Question

    One day while a girl was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small (1)_______. She cared them and felt great love for the birds.

　　One the (2)_______ and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. Therefore , (3)_______ he flew close, she grasped him (4)_______. She felt glad, but suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hand and (5)_______ in horror at the dead bird.

　　She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for (6)_______. She lifted him from the cage and (7)_______ him softly into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times.

　　The girl watched delightedly at the bird's enjoyment. Her heart was no longer (8)_______ with her loss. Suddenly the bird flew closer and (9)_______ softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest melody that she had ever heard.

　　The fastest way to (10)_______ love is to hold on it too tightly, the best way to keep love is to give it WINGS!

1. A. cage                     B. box                   C. tank                  D. room

2. A. weaker                 B. taller                 C. larger                D. shorter

3. A. Because         B. As                     C. If                     D. Since

4. A. gently                   B. freely                C. elegantly            D. wildly

5. A. stared                   B. glared         C. glanced             D. shouted

6. A. freedom         B. food                  C. love                  D. space

7. A. dropped         B. pulled         C. seized        D. tossed

8. A. packed                 B. concerned  C. marked             D. lined

9. A. landed                  B. sat                    C. slept                 D. stood

10. A. gain                    B. give                  C. lose                  D. show

Answer 1

【解題導語】 本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，通過一個愛鳥的小女孩的故事，表達了“若想令愛永恒，要將愛放飛”的主題。

【新詞鏈接】  long for   渴望得到某物

              on the edge of   在……的邊緣

              be concerned with   關(guān)注、注意、計較

【試題解析】

1. A   按常識判斷，鳥應當養(yǎng)在“鳥籠”里。

2. C   根據(jù)下文中有the smaller bird，所以飛出鳥籠的鳥大一點。

3. B   as引導一個時間狀語從句。

4. D   因為擔心鳥兒會飛走，所以當鳥兒飛回時，她會緊緊地抓住它。

5. A   stare at是“盯著看”之意。

6. A   從前面描述的情況看，小鳥最需要的是自由。

7. D   toss意為“拋向……”。

8. B   be concerned with是“關(guān)注、注意、計較”之意。她的內(nèi)心不再計較自己的得失。

9. A   鳥兒輕輕地降落在她的肩膀上。

10. C  while前后兩句是對比關(guān)系，后一句講到keep love，那么前一句應該是“l(fā)ose love”。