Mary loved small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found ___1___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 ___2___. They thanked her ___3___a wonderful song every morning.

   But something happened one day. Mary left the door of the ___4___open. The larger bird flew from the cage. She thought that it would ___5___. As it flew close, she grasped (緊抓) it. She was very ___6___ to catch it. ___7___ she felt strange. She opened her hand and looked sadly at the ___8___ bird. Her great love had killed the bird!

   The other bird was moving back and forth (來回) in the cage. Mary could ___9___ its great need for freedom (自由). It wanted to fly into the clear and blue___10___. At once, Mary took the bird ___11___the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled once, twice, three times…

  Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing ___12___. Suddenly the bird flew ___13___ and landed softly on her head. It sang the ___14___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 ___15___it wings (翅膀).

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. house                         B. room                      C. cage                      D. garden

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

6. A. sorry                     B. afraid                       C. frightened                 D. excited

7. A. Suddenly                            B. Usually                   C. Easily                     D. Hardly

8. A. living                         B. interesting                 C. lucky                       D. dead

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

10. A. river                          B. trees                        C. sky                          D. box

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

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

13. A. higher                  B. farther                    C. closer                      D. later

14. A. sweetest                    B. poorest                     C. worst                       D. loudest

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

     Mary loved small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found   1  weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them m a small cage(籠子). She cared them with love and the birds both grew  2. They thanked her  3  a wonderful song every morning.

     But something happened one day. Mary left the door of. the  4  open Then larger bird flew from the cage. She thought it Would  5   A s it flew close, she grasped(緊抓) it. She was very exited to catch it. 6 she felt strange. She opened her hand looked sadly at the  7  bird, Her great love had killed the bird!

     The other bird was moving back and froth(來回) in the cage. Mary could  8  its great need for freedom(自由). It wanted to fly into the clear and blue 9  . At once, Mary took the bird 10  the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled once: twice, three times…

     Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing  11 .  Suddenly the bird flew  12  and landed softly on her head. It sang the  13  song that she had ever heard.

     The   14   way to lose love is to hold it too tight(緊的). The best way to keep love is to  15  it wings(翅膀).

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

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

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

4. A. house                B. room            C. cage                    D. garden

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

6. A. Suddenly             B. Usually           C. Easily             D. Hardly

7. A. living                 B. interesting         C. lucky                   D. dead

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

9. A. river                 B. trees             C. sky              D. box

10. A. out of               B, out from         C. out off                  D. away of

11. A. sadly               B, happily          C. friendly          D. angrily

12. A. higher              B. farther           C. closer            D. later

13. A. sweetest            B. poorest           C. worst             D. loudest

14. A easiest               B. hardest           C. most friendly     D. kindest

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

Mary loved small animals. One morning, while she was walking in the forest, she found _ 26   weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them in a small cage (籠子). She looked after them well with love and the birds both grew _ 27  . They thanked her _ 28   a wonderful song every morning.

    But something happened one day. Mary left the door of the cage _ 29  . The larger bird flew from the cage. She thought that it would _ 30  . As it flew close, she grasped (緊抓) it. She was very excited to catch (抓住) it. Suddenly she felt _ 31  . She opened her hand and looked sadly at the dead bird. The great love had _ 32   the bird!
    _ 33  bird was moving back and forth (來回) in the cage. Mary could _ 34   its great need for freedom. It wanted to fly into the clear and blue _ 35  . At once, Mary took the bird _ 36   the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled(盤旋) once, twice, three times…

    Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing _ 37  . Suddenly the bird flew _ 38   and landed softly on her shoulder (肩膀). It sang the most beautiful song that she ever _ 39  .

    The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight(緊緊地). The best way to keep love is to _ 40   it wings (翅膀).

（    ）26. A. one                     B. two                C. three                 D. some

（    ）27. A. small                  B. strong               C. thin                   D. tired

（    ）28. A. with                   B. for                    C. about                D. at

（    ）29. A. dirty                   B. clean                 C. open                 D. closed

（    ）30. A. return                 B. die                    C. fly back            D. fly away

（    ）31. A. strange            B. injured         C. happy         D. angry

（    ）32. A. saved                  B. helped            C. made                D. killed

（    ）33. A. Another               B. Other                C. The others         D. The other

（    ）34. A. take                    B. feel                   C. say                   D. get

（    ）35. A. river                   B. trees                 C. sky                   D. box

（    ）36. A. out of                 B. out from            C. out off                     D. away of

（    ）37. A. sadly                  B. happily              C. friendly             D. angrily

（    ）38. A. higher                 B. farther               C. closer               D .later

（    ）39. A. heard               B. met                C. listened             D. seen

（    ）40. A. show                  B. give                  C. pass                  D. buy

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Mary loved small animals．One morning while she was walking in the forest，she found two weak ___1__（bird）in tile grass．She took them home and put them in a small cage．She cared them with love and tile birds both grew strong．They thanked her with a wonderful song every morning．

But something happened one day．Mary left the door of the cage open．The lager bird flew from tile cage．She thought that it would fly away．As it flew close，she grasped（緊抓）it．She was very ___2__（excite）to catch it．Suddenly she felt strange．She opened her hand and looked __3__（sad）at the dead bird．Her great love had killed the bird!

The other bird was moving back and forth（來回）in the cage．Mary could feel its great need for freedom．It wanted to fly into the clear and blue sky．At once，Mary took the bird out of the cage and let it fly away．The bird circled once，___4__（two），three times…

Many enjoyed ___5__（watch）the bird flying and singing happily．Suddenly the bird flew closer 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 ___6__（good）way to keep love is to give it wings（翅膀）．