Question

When I was 12, something 1.to me changed my interest. We lived near a wood and 2. sang beautifully in the trees every evening. I wanted to catch a bird and keep it in a cage so that I can have my own singer.

I did get one and put it in my cage. I felt very happy and looked 3. to some beautiful songs from it. On the next day, its mother flew to the cage with food. The baby bird 4. everything. I was happy to see this. Surely the mother knew 5. her baby liked better than me.

The next morning, I found the baby bird dead. What was wrong? I took 6. care of the bird. Arthur Wayne told me the reason. “A mother bird, finding 7. baby in a cage, will sometimes bring it some poisonous(有毒的) strawberries. She thinks it is 8.for it to die than to live in a cage.”

Never since then have I caught any living birds or 9. it in a cage. It made me know following 10. rules in nature sometimes means everything to the living things.

Answer

1.happened

2.birds

3.forward

4.ate

5.what

6.good

7.its

8.better

9.kept

10.the

【解析】本文主要讲述了作者住在树林边，非常喜欢听鸟儿唱歌。作者想抓住一只鸟，把它关在笼子里，这样作者就能有自己的歌手了。有一天逮了一只幼鸟，把它关在笼子里。第二天，它的妈妈带着食物飞到笼子里去了。这只小鸟吃了所有的东西。作者很高兴看到这个。第二天早上，作者发现那只小鸟死了。作者想不明白。他悉心照料它。亚瑟韦恩告诉作者原因。可能鸟妈妈发现它的宝宝在笼子里，有时候把一些有毒的草莓带给它。她认为死在笼子里比呆在笼子里好。它让我们明白了，遵循自然法则对生命来说有时候意味着一切。

1.句意：当我12岁的时候，我身上发生的事情改变了我的兴趣。Sth. happens to sb.：某人发生了什么事。过去分词作后置定语。结合句意和语境可知填happened。

2.句意：我们住在树林附近，鸟儿每天晚上在树上优美地唱歌。根据下文I wanted to catch a bird and keep it in a cage so that I can have my own singer.结合句意和语境可知填birds。

3.句意：我感到非常高兴，并期待着从它那里听一些美丽的歌曲。Look forward to doing sth.：盼望/渴望做某事。结合句意和语境可知填forward。

4.句意：这只小鸟吃了所有的东西。根据上文On the next day, its mother flew to the cage with food.（第二天，它的妈妈带着食物飞到笼子里去了。）本文时态是过去式，结合句意和语境可知填ate。

5.句意：母亲肯定知道她的孩子比我更喜欢什么。Like，喜欢，及物动词；结合句意和语境可知填what。

6.句意：我悉心照料这只鸟。Take good care of：好好照顾；结合句意和语境可知填good。

7.句意：一只鸟妈妈发现它的宝宝在笼子里，有时候把一些有毒的草莓带给它。结合句意和语境可知填its。

8.句意：她认为死在笼子里比呆在笼子里好。根据介词than与句意和语境可知填better。

9.句意：从此以后，我再也没有捉任何活的鸟，也没有把它关在笼子里。Keep sth. in a cage：把某物放在笼子里；根据语境可知现在完成时，现在完成时构成：have +过去分词；结合句意和语境可知填kept。

10.句意：它让我明白了，遵循自然法则对生命来说有时候意味着一切。根据下文in nature的修饰词，可知特指，用the。