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There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day 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 the door of the cage open. The larger and the of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was 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 , the bird was already dead. Her killed the bird！Then she noticed bird jumping up and down inside the cage. She could feel great need for freedom. It wanted to fly into the clear, blue . So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away . The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl watched as the bird flew. She didn’t care about 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(翅膀).
1.A. while B. after C. before D. u
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2.A. box B. basket C. cage D. bag
3.A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after D. looked over
4.A. forget B. leave C. lock D. close
5.A. stronger B. lazier C. weaker D. smaller
6.A. grateful B. proud C. afraid D. happy
7.A. listen B. make C. describe D. hear
8.A. door B. window C. hand D. mouth
9.A. love B. joke C. luck D. wish
10.A. one B. the other C. another D. other
11.A. it B. its C. it’s D. it was
12.A. sea B. hill C. forest D. sky
13.A. angrily B. happily C. loudly D. highly
14.A. losing B. loving C. killing D. feeding
15.A. worst B. oldest C. newest D. sweetest
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There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day 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 the door of the cage open. The larger and the of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was 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 , 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. It wanted to fly into the clear, blue . So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away . 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. while B. after C. before D. until
2.A. box B. basket C. cage D. bag
3.A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after D. looked over
4.A. forget B. leave C. lock D. close
5.A. stronger B. lazier C. weaker D. smaller
6.A. grateful B. proud C. afraid D. happy
7.A. listen B. make C. describe D. hear
8.A. door B. window C. hand D. mouth
9.A. love B. joke C. luck D. wish
10.A. one B. the other C. another D. other
11.A. outside B. inside C. beside D. behind
12.A. sea B. hill C. forest D. sky
13.A. angrily B. happily C. loudly D. highly
14.A. watched B. saw C. guided D. escaped
15.A. worst B. oldest C. newest D. sweetest
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There was once a lonely girl. She wanted love very much. One day_____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_______the door of the cage open．The larger and the________ of the two flew out of the cage．The girl was_________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__________，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______．The bird circled(转圈)once，twice and three times．The girl watched as the bird flew．She didn’t care about____ the bird any more．She wanted it to be happy．Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder(肩膀)．It sang the_______ song she had ever heard．The fastest wav to lose love is to hold on it too tightly，and the best way to keep love is to give it wings．
1.A. while B. after C. before D. until
2.A. box B. basket C. cage D. bag
3.A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after D. looked over
4.A. forget B. leave C. lock D. close
5.A. stronger B. lazier C. weaker D. smaller
6.A. grateful B. sad C. afraid D. happy
7.A. 1isten B. make C. describe D. hear
8.A. door B. window C. hand D. mouth
9.A. love B. joke C. luck D. wish
10.A. one B. the other C. another D. other
11.A. outside B. inside C. beside D. behind
12.A. sea B. hill C. forest D. sky
13.A. angrily B. happily C. loudly D. highly
14.A. losing B. loving C. killing D. feeding
15.A. worst B. oldest C. newest D. sweetest
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There was once a lonely(孤独的)girt who wanted love very much．One day while she was walking in the forest，she found two 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 forgot to close the door of the cage（笼子）．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(声音)from the bird．When she opened her hand，the bird was already dead(死)．Her_____killed(杀死)the bird! Then she saw_____bird jumping up and down_____the cage．She could feel its great need for freedom(自由)．It wanted to fly into the blue sky(天空)．So she let it fly away_____．The bird circled(转圈)once，twice，and three times．The girl_____as the bird flew．She didn’t care about(在乎)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(她所听过的)．
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly(紧)，and the best way to keep love is to give it wings（翅膀）．
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. sadly B. happily C. loudly D. highly
9.A. watched B. saw C. looked D. heard
10.A. worst B. oldest C. newest D. sweetest
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There was once a rich man who loved his little boy very much. He wanted to try his best to please him. So, he gave him a horse to ride, beautiful rooms to live in, pictures, books, toys and everything that money could buy. But for all days, the little boy was still unhappy. He wore a frown(皱眉) wherever he went, he always wished for something he did not have. The man didn’t know how to make his son happy.
One day, a magician came to the man and said to him, "I can make your son happy and turn his frowns into smiles, but you must pay me a great price for telling him the secret."
“All right.” said the man, “No matter what you ask for, I'll give you.” The magician took the boy into a secret room. He wrote something on a piece of paper, and then gave it to the boy. There on the paper came the words, “Do one kind thing for someone every day.” The boy followed the advice and became one of the happiest boys.
Only those who stop thinking about their own happiness can be truly happy.
Judge the following sentences true (T)or false(F)according to the passage.
1.The father wore a frown wherever he went.
2.The boy became happy after he got some presents from his father.
3.The magician helped the boy without any pay.
4.To do one kind thing for his father every day made the boy happy.
5.The passage mainly tells us how to be a truly happy man.
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There was once a rich man who loved his little boy very much. He wanted to try his best to please him. So, he gave him a horse to ride, beautiful rooms to live in, pictures, books, toys and everything that money could buy. But for all days, the little boy was still unhappy. He wore a frown(皱眉) wherever he went, he always wished for something he did not have. The man didn’t know how to make his son happy.
One day, a magician came to the man and said to him, "I can make your son happy and turn his frowns into smiles, but you must pay me a great price for telling him the secret."
“All right.” said the man, “No matter what you ask for, I'll give you.” The magician took the boy into a secret room. He wrote something on a piece of paper, and then gave it to the boy. There on the paper came the words, “Do one kind thing for someone every day.” The boy followed the advice and became one of the happiest boys.
Only those who stop thinking about their own happiness can be truly happy.
Judge the following sentences true (T)or false(F)according to the passage.
1.The father wore a frown wherever he went.
2.The boy became happy after he got some presents from his father.
3.The magician helped the boy without any pay.
4.To do one kind thing for his father every day made the boy happy.
5.The passage mainly tells us how to be a truly happy man.
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There was once a lonely girl who wanted to get love. One day when she was 1. in the woods she found two hungry birds. She took them 2. and put them in a small cage. She looked after them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning, they greeted her with3.wonderful song. The girl loved them very much.
One day the girl left the cage door4.. One bird flew from the cage. The girl was afraid that he would fly away. As he flew close, she caught him wildly. She was very happy5.him. Suddenly she felt the bird unable to walk. She opened her hand6.was surprised to find the bird was dead. Her love 7. him.
She noticed the other bird jumping up and down in the cage. She could feel his great 8. for freedom. She lifted him from the cage and let him fly into the air. She wanted the bird to be happy. The bird circled once, 9., three times. Finally, he flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. He sang the 10. music that she had ever heard.
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Millie was a very lonely girl without friends. She always longed (渴望) so much for love.
One morning Millie found two hungry and weak songbirds while walking in the forest near her house. She took them home and put them in a small cage. After being looked after well with love, the two birds luckily grew strong little by little. Every morning they said hello to Millie with a wonderful song. Millie felt great love for the birds.
One day, Millie left the door to the cage open carelessly. The larger and stronger one of the two birds flew out of the cage. Millie was afraid that the bird would fly away, so as the bird flew close, she caught him wildly. Her heart felt glad of her success in catching him. Suddenly, she felt the bird go limp (无力的). She opened her hand and watched the dying bird in fear until it was dead. It was her desperate love that had killed him.
Millie noticed the other bird moving back and forth in the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. He needed to fly into the clear and blue sky. Unwillingly (不情愿地), Millie lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air. The lucky bird circled once, twice, three times around Millie.
Millie’s heart was no longer concerned with her loss. What she actually wanted to see was that the bird could fly happily. From time to time, the bird flew closer and landed on her shoulder. He sang the sweetest tune that Millie had ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tight, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
1.Where did Millie find the two birds?
A. At the zoo. B. In a cage.
C. Near a garden. D. In a forest.
2.The larger and stronger bird flew out of the cage because _______.
A. he required food greatly B. Millie forgot to close the door
C. he wanted to meet his friends D. Millie treated him wildly
3.The other bird looked very _______ after Millie threw him softly into the air.
A. helpful B. lonely C. bored D. lively
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Millie Loves Birds B. Love Leads to Death
C. Let Love Fly D. Birds Need Love
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There was once a little orphan (孤儿) girl who had no family and no one to love her. She felt sad and lonely.
One day, while she was walking in a garden, she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thornbush (荆棘丛). The more the butterfly tried to free itself, the deeper the thorn cut into its body. The girl carefully helped the butterfly out. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy (仙女).
“For your wonderful kindness,” said the fairy, “I will grant (保证) you any wish you like.”
The little girl thought for a while and replied: “I want to be happy!”
“Very well!” The fairy leaned toward her and whispered (耳语) in her ear. Then the good fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, she stayed happy. Everyone asked her the secret of her happiness. She would only smile and answer: “The secret of happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, her neighbors were afraid that her secret of happiness would die “Tell us, please,” they begged. “Tell us what the good fairy said.”with her.
The lovely old woman simply smiled and said: “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure (安稳的) they seemed, how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
1.What happened when the butterfly tried to free itself from the thornbush?
A. It saved itself. B. It got cut deeper.
C. It got tired. D. It was killed.
2.Why did the fairy grant the little girl a wish?
A. Because the girl begged her to do so.
B. Because it was the fairy’s job.
C. Because the girl helped her out.
D. Because the girl was too poor.
3.How did the fairy grant the little girl’s wish?
A. By giving her a lot of money.
B. By giving her a big house.
C. By helping her find her parents.
D. By telling her how to stay happy.
4.According to the passage, what is the secret of happiness?
A. Being needed by others.
B. Being rich.
C. Being helped by a fairy.
D. Being loved by others.
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There was a king who loved art very much. One day a(n) _________ came and said, “Oh, give me a blank(空白的) wall in your palace and let me _________ a picture on it. It will be more beautiful than anything you have ever seen before.” The king happened to have a big new hall. So he _________ the artist to work on one of the walls.
At the same time, another artist came and said, “Oh, King! Please allow me to work on the _________ wall. I shall make exactly what that man makes on the wall _________looking at his work,” The king decides to give this young man a chance.
The following day they began to work. The first artist brought in some common things, like paint, oil, water and so on. The second one came with a _________ and a bucket(桶).
A month later, they both finished the works. The king went to _________ the first artist’s wall. It was great. He was _________ with it and gave the artist a lot of money. He went to the second man — the same painting was on the opposite wall. The king was quite satisfied and gave him double money. However, he _________ how the second man had made it.
“I just polished the wall with the cloth,” the man said. The wall was made of white marble(大理石). He made it shine like a mirror. The reflection(倒影) of the first painting showed up on it!
It is said the __________ is a reflection of you, too. If you are sad, the world will be sad. If you are happy, the world will be happy.
1.A.musician B.artist C.server D.actress
2.A.put B.copy C.paint D.get
3.A.allowed B.realized C.warned D.decided
4.A.same B.similar C.opposite D.common
5.A.with B.under C.upon D.without
6.A.mirror B.cloth C.stick D.pencil
7.A.see B.touch C.research D.cover
8.A.busy B.cross C.popular D.pleased
9.A.knew B.noticed C.wondered D.agreed
10.A.story B.world C.king D.painter
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