Question

      Mary loved small animals．One morning while she was walking in the forest，she found     weak birds in the grass．She took them home and put them in a small cage．She cared them with love and the birds both grew    ．They thanked her   a wonderful song every morning．

But something happened one day．Mary left the door of the cage open．The larger bird flew from the cage．She thought that it would    ．As it flew close，she grasped(紧抓)it．She was very excited to catch it．Suddenly she felt strange．She opened her hand and looked sadly at the    bird．Her great love had killed the bird!

The other bird was moving back and forth(来回)in the cage．Mary could    its great need for freedom(自由)．It wanted to fly into the clear and blue sky．At once，Mary took the bird     the cage and let it fly away．The bird circled once，twice，three times…

Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing    ．Suddenly the bird flew     and landed softly on her head．It sang the sweetest song that she had ever heard．

The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight．The best way to keep love is to   it wings．

1.A．some    B．several       C．two         D．three

2.A．small     B．strong       C．thin         D．tired

3.A．with      B．for         C．about        D．at

4.A．return    B．die          C．fly back      D．fly away

5.A．1iving    B．interesting    C．lucky       D．dead

6.A．take      B．feel         C．say         D．get

7.A．out of    B．out from      C．out off      D．away of

8.A．sadly     B．happily      C．friendly      D．angrily

9.A．higher    B．farther       C．closer       D．1ater

10.A．show     B．give         C．pass        D．buy

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是玛丽非常喜爱小动物，有一次在森林中救了两只虚弱的小鸟，小鸟长大后，玛丽不小心杀死了一只鸟，最后把另一只也放飞了，因为她知道小鸟更需要自由。

1.从中她发现了两只虚弱的小鸟。A. some一些；B. several几个；C. two两个；D三个。根据下文提示玛丽带回家的是两只鸟，故选C。

2. small小的；B. strong强壮的；C. thin瘦的；D疲倦的，劳累的。故选B。

3. with 用；B. for为了；C. about关于；D在 。 “用……”此处应是介词with，故选A。

4. return回来；B die死亡；C fly back飞回来；D fly away飞走，根据题意可知小鸟一旦离开笼子肯定会飞走。故应该选D。

5. living活的；B. interesting有趣的；C. lucky 幸运的; D dead死的，根据下文她的爱杀死了这只鸟，故选D。

6.对天空的渴望。A．take 带走B．feel 感觉到； C．say 说D．get 得到，根据文意可知选B。

7. of…，故选A。

8.

9. 更高； B．farther 更远C．closer 更近 D．1ater 稍后 根据题意是小鸟向她飞的近了，故选C。

10. 展示；B．give 给；C．pass 传递；D．buy 买 ，根据题意可知如果你真的爱鸟，那么爱它的最好方式就是给它翅膀，让它自由自在的飞。故选B。

考点：故事类阅读。