反；C项tired of（厌倦）不合逻辑，他刚搬来还没和熊打过交道；D项sure of（对……有把握）也讲不通。故选B。
2.2.
A climbed
B built
C cleaned
D painted
解析：选A。A 考查一般过去时并列谓语（climbed ... and looked ...）。本句说它们“the fence and looked for food”，能翻过栅栏去找吃的，说明熊是爬进院子的。B项built（修建）、C项cleaned（打扫）、D项painted（粉刷）都是人对栅栏做的事，主语是熊，均不成立。故选A。
3.3.
A welcome
B carry
C drive
D throw
解析：选C。C 考查drive ... away（动词＋副词短语，“把……赶走”）。根据下文“They shouted and played music”可知，两人最初用的是喊叫、放音乐这类吓唬手段，目的就是把熊赶走。A项welcome（欢迎）与“赶走”相反；B项carry（搬运）、D项throw（扔）都表达不出“驱赶”。故选C。
4.4.
A courage
B patience
C attitude
D mind
解析：选D。D 考查change one’s mind（固定搭配，“改变主意”）。根据上文“But it felt wrong”可知，驱赶黑熊让他们心里过意不去，所以夫妇俩改变的是想法。A 项 courage（勇气）、B 项 patience（耐心）、C 项 attitude（态度）虽然语法上均可与 change 搭配，但 change one's mind 是固定习语，特指“改变主意/决定”，正好承接上文“But it felt wrong”—— 他们原先决定驱赶熊，后来改变了这一决定。故选D。
5.5.
A distance
B promise
C record
D habit
解析：选A。A 考查keep a distance from（动词＋名词＋介词搭配）。根据下文“When a bear comes near, they stay inside and wait until it leaves”可知，熊靠近时他们待在屋里等它走，这正是“保持距离”的做法。B项promise（承诺）、C项record（记录）、D项habit（习惯）与keep a healthy ... from搭配后意思都不通顺。故选A。
6.6.
A buy
B cook
C leave
D eat
解析：选C。C 考查动词不定式否定式（tell sb. never to do sth.）与leave ... outside的搭配。根据上文“Food is the biggest problem”可知，食物是招来熊的最大原因，所以要“不要把食物或垃圾留在外面”。A项buy（买）、B项cook（烹饪）、D项eat（吃）都不能与rubbish搭配，也不是招熊的原因。故选C。
7.7.
A suddenly
B properly
C quietly
D cheaply
解析：选B。B 考查副词修饰动词（lock ... properly）。根据上文“If bins are easy to open, bears come back”可知，垃圾桶容易被打开熊就会再来，所以要“把垃圾桶锁好”，properly（妥当地）正好回应easy to open。A项suddenly（突然）、C项quietly（安静地）、D项cheaply（便宜地）都与防熊无关。故选B。
8.8.
A sleepy
B lazy
C shy
D curious
解析：选D。D 考查形容词作定语（依后文线索定词）。本句说Maddie“looks into everything”（什么都想看个究竟），说明她是一只好奇的熊。A项sleepy（贪睡的）、B项lazy（懒惰的）、C项shy（害羞的）都与“什么都看”的表现相反。故选D。
9.9.
A floated
B jumped
C walked
D slipped
解析：选A。A 考查动词词义辨析与slowly的搭配限制。根据上文“Punky once got on a big toy in the pool”可知，她趴在泳池的玩具上，本句又有slowly和fell asleep，只有float（漂浮）能又慢又稳地“漂过”水面。B项jumped（跳）是瞬间动作，不能与slowly连用；C项walked（走）无法在水面上进行；D项slipped（滑倒）与“然后睡着”的情节不符。故选A。
10.10.
A hardly
B nearly
C extremely
D only
解析：选C。C 考查程度副词修饰形容词（extremely rare）。根据上文“more than 60,000 black bears”和下文只举出Blondie一例可知，熊虽多，袭人事件却极少。A项hardly（几乎不）本身含否定，不能再修饰rare；B项nearly（几乎）、D项only（仅仅）都不能与rare搭配。故选C。
11.11.
A Therefore
B However
C Besides
D Instead
解析：选B。B 考查句首连接副词表转折。根据上文“Thousands signed a petition to save her”可知，民众联名求情，而本句说州政府“only does this as a last resort”（只在万不得已时才这么做），前后是转折关系。A项Therefore（因此）表因果；C项Besides（此外）表递进；D项Instead（相反）多用于“取而代之”。故选B。
12.12.
A count
B sell
C watch
D remove
解析：选D。D 考查动词词义辨析（不定式to do作表语）。本句说“the answer is to __ what attracts bears, such as rubbish”，既然垃圾这类东西会招来熊，解决办法就是把它们“移走”。A项count（清点）、B项sell（卖掉）、C项watch（观察）都解决不了招熊的问题。故选D。
13.13.
A care
B money
C time
D space
解析：选A。A 考查take extra care（动词＋名词固定搭配，“格外小心”）。冒号后的解释“doors stay closed and rubbish stays indoors”说明这家人处处防范，take extra care正合此意。B项money（钱）、C项time（时间）、D项space（空间）与后文的防范措施都对不上。故选A。
14.14.
A invite
B carry
C push
D take
解析：选C。C 考查push ... into a corner（动词＋宾语＋介词短语，“把……逼进角落”）。根据上文 “Martinez once found a bear in the garage”可知，熊被堵在车库里无处可退时最危险，所以“永远不要把熊逼进角落”。A项invite（邀请）、B项carry（搬运）、D项take（带走）都是人主动带熊去某处的动作，与“熊被逼入绝境才危险”的语境不符。故选C。
15.15.
A clever
B wild
C friendly
D lonely
解析：选B。B 考查形容词作定语。根据上文“Sherman warns against treating bears like cartoon characters”可知，他反对把熊当成卡通角色，本句又说“not pets”，可见熊仍是“野生的”动物。A项clever（聪明的）、C项friendly（友好的）、D项lonely（孤独的）都与这一警告的语气不符。故选B。