Question

III.短文填空用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每个词限用一次。

cage,other,watch,take,two,with,thin,careful,clear,open Helen loves small animals very much. One day she found two weak birds in the grass. She 1.

them home and put them in a small cage. She looked after them 2. and the birds were both strong. They often thanked her 3. beauti ful songs.

But something happened one morning. Helen left the door of the cage 4. . One bird flew out from the cage. Helen hurried to catch it'so the bird was in the 5. again. It looked unhappy,and it was thinner and 6. . A few days later,it died. Helen was very sad. She thought her great love had killed the bird.

The 7. bird was moving here and there in the cage. Helen knew the bird needed freedom. It wanted to fly into the 8. and blue sky. So she took it out of the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled once,9. ，three times …

Helen enjoyed 10. the bird flying happily. It sang the sweetest song that she had never heard.

The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight. The best way to keep love is to give it wings (翅膀) .

Answer 1

III. 1. took   2. carefully   3. with   4. open

5. cage   6. thinner   7. other   8. clear   9. twice   10. watching