An old man(1)      on Maple Lane. None of his neighbours know much about him. They wonder why

he(2)     leaves his home, why he keeps his lights off at night, and why he often yells (大喊)at children to be quiet when they are playing outside his house. Children are(3)     him. When they walk (4)     his house, they stop talking and laughing, and walk very quickly. All his neighbours think he is (5)     and unkind. Only one person on Maple   Lane understands the old man. That is Maria. Maria lives(6)     door to the old man. She(7)     be afraid of the old man too, until one day she looked out of her window and saw him feeding a little bird in his garden. Then, she understood the old man is a bird lover and a birdwatcher. He rarely leaves his home so that he can always watch the birds that fly past his window. He keeps his lights (8)     so that he can see the birds very clearly through his binoculars. He yells at children to be quiet because he does not want them to(9)     the birds. Only Maria understands birds are the10)     thing to the old man.

(   ) 1. A. live      B. lived      C. has lived      D. lives

(   ) 2. A. rarely      B. sometimes    C. often    D. likely

(   ) 3. A. afraid to      B. afraid of      C. afraid for  D. afraid from

(   ) 4. A. pass      B. across      C. past      D. crossed

(   ) 5. A. strange      B. stranger      C. strangely   D. strangest

(   ) 6. A. side      B. beside      C. behind      D. next

(   ) 7. A. was      B. once      C. used to      D. has

(   ) 8. A. in      B. off      C. on      D. around

(   ) 9. A. attack      B. hurt      C. frighten      D. shake

(   ) 10. A. most good       B. most happy  C. most lovely  D. most important

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