There was once a lovely girl who wanted love very much. One day 　26　 　she was walking in the forest, she found two dying birds. She took them home and put them in a small __27 __ . She was happy to have two “friends”. She 　28　 　them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl happened to 　29　 　the door of the cage open. The larger and the __30　 　of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was 　31　 　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 __32　 　a sound from the bird. When she opened her 　33　 　, the bird had already been dead. Her 　34　 　killed the bird! Then she noticed _ 35　 　bird jumping up and down inside the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom. It wanted to fly into the clear, blue ___36 　. So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away _ 37　 　. The bird circled once, twice and three times. The girl　 　__38　 　as the bird flew. She didn’t care about 　39　 　the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the　 　___40　 　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.

26. A. while　　　　 B. after　　　　 C. before　　　　 D. until

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

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

29. A. forget　　　　 B. leave　　　　　 C. remember　　 D. close

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

31. A. grateful　　　 B. sad　　　　　　 C. afraid　　　　 D. happy

32. A. listen　　　　 B. make　　　　　 C. see　　　　　 D. hear

33. A. door　　　　 B. window　　　　 C. hand　　　　 D. eyes

34. A. love　　　　 B. foot　　　　　　 C. luck　　　　 D. wish

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

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

37. A. sadly　　　　 B. happily　　　　　 C. likely　　　　 D. highly

38. A. watched　　　 B. saw　　　　　　 C. looked at　　　 D. left

39. A. having　　　 B. losing　　　　　　 C. catching　　　 D. missing

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

25. The cartoon “Mulan” is ___ unusual film and __ story happened in China.

　 A. a, the　　 B. an, the　　 C. the, a　　 D. an, a

24. Please keep the windows _______. It’s too hot inside.

　 A. opened　 B. opening　　 C. closed　　 D. open

23. Miss Smith with her parents _________China since__________.

A. has been in, two years ago　　　　　　　 B. has gone to, two years

C. have been to, two years　　　 　　　　　D. have come to, two years ago

22. - ________ is the museum?　　 -It’s about ten minutes by bike.

A. Where　　　 B. How far　　　 C. How long　　 D. How soon

21. Lucy knew nothing about it ________ her sister told her.

　　 A. because　　　 B. until　　　 C. if　　　 D. after

20. There are ______ people in the park today than yesterday because it’s raining hard.

　 A. more　　　 B. less　　　 C. larger　　　 D. fewer

19. I didn’t have a good time during the Spring Festival because after eating and drinking, I had _________ to do.

　 A. nothing else　 B. something else　 C. anything else　 　　　D. some other thing