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

I live in a big city．It’s noisy and dirty and I always feel very 36 ．At the weekends I like to leave the city and get some 37 air and have a good rest．A few weeks ago I decided to go to see my 38 . I was really looking forward to them．

　 My parents live a long way away．I went to see them with James，a friend of 39 ．And we drove there on Friday night．In the middle of the road it began to rain．The roads became very wet and it was difficult to 40 ．We 41 home just after midnight，feeling very tired．The next morning it was still raining．James took his car to a garage(汽车修理站)which was very good．

In the afternoon the 42 got better．We wanted to go for a drive．My parents 43　 us their car．But their car wasn’t very good．It didn’t 　44 on the way. How 45 we were! We had to ring up the garage． “Oh”，they said，“your car won’t 　46 until tomorrow．”So it wasn’t 47 for us to go for a drive．We had to stay at my parents’ home all day．On Sunday my mother 48 a heavy box on her foot and we had to hire(雇佣)a taxi 49 her to hospital．When James and I drove back home on Sunday afternoon，we got stuck(堵车)in a car accident．Oh，my God! Next time if 1 want a rest，I’11 stay in the 50 .

( 　)36. A. energetic　 　B. surprised　　 C. happy　　 　D. tired

( 　)37. A. cold　　　　 B. cool　　　　 C. dry　　　 　D. fresh

( 　)38. A. comrades　　 B. friend　　　 C. parents　　 D. neighbors

( 　)39. A. I　　　　　 B. me　　　　　 C. mine　　　 D. my

( 　)40. A. ride　　　　 B. drive　　　　 C. walk　　　 D. drove

( 　)41. A.. arrived at　 　 B. arrived in　 　C. arrived　 　D. got to

( 　)42. A. sky　　　　 B. earth　　　　 C. weather　 　D. work

(　 )43. A. 1ent　　　　 B. borrowed　　 C. 1end　　　 D. borrow

( 　 )44. A. move　　　 B. run　　　　　 C. start　　 　 D. work

( 　)45. A. 1uckily　　 B. 1ucky　　　　 C. unlucky　 　D. unluckily

( 　)46. A. be repaired　 B. be repair　 　 C. repaired　 　D. been repaired

( 　)47. A. easy　　　　 B. possible　　 C. necessary　 　D. right

( 　)48. A. put　　　　 B. threw　　　　 C. drop　　　 D. dropped

( 　)49. A. to bring　　 　B. to take　　　 　C. bring　　 　 D. take

( 　)50. A. country　　 B. city　　　　 C. mountain　 D.village