We got in touch ________ each other ________ radio.

1. A.
   with; by
2. B.
   with; on
3. C.
   to; on
4. D.
   to; by

If I raised the question, “What would be the last thing you would expect to happen while watching your son’s flag football game?” you probably still couldn’t come up with what happened to me and my family.

As we were sitting on the sidelines enjoying the game, a low-flying bird came swooping in attempting to land on my daughter’s head! It honestly came out of nowhere. We were seated by ourselves on the tree lined side of the field. I was able to calm my daughter’s shock and fear once I showed her that the bird was not some wild animal, it was in fact, somebody’s pet!

Now, we’re sitting at the outdoor fields of the Pontiac Silverdome, far from any populated area, wondering where this very social cockatiel, an Australian parrot (澳洲鹦鹉) could have come from. I walked up to the bird and put out my hand. Immediately, it hopped on and chirped in a friendly way. We looked around us and knew that we could not just leave and suppose that the bird would return to where it came from. This was a very domesticated bird that needed help or it would not survive.

The flag football game had ended so we walked the bird over to other groups of adults and asked if they knew of anyone who had lost a bird. All the kids were excited about the bird and fed it with some post game snacks. The bird’s nails were getting long and he was looking pretty dirty, so we knew it had been out here for a long time and was hungry. Since its wings were clipped, it could fly a little but probably not more than 100 yards or so at a try. We all just scratched our heads as a group wondering what to do with the lost bird.

We explained to the kids that this bird needed our help since it was someone’s pet and would not know how to get its own food, and it could not fly well since its wings were clipped. The kids understood, and all of them wanted to take the bird home! The parents however, knew this was not a good choice as one had a large dog, another two cats, etc. We explained to the kids that one of us could take the bird home for the night and then bring it to the Humane Society in the morning in hopes to connect it to its owners. We couldn’t keep the bird. It wasn’t ours. This was tough for the kids to understand at first. We couldn’t just leave the bird either. There was no way it could attend itself. The group of us sat around the Silverdome practice fields for quite a while trying to determine the best course of choice for the lost bird. It was getting dark out but no one was willing to leave that parking lot until we had a game plan for how to help the bird.

The owner of the football league, Chris Novak, offered to take the bird. It was extremely nice of him and he really stepped in to help while all the rest of us who had kids tugging on our shirts and begging to take it home. We took a box and put a bunch of holes in it and he brought it home for the night. Another mom went online and found a family that had lost a bird that looked just like the one we’d found. She emailed the info to Chris who got in touch with the family and the next day, reunited the bird with the family that lost it almost 3 weeks earlier! When Chris emailed us to let us know, we could not believe that this bird had traveled from The Rochester Tienken area all the way to the Silverdome!

We were so happy to be able to save this bird and get it back to its family. I showed my kids the email about how the other family got their pet back. The family has 3 kids who were so happy to see their bird. My kids realized what a nice ending this story had. Not only had we been able to save this bird’s life, but we were able to bring it back to the family that loves and misses him.

The life lesson in the missing bird story seemed to miss its mark with my kids at first. They were a little bummed out that they couldn’t keep the lost bird. I explained to them that when an animal or someone needs help, you just can’t turn a blind eye and hope everything works out OK. The “lost bird incident” was also a reminder to them that teamwork and the kindness of strangers can make a world of difference and that a group of well-meaning strangers can work together to help someone. It wasn’t a heroic act, but one that I knew had sunk in with my kids when they realized that trying to help was the best and only real course of action. 　

1.What happened when the author watched his son’s football games?

A．A parrot tried to eat their food.

B．His daughter was hurt by a parrot.

C．A parrot flew towards his daughter.

D．A parrot landed on his daughter’s head.

2.The underlined word “domesticated” in the second paragraph probably means_______.

A．having been abandoned                  B．having been used to home life

C．having been used to life in the wild          D．having been week and hungry

3.Who was the first one to find the bird’s owner?

A．The author                            B．Chris Novak

C．The Humane Society                     D．A participant’s mother

4.What can be learned from the “lost bird incident”?

A．Strangers can also work well together.

B．Humane Society helps children in teamwork.

C．Children can keep lost injured pet birds home.

D．Helping others is always regarded as a heroic act.

5.What did the author want to tell in the text?

A．How to help a lost parrot to find home.

B．The experience of watching a football games.

C．The importance of teamwork and helping others.

D．How a parrot can fly a long distance from home.

6.The best title of the text should be________. 

A．What Animals Can Teach Us

B．Complete Care for a Lost Bird

C．Life Lessons When You Least Expect It

D．Love First, Teamwork and Kindness Second

I used to work as a waitress in a little restaurant. I felt frustrated then so I had been   31 that period. I hadn’t told anybody except my employer. Somehow a   32  had overheard (无意中听到) my saying that I had to go to another   33 . As I passed her table, she   34  me a card with her phone number on it. She explained that she lived in Sydney and that I should call   35  I needed any help.

Some weeks later, it was time for   36  appointment(约会) in Sydney and I flew there. I was   37  as I had never been there before and didn’t   38  anyone else there. So I   39  to ring the lady who had given me her   40  number, even though I had only met her that once.   41  I had arrived, she was very excited and came   42  to meet me. She gave me a bed and a meal and took me to my appointment the next day and afterwards, she took me back to the   43 .

She treated me so   44  that I offered her a gift to express my   45  but she refused. She said “Your   46  to me is to offer your help to another when it is   47 .” Over the months we kept in touch but then for some reason our communication got less and less   48 .

I always felt I wasn’t giving enough to others as a   49 , but she had told me that I gave her very much and the way I   50  people was a gift. I now give a hand to others every day even if it is only a smile to those who have none to give.

1.                A．going through    B．worrying about   C．wishing for    D．dreaming of

2.                A．manager        B．waiter          C．customer D．friend

3.                A．restaurant      B．school          C．town D．city

4.                A．showed        B．handed         C．lent  D．returned

5.                A．before         B．after           C．if    D．because

6.                A．her            B．their           C．my  D．his

7.                A．pleased        B．tired           C．scared   D．honest

8.                A．help           B．know           C．meet D．serve

9.                A．decided        B．promised       C．refused   D．expected

10.               A．room          B．hotel          C．car   D．phone

11.               A．Considering     B．Admitting       C．Learning   D．Thinking

12.               A．secretly        B．immediately     C．slowly D．unwillingly

13.               A．room          B．airport         C．park  D．station

14.               A．calmly         B．warmly         C．coldly D．poorly

15.               A．thankfulness     B．concern        C．excitement D．attitude

16.               A．advice         B．question        C．pay   D．gift

17.               A．needed        B．tested          C．appreciated    D．accepted

18.               A．frequent       B．valuable        C．important  D．meaningful

19.               A．nurse          B．waitress        C．teacher   D．cook

20.               A．laughed at      B．recognized      C．talked about    D．treated

I used to work as a waitress in a little restaurant. I felt frustrated then so I had been   26   that period. I hadn’t told anybody except my employer. Somehow a   27   had overheard (无意中听到) my saying that I had to go to another    28  . As I passed her table, she   29   me a card with her phone number on it. She explained that she lived in Sydney and that I should call   30  I needed any help.

Some weeks later, it was time for   31   appointment in Sydney and I flew there. I was   32  as I had never been there before and didn’t   33   anyone else there. So I   34   to ring the lady who had given me her   35   number, even though I had only met her that once. 36     I had arrived, she was very excited and came   37   to meet me. She gave me a bed and a meal and took me to my appointment the next day and afterwards, she took me back to the   38 . She treated me so   39   that I offered her a gift to express my   40   but she refused. She said “Your   41   to me is to offer your help to another when it is   42  .” Over the months we kept in touch but then for some reason our communication got less and less   43  .

I always felt I wasn’t giving enough to others as a   44  , but she had told me that I gave her very much and the way I   45   people was a gift. I now give a hand to others every day even if it is only a smile to those who have none to give.

26．A. going through        B. worrying about        C. wishing for                     D. dreaming of

27．A. manager                B. waiter                   C. customer                D. friend

28．A. restaurant                  B. school                            C. town                       D. city

29．A. showed                  B. handed                   C. lent                         D. returned

30．A. before                        B. after                        C. if                          D. because

31．A. her                         B. their                        C. my                          D. his

32．A. pleased                  B. tired                        C. scared                        D. honest

33．A. help                        B. know                       C. meet                       D. serve

34．A. decided                  B. promised                C. refused                   D. expected

35．A. room                      B. hotel                       C. car                          D. phone

36．A. Considering           B. Admitting                C. Learning              D. Thinking

37．A. secretly                  B. immediately            C. slowly                         D. unwillingly

38.  A. room                            B. airport                            C. park                     D. station

39．A. calmly                         B. warmly                    C. coldly                   D. poorly

40．A. thankfulness          B. concern                  C. excitement                  D. attitude

41．A. advice                        B. question                 C. pay                         D. gift

42．A. needed                  B. tested                            C. appreciated                D. accepted

43．A. frequent                 B. valuable                  C. important                D. meaningful

44．A. nurse                         B. waitress                  C. teacher                   D. cook

45．A. laughed at                  B. recognized                  C. talked about           D. treated

A husband-and-wife team from California reached the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900- mile-cross
-country walk, becoming the first to backpack the American Discovery Trail in one continuous
walk. 
Marcia and Ken powers, of Pleasanton, started the travel across 13 states, through 14 national parks and 16 national forests on Feb. 27 from Cape Henlopen in Delaware. Nearly eight months later, the excited couple walked through water into the Pacific Ocean at Point Reyes, a day ahead of time. 
“We are a little sad that a great adventure is over. It was a fantastic adventure. And now we go home and just do housework. It's really sad.” Marcia, who said she's in her 50s, and her 60-year-old husband traversed cities, desert, mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacifics alone with arms around each other' s backpacks.
They overcame deep snow in the East, a quicksand in Utah, close lightning strikes in the Mid- west and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off. But they enjoyed the French history of St. Louis' the beauty of the Colorado Rockies and the kindness of strangers they met along the way. They particularly remember two brothers ---- a
doctor and dentist-------who put them up in their homes, after terrible days, and a motorcyclist who gave them water after they failed to find any on Utah's lonely Wah Wah Desert.
“Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful people.” Marcia Powers said. “We got to meet people that we would never meet in our daily living at home. We got to touch it with our feet and hands and smell all its scents and hear its wildlife. It' s an amazing country,” she added.
【小题1】Which of the following about couple's walk is TRUE?