题目内容
I will never forget an accident that happened in my own childhood. When I was a boy of twelve ,something happened to me that made me never____1____any birds in a cage.
We lived on the edge of a___2___in South Carolina, and every evening many mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isn’t any sound that can be___3__ than the song of the mockingbird.
I decided to catch a young bird and keep it in a cage,___4__in that way, I could have my own musician. I finally caught one and put it in a cage. The bird was__5___and fluttered about the cage ,but finally it became quiet in its new home. I felt pleased with__6__ and looked after my little musician carefully.
On the second day, the bird' s mother flew to the cage___7___food in her mouth. The baby bird ate up__28__she brought .I was pleased to see this. Certainly his mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see___9___my little bird was, I found it on the floor of the cage , dead. I was very surprised! What had happened! I had taken great__10__of the little bird, or so I thought.
Arthur Wayne, a famous scientist, happened to be in the forest where we lived at the time. Hearing me crying over the__11__of my bird, he told me what__12__. "A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison(毒药) food. She thinks___13___better for her young to die than to live in a cage."___14___I have never caught any birds or put them in a cage. All the birds have the fight to___15___in the sky .
( )1.A. put B. cut C. draw D. pull
( )2.A. river B. forest C. city D. sea
( )3.A. more beautiful B. less terrible C. worse D. noisier
( )4.A. but B. or C. and D. though
( )5.A. lucky B. silent C. kind D. frightened
( )6.A. yourself B. myself C. herself D. himself
( )7.A. without B. around C. in D. with
( )8.A. someone B. nothing C. everything D. anyone
( )9.A. how B. what C. which D. whether
( )10.A. place B. rest C. picture D. care
( )11.A. death B. cage C. food D. health
( )12.A. could happen B. would happen C. had happened D. has happened
( )13.A. one B. it C. that D. this
( )14. A. Soon after B. Since then C. Just then D. Long ago
( )15.A. jump B. run C. fly D. walk
1 -5.A B A C D 6-10. B D C A D 11-15. A C B B C
I will never forget the terrible accident _______ it happened so long ago.
A.even though | B.only if | C.only when | D.ever since |