Mary loved small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found   1  weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them m a small cage(笼子). She cared them with love and the birds both grew  2. They thanked her  3  a wonderful song every morning.

     But something happened one day. Mary left the door of. the  4  open Then larger bird flew from the cage. She thought it Would  5   A s it flew close, she grasped(紧抓) it. She was very exited to catch it. 6 she felt strange. She opened her hand looked sadly at the  7  bird, Her great love had killed the bird!

     The other bird was moving back and froth(来回) in the cage. Mary could  8  its great need for freedom(自由). It wanted to fly into the clear and blue 9  . At once, Mary took the bird 10  the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled once: twice, three times…

     Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing  11 .  Suddenly the bird flew  12  and landed softly on her head. It sang the  13  song that she had ever heard.

     The   14   way to lose love is to hold it too tight(紧的). The best way to keep love is to  15  it wings(翅膀).

1. A. some                B. several           C. tow             D. three

2. A. small                 B. strong           C. thin             D. fired

3. A. with                  B. for              C. about                   D. at

4. A. house                B. room            C. cage                    D. garden

5 A. return                 B. die              C. fly back         D. fly away

6. A. Suddenly             B. Usually           C. Easily             D. Hardly

7. A. living                 B. interesting         C. lucky                   D. dead

8. A. take                  B. feel              C. say              D. get

9. A. river                 B. trees             C. sky              D. box

10. A. out of               B, out from         C. out off                  D. away of

11. A. sadly               B, happily          C. friendly          D. angrily

12. A. higher              B. farther           C. closer            D. later

13. A. sweetest            B. poorest           C. worst             D. loudest

14. A easiest               B. hardest           C. most friendly     D. kindest

15. A. show               B. give             C. pass            D. buy