An old man found a sparrow with a broken wing. He brought it home and nursed it back to
26 . Afterwards, though it could fly, the sparrow
27 to leave the house. The old man`s wife asked her husband to get rid of the bird as it was
28 the house.But he wouldn`t listen.
One day while her husband was asleep, the woman
29 the sparrow, took it far away from the house,and let it go,warning it never to
30 . The old man missed his friend and hoped it would come back,
31 it never did. Then one day,several weeks later,he was walking past an old house when he heard a
32 sound.He looked up and there was the
33 , sitting on the gate.The sparrow gave the old man a gold
34 it had found in the house.
The old man did not
35 much about money,but his wife was
36 when she saw the coin,and made up her mind to get more from the sparrow.
37 ,early the next morning she slipped out of her house and made her
38 to the old house.When she saw the sparrow she
39 it to return.
“If you have found
40 __,bring it along and I`ll spend it all on you.”she promised.
The sparrow brought her an old
41 with the help of its friends.The basket was
42 but the woman did not wait to find out what was in it.She grabbed it and ran,
43 that the sparrow would follow and take up residence(住所）in her house again.
The moment she reached home,she
44 the basket,expecting it to be filled to the eaves(屋檐）with gold and silver.Instead,out
45 dozens of sparrows.
The woman spent the rest of her life trying to drive the sparrows out.
| 小题1: | | A．danger | B．life | C．health | D．help |
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| 小题2: | | A．refused | B．decided | C．managed | D．failed |
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| 小题3: | | A．cleaning | B．sweeping | C．building | D．dirtying |
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| 小题4: | | A．fed | B．noticed | C．caught | D．killed |
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| 小题7: | | A．strange | B．sweet | C．loud | D．familiar |
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| 小题8: | | A．cat | B．sparrow | C．basket | D．stick |
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| 小题11: | | A．afraid | B．sad | C．nervous | D．excited |
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| 小题12: | | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Instead | D．Luckily |
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| 小题13: | | A．way | B．mark | C．picture | D．sign |
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| 小题14: | | A．forbade | B．forced | C．begged | D．helped |
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| 小题15: | | A．food | B．treasure | C．rooms | D．plant |
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| 小题16: | | A．bowl | B．box | C．chair | D．basket |
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| 小题17: | | A．covered | B．empty | C．big | D．small |
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| 小题18: | | A．pleased | B．afraid | C．anxious | D．hopeful |
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| 小题19: | | A．laid | B．broke | C．hid | D．opened |
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| 小题20: | | A．walked | B．ran | C．flew | D．jumped |
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