完形填空。
My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet (宠物) for a long time.
Last spring I bought two newly-hatched chickens for her. She got
1 and took good care of them.
2 ,
a few days later, both chickens died. She burst into tears from
3 , I helped her
4 the two birds under a
tree behind our house. I thought it would be the
5 of her ideas.
6 I was wrong. Children are children
7 . The failure hasn't
8 my daughter in any way. She still tried
to keep a small animal or even a snail.
One day last winter, I noticed under the eaves (屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows. My daughter and
I could
9 the sparrows as our "pets", but we didn't. So I told her to
10 the grains in the windowsill. A few
minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill
11 and pecked at the rice. Suddenly my daughter
asked me, Mum, can we catch and
12 the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How
13 it is for
them to live outside?
"Oh, my dear, I do not think it's a good idea. You know, "I explained to her." the sparrow is a bird who
loves
14 . No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will
15 quickly. They are
16 to living
outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves."
From then on, we have set up a kind of
17 with the sparrow family. We feed them frequently and
18 them
as pet birds. However, we do not need to
19 them. We
20 seeing these little birds flying and jumping among
branches, leaves and flowers in the spring mornings.
( )1. A. exciting
( )2. A. Naturally
( )3. A. excitement
( )4. A. bury
( )5. A. end
( )6. A. Thus
( )7. A. at all
( )8. A. upset
( )9. A. look
( )10. A. throw
( )11. A. one after another
( )12. A. stay
( )13. A. free
( )14. A. freedom
( )15. A. please
( )16. A. safe
( )17. A. neighbour
( )18. A. think
( )19. A. hurt
( )20. A. enjoy |
B. excited
B. Suddenly
B. feeling
B. put
B. beginning
B. Then
B. in all
B. encourage
B. act
B. pour
B. one another
B. cage
B. happy
B. spring
B. starve
B. proud
B. understanding
B. dream
B. possess
B. would like |
C. disappointed
C. Unfortunately
C. sorrow
C. dig
C. wish
C. Therefore
C. after all
C. help
C. catch
C. pile
C. every other
C. love
C. cold
C. trees
C. suffer
C. happy
C. friendship
C. treat
C. belong to
C. want |
D. encouraged
D. Finally
D. heart
D. set
D. reality
D. However
D. for all
D. impress
D. feed
D. scatter
D. each other
D. watch
D. warm
D. flying
D. die
D. used
D. confusing
D. appreciate
D. hatch
D. consider |