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       .

用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

Joyce was born in a poor family. Next Friday would be her mother’s birthday. Joyce wanted to buy something for her mother, but she had no money. As an 8-year-old girl, she couldn’t do part-time jobs. What could she do to make enough money for her mother’s birthday present?

Suddenly she had an idea. Usually, she would go straight to school, but this morning, she didn’t. She walked along the streets, picking up cardboard（纸板）, plastic（塑料）bottles and cans（易拉罐）. When it was time for school, she hid them in the backyard and ran to school as quickly as possible.

Eight days later, she decided to sell all the things she had collected because the next day was her mother’s birthday. She had to sell them and buy a birthday present for her mother. In the shop, she bought a beautiful hair pin for her mother.

When her mother got the present, she said with tears in her eyes,“This is the best present I’ve ever received.”

1.How old was Joyce?

A. Seven.           B. Eight.         C. Nine.         

2.Why couldn’t Joyce buy a present for her mother at first?

A. Because she had no money.

B. Because she didn’t know what her mother liked.

C. Because she didn’t love her mother at all.

3.What was Joyce’s idea?

A. Doing part-time jobs.   

B. Collecting waste things and selling them.

C. Asking her best friend for help.

4.How long did Joyce collect the waste things?

A. A week.      B. A month.    C. More than a week.

5. How did Joyce’s mother feel when she got the present?

A. Very sad.       B. Very happy and moved.     C. Very surprised.

Jennifer was sitting on the bench. After all she went through, it was just what she needed. ‘It’s getting   1 ,’ she thought. ‘I should go home.’
She wanted to know her   2  would react(反应) when she   3  home after the three days she was missing.
It was really dark when she finally reached her front door. It seemed different to her.   4    took care of the outside garden for   5  days. She was surprised as her father usually worked hard to keep everything   6  and tidy. She couldn’t understand what was going on.
She entered the   7 . First, she went into the kitchen   8  she saw a note written by her father.  9  said, ‘Dear Ellen, here is some coffee. I am searching out.’ Ellen was her mother, but where is she?
She went to her parents’ room. She found her there. Her   10  was lying on the bed, fast asleep. Her face looked so   11 , as if she wasn’t asleep for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up   12  she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her.
When Jennifer   13 , something was different: She wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t   14  the old clothes she ran away in. She was on her own bed.
It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice ask, ‘Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you   15  us all very, very afraid.

There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much．One day while she was walking in the forest，she found two birds．She took them home and put them in a small  1 ．She was happy to have two“friends”．She  2 them with love and the birds grew strong．One day the girl forgot to close the door of the cage．The   3 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  4 a sound from the bird．When she opened her hand，the bird was already（已经）dead．Her  5 killed(杀死)the bird! Then she saw  6 bird jumping up and down  7 the cage．She could feel its great need for freedom．It wanted to fly into the blue sky．So she let it fly away  8 ．The bird circled(转圈)once，twice，and three times．The girl  9 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  10 song she had ever heard(她所听过的)．
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly，and the best way to keep love is to give it wings．