Question

There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day while she was walking in the forests, she found two dying birds. She took them home and put them in a small _____. She was happy to have two “friends”. She __ __ them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl happened to leave the door of the cage open. The larger and the___ ___ of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was afraid that it would fly away. She caught it quickly, she felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn’t __ a sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her_ ___ killed the bird! Then she noticed ___ __bird jumping up and down _____ the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom(自由) . It wanted to fly into the clear, blue _____. So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away highly. The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl __ as the bird flew. She didn’t care about losing the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the ____ song she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

1.A. box B. basket C. cage D. bag

2.A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after D. looked over

3.A. stronger B. lazier C. weaker D. smaller

4.A. listen B. make C. describe D. hear

5.A. love B. joke C. luck D. wish

6.A. one B. the other C. another D. other

7.A. outside B. inside C. beside D. behind

8.A. sea B. hill C. forest D. sky

9.A. watched B. saw C. guided D. escaped

10.A. worst B. oldest C. newest D. sweetest

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過講述一個女孩把兩只鳥放在籠子里養，后來不小心把其中的一只鳥抓死的故事，告訴人們抓緊愛會很快失去愛，放飛愛會保持愛的道理。

1. box 盒子；B. basket 籃子；C. cage 籠子；D. Bag袋子，句意：她把它們拿回家放在一個籠子里。根據上下文是把鳥放進籠子里，故選C。

2. for尋找；B. looked at看；C. looked after照顧； D. looked over檢查，句意：她用愛來照顧它們，鳥兒也長強壯了。根據語境是照顧小鳥，所以選C。

3. Stronger更強壯；B. Lazier更懶；C. Weaker更虛弱； D. Smaller更小，句意：那個較大的和較強壯的飛出了籠子。根據語境是較強壯的那只鳥飛出，故選A。

4. Listen聽； B. Make制作；C. Describe描述；D. Hear聽到，句意：突然她聽不到這只鳥的聲音。根據句意及上下文是聽不到，故選 D。

5. Love愛； B. Joke玩笑；C. Luck幸運；D. Wish愿望，句意：她的愛心殺死了這只鳥。根據句意及語境此題應選A。

6. One一個；B. the other兩者中另一個；C. Another三者或三者以上的另一個；D. Other其他，句意：然后她注意到另一只鳥在籠子里跳來跳去。根據句意及語境是指兩只鳥中的另一只，所以選the other，故選 B。

7. Outside外面；B. inside 里面； C. Beside旁邊； D. Behind后面，句意：然后她注意到另一只鳥在籠子里跳來跳去。根據句意是另一只鳥在籠子里跳來跳去，故選 B。

8. A. Sea大海； B. Hill小山；C. Forest森林；D. Sky天空，句意：它想飛到清潔的藍色天空去。根據語境是小鳥想飛向天空，故選 D。

9. Watched觀看；B. Saw看到；C. Guided指導；D. Escaped逃跑，句意：鳥兒飛翔時這個女孩觀看著。根據句意是指關注，觀看，故選A。

10. Worst最壞的；B. Oldest最老的； C. Newest最新的； D. Sweetest最甜美的，句意：它唱著女孩曾經聽過的最甜美的歌。根據語境是小鳥很高興，所以唱最甜美的歌，故選D。

考點：故事類短文