Question

While I was standing at the kitchen window, five-year-old Spencer, my oldest son, ran into the house ___1___, "We need a doctor out here. Hurry, Mom." "What's wrong?" I asked. Spencer anxiously told me he had found a dead bird that needed a doctor.

Dutifully(顺从地), I seized a small plastic bag from the cupboard and took Spencer's hand－___2____, that's the sort of thing mothers do. While my son led me out of the door and ___3___ the bird, I explained that if the creature was indeed dead, a doctor could not ___4___. When we arrived at the ___5___ scene, it was obvious that the baby bird was dead. Spencer and I could see the nest high up in the tree. My son and I ___6___ the probable age of the baby bird, its inability to fly well, and exactly how the ___7___ had caused its death. "I think his mummy and daddy really ___8___ him," Spencer observed. I ___9___ my boy's hand and tried to reduce his ___10___ by saying that I was sure they did, and that everything would return to ___11___ because the little bird had gone to Heaven to be with God and Popo－my dead grandfather. I made Spencer believe the bird's mummy and daddy knew their little one would be ___12___ and loved. I told Spencer Popo loved little birds and that I ___13___ he was in Heaven holding and playing with the baby bird ___14___.

I picked up the little creature's body, slipped it into my plastic bag and ___15___ placed the bird in the rubbish bin. ___16___ was said about the matter for the rest of the day. Spencer went right back to play ___17___ he had never been interrupted, and I returned to my work in the kitchen.

At breakfast the next morning, Spencer mentioned it sadly to his father.

Trying to ___18___ Spencer's spirits and remind him that the little bird was really ___19___, I asked our son to tell Daddy ___20___ the baby bird was. Spencer, looking solemn-faced at his dad, stated, "In the rubbish bin with Mama's granddad, Popo."

1. A. saying               B. screaming          C. declaring           D. telling

2. A. in fact                  B. at least                     C. of course          D. after all

3. A. ahead                   B. toward                     C. over                  D. of

4. A. come                    B. save                  C. help                  D. support

5. A. accident               B. kitchen             C. danger                     D. terror

6. A. wondered             B. discussed          C. studied              D. looked

7. A. fall                    B. tree                   C. wind                 D. nest

8. A. hate               B. lose                   C. miss                 D. love

9. A. picked up              B. turned to           C. got to                D. reached for

10. A. excitement       B. regret                C. sadness             D. disappointment

11. A. normal             B. peace                C. sorrow                  D. safety

12. A. enjoyed            B. played            C. treated                  D. cared for

13. A. doubted                  B. found             C. believed             D. feared

14. A. right now            B. right then           C. from now on     D. now and then

15. A. gently                 B. loudly             C. strongly            D. firmly

16. A. Nothing else       B. Nobody else       C. Nothing           D. Something

17. A. as usual                  B. as if                  C. even though     D. though

18. A. break                  B. rise                  C. show                     D. lift

19. A. dead                   B. injured             C. OK                 D. alive

20. A. where                 B. what                 C. how                D. when

Answer 1

1—5 BDBCA  6—10 BACDC  11—15 ADCBA  16—20 ABDCA