题目内容：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡)．It's impossible for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people．In fact, they're hard to spot,     they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.

This grouse came into our lives in    ．Tom was working out in the field when he  her walking around at the edge of the field．She was      unafraid and seemed to be curious about what he was doing.

Tom saw the      bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him．We quickly grew     .of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.

One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch．Tom    he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.

Apparently, she didn't like to be ignored．She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then     off to see what he would do．This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the        .and left.

As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to    more and more often．    Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a picture of the two of them together．This friendly grouse soon felt      not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.

When hunting season opened, we put a     at the end of our driveway asking     not to shoot our pet grouse．My father, who lived down the road,     warned people not to shoot her．In fact, hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.

1.A．though        B．because      C．unless       D．until

2.A．spring       B．summer       C．autumn       D．winter

3.A．got           B．kept         C．noticed      D．imagined

4.A．naturally     B．certainly    C．normally     D．surprisingly

5.A．shy           B．awkward      C．friendly   D．elegant

6.A．careful     B．tired       C．fond         D．sick

7.A．supposed      B．realized   C．hoped        D．pretended

8.A．put           B．back         C．set         D．take

9.A．game          B．work         C．place       D．man

10.A．give up      B．come out   C．turn over    D．fly by

11.A．Eventually   B．Suddenly     C．Constantly   D．Presently

12.A．comfortable  B．guilty     C．anxious    D．familiar

13.A．lantern      B．sign       C．gun          D．loudspeaker

14.A．drivers      B．farmers    C．hunters      D．tourists

15.A．just         B．yet        C．thus       D．also