Mary loved small animals. One morning, while she was walking in the forest, she found _ 26   weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them in a small cage (笼子). She looked after them well with love and the birds both grew _ 27  . They thanked her _ 28   a wonderful song every morning.

    But something happened one day. Mary left the door of the cage _ 29  . The larger bird flew from the cage. She thought that it would _ 30  . As it flew close, she grasped (紧抓) it. She was very excited to catch (抓住) it. Suddenly she felt _ 31  . She opened her hand and looked sadly at the dead bird. The great love had _ 32   the bird!
    _ 33  bird was moving back and forth (来回) in the cage. Mary could _ 34   its great need for freedom. It wanted to fly into the clear and blue _ 35  . At once, Mary took the bird _ 36   the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled(盘旋) once, twice, three times…

    Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing _ 37  . Suddenly the bird flew _ 38   and landed softly on her shoulder (肩膀). It sang the most beautiful song that she ever _ 39  .

    The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight(紧紧地). The best way to keep love is to _ 40   it wings (翅膀).

（    ）26. A. one                     B. two                C. three                 D. some

（    ）27. A. small                  B. strong               C. thin                   D. tired

（    ）28. A. with                   B. for                    C. about                D. at

（    ）29. A. dirty                   B. clean                 C. open                 D. closed

（    ）30. A. return                 B. die                    C. fly back            D. fly away

（    ）31. A. strange            B. injured         C. happy         D. angry

（    ）32. A. saved                  B. helped            C. made                D. killed

（    ）33. A. Another               B. Other                C. The others         D. The other

（    ）34. A. take                    B. feel                   C. say                   D. get

（    ）35. A. river                   B. trees                 C. sky                   D. box

（    ）36. A. out of                 B. out from            C. out off                     D. away of

（    ）37. A. sadly                  B. happily              C. friendly             D. angrily

（    ）38. A. higher                 B. farther               C. closer               D .later

（    ）39. A. heard               B. met                C. listened             D. seen

（    ）40. A. show                  B. give                  C. pass                  D. buy

One spring morning a rich man went to the bank. Next to the bank was a beautiful park with a small pond in it. _31___ he went home, he walked in the park. He was very troubled to see that the park was very __32__. There was trash everywhere.

Suddenly, something caught his eye. He saw a child throw a plastic ___33_ into the pond. He was very sad to see this.

The man had an idea. He ___34_ up a dirty, white bag from the ground. Then he put some __35___ in it and wrote a note. He put the bag on the ground _36____ some beautiful red flowers. Then he sat down and __37__. 

Many people___38__ to look at the beautiful flowers. Everyone complained about the trash, but no one picked any of it up. "It's not __39__ to put trash in a trash can. Why are people so __40__?" said one person. "Why doesn't someone take away this trash?" said another.

The rich man was not happy to hear this, __41__ he waited and waited. Then, two girls stopped to look at the flowers.

"Aren't these flowers beautiful?" one said.

"Yes, they are," _42____ said. "They'd be more beautiful _43___ this bag of trash weren't here." She picked up the white bag and was ___44__ to see a note, which said: "This bag has money in it, not trash. I'm glad to _45____ it to the person who cares about clean parks."

31. A. After      B.Since     C. Then       D. Before

32.A. small      B.dirty      C.big         D.clean

33.A.bag        B.pen       C.present      D.book

34.A.waited for  B.looked over  C. found out  D.picked up

35.A.words     B.food      C.money       D.trash

36.A.near       B.off       C.through      D.over

37.A. helped    B.waited   C.went          D.left

38.A hated     B.enjoyed    C.stopped      D.wanted

39.A.hard     B.easy     C.close           D.comfortable

40.A.tired     B.strong    C.young         D.lazy

41.A.or       B.but       C.for           D.as

42.A.others    B.some     C.the other      D.another

43.A. if       B.unless    C.until          D.though

44.A.angry    B.upset     C.worried       D.surprised

45.A borrow   B.give     C.find           D.lend