(2015· 四川高考 )My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard . That first year, I __ 1 __ feeding peanuts to the blue jays, then the squirrels . The squirrels had no __ 2 __ coming up right to me for them . As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no __ 3 __ and didn't escape . When I threw carrot slices ( 薄片 ), they even came for a nibble ( 啃 ) . Slowly they came to __ 4 __ me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand . That second year, the rabbits __ 5 __ me, and one would even sit up for slices! While I was feeding them, I __ 6 __ that a groundhog who used to run away was now taking an __ 7 __ interest in this food situation . I carefully extended a long __ 8 __ , with a keen eye on those teeth, and __ 9 __ , there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching ( 津津有味地咀嚼 ) on carrots . A few months later, while __ 10 __ , she would even turn her back to me . __ 11 __ when she was facing away, I reached out and __ 12 __ scratched ( 搔 ) her back with my finger . She didn't move . By year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back . The groundhog __ 13 __ didn't have a problem with me scratching her back, and I got an idea . I'd always __ 14 __ , while slicing up carrots, that the end looked like a cap . __ 15 __ one day, just to see what she would do, I gently __ 16 __ one on top of the groundhog's head . Again, not a __ 17 __ . The next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures . __ 18 __ she had a slice to eat, she never __ 19 __ the one on her head . It was a fair __ 20 __—I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat . 1 . A . avoided B . started C . canceled D . suggested 2 . A . business B . fun C . problem D . privilege 3 . A . help B . cheat C . threat D . exception 4 . A . trust B . miss C . admire D . appreciate 5 . A . feared B . ignored C . discovered D . remembered 6 . A . proved B . decided C . noticed D . understood 7 . A . extreme B . increasing C . additional D . inspiring 8 . A . squirrel B . rabbit C . peanut D . carrot 9 . A . before long B . long ago C . over and over D . all over again 10 . A . eating B . playing C . sitting D . sleeping 11 . A . Next B . Once C . Soon D . Lately 12 . A . carefully B . suddenly C . violently D . patiently 13 . A . also B . thus C . just D . still 14 . A . thought B . doubted C . admitted D . recognised 15 . A . While B . Or C . So D . For 16 . A . fixed B . placed C . hung D . kept 17 . A . tremble B . move C . delay D . hesitation 18 . A . Even if B . Ever since C . As far as D . So long as 19 . A . welcomed B . required C . bothered D . expected 20 . A . trade B . competition C . task D . affair