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

My name is Lily.My hometown is in Rizhao.Do you know Rizhao? It is in Shandong.It is near the sea(海).Rizhao is a small place,but it is very nice and clean.So it is very quiet.Our house is in the center of Rizhao.There is a big old tree behind our house.My grandfather tells me that the tree is very, very old.There are many birds(鸟)in the tree.We call it a “bird tree”.Our house is near the sea.The sea is big and blue.There are a tot of fish in the sea.After school,I go

there and catch fish with my friends.It is very interesting.I like fish and I like catching fish.

1.Lily is from         

A.Fujian                  B.Rizhao                 C.Qindao                   D.Yunnan

2.What is not in this passage?

A.her grandfather                                        B.the cars and buses

C.her house and the old tree                           D.her friends and the fish

3.The big old tree is          our house.

A.in the center of    B.next to                 C.behind                 D.in front of

4.What is the sea like? It's         

A.small and blue                                           B.long and green

C.big and blue                                               D.medium and black

5.The word “catch” in Chinese means         

A.购买                   B.捕,捉                C.烤                       D.观看