For years, our family Christmas feast has consisted of a standing rib roast. But it wasn ’ t always

本文讲述了作者一家在准备圣诞节大餐时目睹被清洗的火鸡突然大跳起来，这引起一阵骚乱，虽然火鸡最后被猫咪逮到，但是作者一家决定改变圣诞节传统不再圣诞节吃火鸡。
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考查动词辨析。. A. afforded 支付；   B. required 需要；   C. washed 清洗；   D. served提供。根据For years, our family Christmas feast has consisted of a standing rib roast. But it wasn ’ t always that way. 得知以前圣诞大餐我们提供烤火鸡。故选D。
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考查名词辨析。A. form 形式；   B. tradition 传统；   C. structure 结构；   D. regulation 规章。根据For years, our family Christmas feast has consisted of a standing rib roast. But it wasn ’ t always that way. 得知以前圣诞大餐我们提供烤火鸡。故选D。
故选B。
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考查名词辨析。A. gift 礼物；   B. burden  负担；  C. feast  盛宴；  D. sorrow 悲伤。根据For years, our family Christmas feast has consisted of a standing rib roast. But it wasn ’ t always that way. 得知烤火鸡是一道圣诞大餐。故选C。
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考查形容词辨析。A. tiny 微小的；   B. huge 巨大的；   C. proper 合适的；   D. normal 正常的。根据The bird was a beauty, almost thirty pounds.得知火鸡的个头很大。故选B。
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考查副词辨析。A. halfway 一半；   B. well  很好；  C. inside  里面；  D. simply 简单。根据it was difficult to soak the whole bird.得知火鸡个头很大，只能浸泡一半。故选A。
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考查动词辨析。A. whispering 低语；   B. joking 开玩笑；   C. informing 通知；   D. yelling 喊叫。根据三个女儿说the bird’ s ghost was there and it was going to get them! 以及下文的The girls continued to scream while our two dogs started ___10___and jumping at the bird.得知她们当时看到火鸡到处跑吓坏了大喊到。故选D。
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考查名词辨析。A. father 父亲；   B. dog 狗；   C. brother 兄弟；   D. cat 猫。根据My husband approached the bouncing bird得知当时她们的父亲和我冲进厨房。故选A。
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考查名词辨析。A. force  武力；  B. caution 谨慎；   C. concern 担忧；   D. shock 惊讶。根据My husband approached the bouncing bird得知丈夫应该是小心地接近这只到处蹦的火鸡。故选B。
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考查动词辨析。A. flew  飞起；  B. slipped  滑下去；  C. landed 着陆；   D. struggled 挣扎。根据and fell onto the floor where it continued to bounce.得知火鸡从丈夫的手中滑落。故选B。
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考查动词辨析。A. listening  倾听；  B. working 工作；   C. bouncing 弹起；   D. barking 汪汪叫。根据The girls continued to scream while our two dogs started ___10___and jumping at the bird.得知 两只狗也在冲着火鸡汪汪直叫。故选D。