A解析：推理判断题。Paul Hawking通过本文旨在告知学生们周末野餐活动的安排情况，所以这篇文章很可能来自学校网站的通知，故选A项。

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There was once a bat(蝙蝠) who thought it was just a terrible amount of effort to go out and catch flies. He was a lover of __1__. One day, when he __2__look through a window, he saw a bird in its

__3__，who was given all its food and water __4__ having to do anything at all. The bat decided to become a child’s __5__．

So the bat __6__ his all old habits. He got up in the early morning to fly to parks __7__he could be found by some child who might __8__him as a pet. However, as bats aren’t __9__，the children paid him little attention. The bat decided to __10__his appearance(外表)．He stuck lots of feathers(羽毛) to his body.__11__，he met a little boy who was so short­sighted that this __12__black little bird’s funny appearance didn’t really matter.

The bat was __13__in his cage. There he felt like the __14__of all bats，and certainly the cleverest.But that __15__lasted only up to the time he started feeling __16__．When he wanted to

__17__，there were no flies for him, only plenty of birdseed and cereal he didn’t like at all.Finally, the bat chose to die from hunger and __18__to eat that bird food.

Some days later, the bat managed to __19__the cage and return home.He was so__20__that he d idn’t tell anyone what had happened.

【解题导语】本文是记叙文。文章讲述了一只想当宠物的蝙蝠的故事。

1．A.peace B．nature

C．comfort D．trouble

C解析：由蝙蝠认为出去找食物是件很辛苦的事和它羡慕笼中鸟的生活可知，这只蝙蝠贪图“安逸(comfort)”。

2．ed to B．seemed to

C．had to D．happened to

D解析：有一天，这只蝙蝠“碰巧(happened to)”看到笼子里的鸟。

3．A.cage B．house

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