One day a lonely girl found two weak birds while she was walking in the woods (树林). She took them home and put them in a small cage. She fed them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a beautiful song. The girl loved them very much and wanted their singing to last forever.

One day the girl left the cage’s door open. The 1arger and stronger of the two birds flew out of the cage. The girl watched worriedly as it circled (盘旋) high above her. She was afraid that it would fly away and she would never see it again. So when it flew close, she grasped (抓) at it wildly. She was very happy that she held it tightly within her hand! Suddenly, she felt something had happened to the bird. She opened her hand and was surprised to find the bird was dead. Her love for the bird killed it.
She noticed the other bird jumping in the cage. She could feel that it wanted to be free. It hoped to fly into the clear, blue sky. She lifted (举起) it from the cage and flew it into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times …
When the bird was flying happily in the sky, she was so glad. Just then the bird flew closer and sat softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest song she had ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it tight. The best way to keep love is to let it fly!
【小题1】The girl loved the two birds very much because       .

Miracles（奇迹）will happen if you don't give up trying. Even if you have  16 for one hundred times, you may succeed when you try for the 10lst time.
When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my 17 .  They were too soft to be able to walk. Although the news was bad, my mother didn't become  18 . She didn't believe what the doctor said  19 started to look for other ways.
My mother kept looking for other doctors for me, and finally she  20 . The doctor and his team in the hospital did   21 they could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some  22 to help me walk. One day when my mother came to pick me  23  . I crawled(爬) towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn't believe  24  eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good  25 . Day by day, I could walk by myself.
When I grew up, my mother   26  told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met   27 , I could do anything successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be a very   28  person. I get best   29 in school and I am a good dancer and swimmer. Thanks to my mother's strong resolution(决心), I live a    30   life now. What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is: Never give up.

A passenger(乘客) told a flight attendant that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine just as the plane was taking off. She told him that she would bring him the    1   in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the flight attendant felt    2  . She was so busy that she has forgotten to give him the water.    3  , the passenger couldn’t take his medicine on time. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he    4  it.
In the following hours on the flight, each time the flight attendant passed by the passenger, she would ask him with a smile if he needed anything. But he asked for    5 .
When he was getting  6   the plane, the passenger asked the flight attendant to hand him a service review(评论) card. She knew that he would write something    7 , but she politely handed it to him.
Later, she looked at the card and a smile came over her face. “On the flight, you asked me whether I needed    8  or not 12 times in all,” the passenger wrote. “How can I refuse your 12 sincere    9  ?”
   10   after someone does something wrong, no one can say no to 12 sincere smiles.
【小题1】   A. water        B. medicine           C. juice
【小题2】A. excited    B. surprised      C. worried
【小题3】A. After all     B. So far          C. As a result
【小题4】A. took            B. refused                 C. threw
【小题5】A. nothing         B. everything       C. something
【小题6】 A. on             B. off                          C. to
【小题7】   A. unfair                 B. pleasant          C. bad
【小题8】 A. help                   B. drink            C. food
【小题9】. A. smiles          B. invitations           C. advice
【小题10】. A. Though      B. Even              C. If

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Once upon a time，a girl called Goldilocks went into the forest. She picked some flowers but soon she was lost. 1. __________. She saw a little house. She hurried to the house and knocked on the door. Nobody answered. 2.__________. On a table，she counted three bowls of food and three chairs. First，she finished all the food in the smallest bowl and 3.__________. She was so heavy，and she destroyed it. Next，she walked into the bedroom and4.__________. When the three bears returned，the naughty girl was still asleep. Finally，when the baby bear cried，Goldilocks opened her eyes and saw them，and hurried away without her basket. And she didn’t return to the forest again.

A．finally，she cried and went away

B．She cried and looked around

C．she was soon asleep in the smallest bed

D．then she tried the smallest chair

E. So she entered the room

A teenage girl couldn’t stand（忍受）her family rules, so she left home.

She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had a little education and    41   years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still ___42___ her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she    43   a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you …Come back home!”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was so surprised that she couldn’t believe her    44  . “Is that me?” She moved    45   and read the words, “I still love you…” She cried. She couldn’t wait    ___46   back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She    47   her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and daughter looked at each other with excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “   48  is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked    49   you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”

As everyone knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents.    50   this way, both parents and children can be happy.