Question

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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. sweetest       C. newest        D. oldest

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.B

【解析】短文大意：从前，有个寂寞的女孩在丛林中把两只快要饿死的小鸟带回家。经她悉心照料，鸟儿强壮起来。一天，女孩敞开了鸟笼的门。较大较壮的鸟儿飞出了鸟笼。女孩害怕鸟儿会飞走死命将它抓住，她张开手时鸟却死了。她不顾一切的爱害死了鸟儿。于是她把另一只鸟儿抛向空中放飞了。看到鸟儿快乐的样子，女孩很高兴。她的内心不再计较自己的得失。她希望鸟儿幸福。失去爱最快的方法是把爱抓的太紧，保持爱的最好的方式是让它飞翔。

1. basket篮子；cage笼子；bag袋子。根据后文One day the girl happened to the door of the cage open. 可推知选 C.

2. for寻找； looked at看；looked after照看； looked over检查。故选 C.

3. lazier更懒；weaker更弱；smaller更小。根据并列成分The larger 和前文中的the birds grew strong可知选A.

4. describe描述，描绘；hear听见。根据后面a sound from the bird可推知该选 D.

5. .考查名词及语境理解。句意：她的爱杀死了这只鸟！love爱；joke笑话；luck幸运；wish希望。结合句意可知是是她的爱（love）害死了鸟！，故选A.

6. .考查形容词及语境理解。句意：然后她注意到另一只鸟在笼子里跳上跳下。one一； the other 另一； another另一；other其他的。 结合语境可知此处指剩余的另一只鸟，所以选B.

7. 考查介词和语境理解题。句意：然后她注意到另一只鸟在笼子里跳上跳下。A. outside在……外边；B. inside在……里面；C. beside在……旁边；D. behind在……后面。结合句意可知选B。

8. .考查名词及语境理解。句意：它渴望冲向明净的蓝天。sea海；hill山；forest森林；sky 天空。结合语境可知选D.

9. Watched观看；B. Saw看见；C. Guided指导；D. Escaped逃跑。结合句意和语境可知选A。

10.考查形容词及语境理解。句意：它唱起了她从未听过的最动人的歌。worst最糟； oldest最旧；. Newest最新； sweetest最甜。 所以选B.