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　　Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow. Her only son 1 to Afghanistan(阿富汗) and was killed in action there. Soon after that, her husband lost his job. The old man was always 2 food and clothes. And on a winter night he went out alone when Sarya was asleep. The next morning he was 3 dead in a cold lake. And his worn-out coat was 4 in a tree not far away. Sarya was so 5 that she nearly took her own life.

　　Things got worse and worse after that. She always lived in hunger and cold. She had hoped that the government (政府) could help her but she 6 .

　　It was a cold windy night. The old woman couldn't 7 asleep at all. She had to get up. She decided to write a letter to God (神) , asking for 8 . She wished God to give her 100 rubles (卢布), so she could buy some food for herself. When she 9 writing it, she found she had no 10 . She had to put the 11 at a crossing. 12 the next morning a policeman found the letter. He read it to his comrades. They were all so 13 that they gathered rubles and sent them to the poor old woman.

　　At first Granny Sarya was happy. But after she 14 the money, she became 15 and said, “I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be only a half left！”

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When I was a boy aged twelve in South Carolina, something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage.

    We lived on one end of a forest, and every evening the mockingbirds（嘲鸟） would come and rest in the trees and __36__. There isn't a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird.

    I decided to catch a young __37__  and keep it in a cage, and in this way, I would have my own private musician.

    I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird was __38__, so it fluttered (扑腾) about the cage. But finally it was used to living in its new home. I felt very excited with myself and ___39___ some beautiful singing from my little musician.

    On the second day, the little bird's mother flew to the cage with __40__ in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was __41__ to see this. Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.

    The following morning when I went to see my bird, I found it __42__ on the floor of the cage. I was terribly surprised! What had happened!

    Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist (鸟类专家), happened to be __43__ my father at that time. After she heard me crying over the death of my bird, she explained to me. "A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will __44__ bring it poison berries (毒莓). She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose ___45___.

Since then I have never caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living things have a right to live free.

36. A. dance                        B. fly                           C. sing                         D. jump

37. A. bird                           B. boy                          C. fish                          D. thief

38. A. happy                        B. careful                            C. active                       D. afraid

39. A. looked forward to              B. looked out of            C. looked for                D. looked up 

40. A. water                         B. food                         C. songs                       D. diet

41. A. worried                      B. pleased                     C. bored                             D. tired

42. A. alone                         B. alive                         C. dead                        D. bad

43. A. calling                        B. visiting                     C. challenging               D. introducing

44. A. never                         B. seldom                     C. sometimes                D. ever

45. A. friends                       B. parents                     C. freedom                   D. happiness