The heaviest snow in a hundred years hit the south of China. It snowed __36___for half a month. Many people were __37___in railway stations, bus stations and airports. People did everything they could to fight the __38___; nobody was killed from cold and _39____. Gradually ,the trapped people all went back home_40___. While fighting the snow, people ___41__their animal friends until a moving story of a swallow(燕子) couple appeared on the Internet. The couple hadn’t eaten anything for several days __42___the snow. They tried to fly into people’s home to warm themselves, but every house was ___43___tightly(紧紧地). They got to a side of a balcony ( 阳台 ) where wind couldn’t reach. They jumped and flapped (拍打) their wings(翅膀) to _44___the attention of the people inside the house, who were __45____their own things. The wife’s body was __46___. She couldn’t move any longer. The husband came near and __47__her with his wings. The husband lost his heat soon because of his opened wings. The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to __48__ his flowers and saw a dead swallow outside. __49__ it, he found they were two embracing（拥抱） together. Thinking of the __50___the snow had brought to people, he was moved to tears . He took them in for giving them some _51___they couldn’t feel any longer. He found a small box, __52__it with some hay （干草）and lay the couple in . He _53__them in the garden of the community(社区). In my hometown in the countryside, a swallow family live in the roof of my house . They __54__every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have __55___, they fly to the south, I wonder if they will come back this spring as they did.
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:C
题目分析：
小题1:beautifully美丽地directly直接地gently柔和地 continuously一直不断地，由后面 for half a year 可知，所以D项符合题意。
小题2:forbidden禁止rescued营救trapped围困covered 覆盖，be trpped in 固定搭配，意：被困在。。另39后trapped people提示,所以C项正确。
小题3:disaster灾难war战争campaign运动disease疾病，这场大雪就是一场灾难，所以A项符合题意。
小题4:anger 生气heat 热量hunger饥饿poverty 贫穷根据常识，所以C项正确。
小题5:sadly悲伤地safely安全地nervously紧张地curiously好奇地，前面提到没有人死于饥寒，这句话又讲人们逐渐回到了家，后面也没有讲其他不好的事情，所以B项符合题意。
小题6:treasured珍爱invited邀请accepted接受forgot忘记，人们忙于处理大雪，没有人顾及到燕子，后一句until a moving story of a swallow(燕子) couple appeared on the Internet 提示，所以D项正确。
小题7:because of因为in case of万一in spite of不管 instead of 代替，上下文意思相互承接，所以A项符合题意。
小题8:controlled控制fixed固定stretched伸展closed关闭由They tried to fly into people’s home to warm themselves, but every house was ___43___tightly(紧紧地) 可知，所以D项正确。
小题9:admit承认attract吸引turn 转向escape逃避，They jumped and flapped (拍打) their wings(翅膀) 是为了吸引房子里面的人们的注意，所以B项正确。
小题10:busy with忙于born with 天生就有good for对。。有好处 famous for因。。出名，由下文燕子的结局，可知并未引导人们注意力，因为他们正忙着他们自己的事情，所以A项正确。
小题11:burnt燃烧 watched观察frozen冻僵found发现，由下文She couldn’t move any longer，,下文也给予了提示，所以C项符合题意。
小题12:supplied提供wrapped包裹folded折叠sorted整理，下文because of his opened wings，可知the husband wrapped(包裹) his wife with his wings，因为the wife’s body was frozen, 另外下文的embracing（拥抱），所以B项正确。
小题13:buy买send送sell卖check检查房子主人去阳台的目的是为了看看check花如何，因为这场大雪，下文也没有提示，所以D项符合题意。
小题14:Feeding喂养Leaving离开Touching触摸Greeting问候，房子主人只有touching it ,才能发现者two embracing together,其他不合适，所以C项符合题意。
小题15:hardship困难childhood孩童时期cooperation合作 lesson课，从一开头人们碰到的困难到现在这对燕子的遭遇都这场大雪带来的hardship,所以A项符合题意。
小题16:clothes衣服warmness温暖flowers花tension紧张，由they couldn’t feel any longer可知，这对燕子就是因为少warmth 而死亡的，故房主人想给它们一些warmth，所以B项正确。
小题17:made 制造played玩associated联盟filled充满，fill ..with 用。。装满，是固定搭配，也符合句意，所以D项符合题意。
小题18:buried埋葬showed展示fastened绑紧enjoyed喜欢，buried 埋葬，常识，所以A正确。
小题19:put away储存come back回来fly away飞开hold back抑制、踌躇，文章最后一句话I wonder if they will come back this spring as they did可知，所以B项正确。
小题20:dropped out缀学died out消失grown up成长 stood up 站起来，grow up 长大，所以C项符合题意。
点评：这篇文章以中国南方百年一遇的大雪为背景，简单讲了它对人类生活所产生的危害，当然也对动物园的生活产生了重大的影响。继而引出a moving story of a swallow(燕子) couple。然后是房主的感动以及作者开始惦记自己家的燕子I wonder if they will come back this spring as they did.抓住这一线索，整个文章就迎刃而解了。答案选项中除个别词汇外，大部分内容都属于高一阶段词汇，可读性较强。
