Once upon a time, in the garden of the Chinese Emperor(皇帝) there lived a nightingale(夜莺).She sang 1 .And one day the Emperor was so moved when he 2 the bird sing that tears came into his eyes. He then had the  3  kept in a beautiful cage in his palace and listened to her every day. Before long the Emperor received a gift of a 4      nightingale from Japan. It could 5 some of the songs the real bird sang. Now the toy bird gave the Emperor much 6 .And it was able to sing three-and-?thirty times without being tired. 7 ?being killed, the living nightingale had flown out of the ? 8 ?,back to her green woods. But one evening, when the toy bird was singing its best, something 9  the bird went out of order. No one could repair it. No 10 of any nightingale was heard. Many years passed, and the Emperor felt so 11 that he lay ill and, it was said, was going to 12 .He wanted very much to hear the 13 song again. All at once there came the beautiful 14 of a nightingale through the window. The living nightingale came to sing for the 15 again. And life began to return to the Emperor.“16 ,little bird,” said the Emperor. “I didn't treat you well before, 17 you have given me life again. How can I reward you?”

“You have done that already,” said the nightingale. “I brought 18 to your eyes the first time I sang; I shall never forget that.” The Emperor felt  19 and got well again. The nightingale often came to sit in a tree of the palace garden and sing something to 20  the Emperor happy.

1. A. beautifully      B. badly    C. terribly     D. carelessly

2. A. saw       B. heard     C. watched     D. looked at

3. A. machine      B. pianist     C. bird       D. girl

4. A. true       B. real      C. living      D. toy

5. A. read        B. write     C. dance      D. sing

6. A. praise       B. luck      C. pleasure     D. sadness

7. A. Without       B. With      C. For       D. At

8. A. cage        B. box      C. forest       D. square

9. A. inside       B. outside     C. next to     D. far away from

10. A. singing      B. crying      C. chime      D. carol

11. A. happy       B. pleased     C. sorry      D. glad

12. A. marry       B. fade      C. leave      D. die

13. A. chemist's     B. musician's     C. toy's      D. nightingale's

14. A. song       B. throat      C. talk      D. noise

15. A. woman      B. prisoner     C. tourist     D. Emperor

16. A. Thank you     B. Sorry      C. Pardon     D. Goodbye

17. A. and so       B. and yet     C. for      D. because

18. A. glasses       B. favours     C. tears      D. waters

19. A. strong       B. weak      C. foolish     D. ill

20. A. let        B. make      C. have      D. ask

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