Question

阅读短文，然后用短文括号中所给词的适当形式填空。

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（紧抓）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（来回）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）．

Answer 1

1．birds                      2．excited                   3．sadly                4．twice

5．watching                6．best