Question

There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day while she was walking in the forests, she found two dying birds. She took them home and put them in a small _____. She was happy to have two “friends”. She __ __ them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl happened to leave the door of the cage open. The larger and the___ ___ of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was afraid that it would fly away. She caught it quickly, she felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn’t __ a sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her_ ___ killed the bird! Then she noticed ___ __bird jumping up and down _____ the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom(自由) . It wanted to fly into the clear, blue _____. So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away highly. The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl __ as the bird flew. She didn’t care about losing the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the ____ song she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

1.A. box B. basket C. cage D. bag

2.A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after D. looked over

3.A. stronger B. lazier C. weaker D. smaller

4.A. listen B. make C. describe D. hear

5.A. love B. joke C. luck D. wish

6.A. one B. the other C. another D. other

7.A. outside B. inside C. beside D. behind

8.A. sea B. hill C. forest D. sky

9.A. watched B. saw C. guided D. escaped

10.A. worst B. oldest C. newest D. sweetest

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过讲述一个女孩把两只鸟放在笼子里养，后来不小心把其中的一只鸟抓死的故事，告诉人们抓紧爱会很快失去爱，放飞爱会保持爱的道理。

1. box 盒子；B. basket 篮子；C. cage 笼子；D. Bag袋子，句意：她把它们拿回家放在一个笼子里。根据上下文是把鸟放进笼子里，故选C。

2. for寻找；B. looked at看；C. looked after照顾； D. looked over检查，句意：她用爱来照顾它们，鸟儿也长强壮了。根据语境是照顾小鸟，所以选C。

3. Stronger更强壮；B. Lazier更懒；C. Weaker更虚弱； D. Smaller更小，句意：那个较大的和较强壮的飞出了笼子。根据语境是较强壮的那只鸟飞出，故选A。

4. Listen听； B. Make制作；C. Describe描述；D. Hear听到，句意：突然她听不到这只鸟的声音。根据句意及上下文是听不到，故选 D。

5. Love爱； B. Joke玩笑；C. Luck幸运；D. Wish愿望，句意：她的爱心杀死了这只鸟。根据句意及语境此题应选A。

6. One一个；B. the other两者中另一个；C. Another三者或三者以上的另一个；D. Other其他，句意：然后她注意到另一只鸟在笼子里跳来跳去。根据句意及语境是指两只鸟中的另一只，所以选the other，故选 B。

7. Outside外面；B. inside 里面； C. Beside旁边； D. Behind后面，句意：然后她注意到另一只鸟在笼子里跳来跳去。根据句意是另一只鸟在笼子里跳来跳去，故选 B。

8. A. Sea大海； B. Hill小山；C. Forest森林；D. Sky天空，句意：它想飞到清洁的蓝色天空去。根据语境是小鸟想飞向天空，故选 D。

9. Watched观看；B. Saw看到；C. Guided指导；D. Escaped逃跑，句意：鸟儿飞翔时这个女孩观看着。根据句意是指关注，观看，故选A。

10. Worst最坏的；B. Oldest最老的； C. Newest最新的； D. Sweetest最甜美的，句意：它唱着女孩曾经听过的最甜美的歌。根据语境是小鸟很高兴，所以唱最甜美的歌，故选D。

考点：故事类短文