题目内容
When I was a boy of twelve, I lived in South Carolina with my family. Every morning many _________________ would come and rest in the tree and sing. There isn't any sound that can be ___________ than the song of the birds. I decided to ____________ a young bird and keep it in a cage so that I could have my own musician. I finally caught one and put it in a cage. The bird was __________________ and cried loudly, but finally it became quiet in its new home. I felt happy and ___________ my little musician carefully, giving it food and water.
The next day, the bird's mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ____________ up everything she brought. But the following morning, I found it lying on the bottom of the cage, dead. I was very ___________ ! What had happened?
Arthur Wayne, a famous scientist, happened to hear me crying over the death of my bird. He told me the ____________ . "A mother bird, finding her young child in a cage, will sometimes bring it poisonous food. She thinks it's better for her young to ___________ than to live in a cage."
Since than, I never catch any birds or put them in a cage. All the birds have the right to _____________ in the sky.
1.A. neighbours B. people C. birds D. children
2.A. louder B. noisier C. more terrible D. more beautiful
3.A. buy B. catch C. kill D. draw
4.A. lucky B. silent C. frightened D. strong
5.A. cared for B. looked at C. listened to D. played with
6.A. washed B. cleaned C. used D. ate
7.A. excited B. useless C. shocked D. boring
8.A. story B. truth C. way D. experience
9.A. die B. play C. sing D. stay
10.A. jump B. fly C. dance D. eat
