Every night for a year, Neil Simmons quietly went out of his house. He wanted to “talk” to an owl settling for the night at the end of his garden. He made owl cries like a real wild owl (貓頭鷹)and was happy to hear the bird “hooting (大聲叫囂)” back to him.
Last year Fred Cornes moved in next door. He heard an owl hooting and answered back. For 12 months the neighbors got into the back gardens of their homes, thinking they were talking with nature. Mr. Simmons kept a diary of all his talks with his bird friend. They would both be out again tonight if it wasn’t for a chance talk between their wives.
Mr. Simmons said. “My wife Kim was telling Fred’s wife Wendy about my owl watching and described how I got the birds to boot back. She said, ‘That’s funny — that’s just what Fred has been doing.’ Then the penny dropped, I felt such a fool when I found out. The trouble is that owl calls aren’t exactly the same and it’s easy to make a mistake.”
Mr. Cornes said, “I’m really flattered (過獎). I didn’t know I sounded so real. I love nature and I couldn’t resist hooting at the owls. I was very excited when they hooted back. I’m sorry that I was fooling my neighbor who was fooling me.”
45．After the talk between the wives, the two men would probably _________ .
A．stop observing owls            B．not stay up hooting again
C．not enter the back garden again   D．make no mistakes about wild owl cries
46．“Then the penny dropped.” most probably means “Then __________.”
A．I understood                     B．everybody knew about it
C．I heard the noise                  D．no money was paid
47．Mr. Simmons felt upset about the whole thing because __________.
A．a(chǎn)ll his efforts seemed to be meaningless
B．his wife let out his secret by chance
C．garden owls hooted so differently
D．Fred had been doing the same
48．The text suggests that __________.
A．Nail seldom heard natural owl calls
B．the owl never hooted back to Neil
C．Fred was always good at pleasing owls
D．owl watching is no longer interesting to Fred
45．B．46．A．47．A．48．B．

45．B．文章講的是兩位同為鄰居的男士晚上模仿貓頭鷹的叫聲，他們都以為得到了貓頭鷹的回應，但是他們的妻子在交談的時候把秘密揭開，他們把對方的叫聲錯誤理解為貓頭鷹的叫聲，于是他們從此后不再模仿貓頭鷹的叫聲。
46．A．Then the penny dropped這句話是Mr. Simmons在知道事實真相后說的。意思是“我明白了”。
47．A．Mr. Simmons在最初的時候驚喜地發(fā)現(xiàn)貓頭鷹的存在，所以他才每晚到花園學貓頭鷹，到后來發(fā)現(xiàn)是他的鄰居模仿貓頭鷹的叫聲。根據(jù)常識推理，令他感到不安是因為他以前做的事情是徒勞的。不是B項“因為他妻子偶然說出了秘密”，C項“花園的貓頭鷹叫聲不同”，D項“Fred也像他那樣做”。
48．B．Neil Simmons原來以為他得到貓頭鷹的回應，事實上回應的是他鄰居模仿的聲音，言下之意他根本沒有收到貓頭鷹的回應。Neil既然可以模仿貓頭鷹的聲音，說明他常常聽到貓頭鷹的聲音，所以A項不對。C項和D項答案從文章中推斷不出來。
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