2 . A man was traveling in the mountains and stayed in a hotel for the night. He was a great fighter and spent his lifetime fighting for freedom. He was _______ that in the hotel there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually _______ “Freedom!” The man thought, “I have seen many parrots, and I believe they all want _______, but I have never seen such a parrot whose whole day is spent in _______ its dream.” Suddenly, he had a(n) _______. In the middle of that night, when the hotel owner was _______, he got up and opened the door of the cage. He _______ to the parrot, “Now get out.”
Then, he was very _______. The parrot was clinging (抓住) to the bars of the cage. He said to the bird again and again, “Have you _______ about freedom? Just get out! The door is ________ and your owner is asleep; nobody will ever ________. You just fly into the sky; the whole ________ is yours.”
The parrot was clinging so deeply, so ________ that the man said, “What is the matter? Are you ________?” He tried to take the parrot out with his ________, but the parrot started pecking (啄) at him, and at the same time it was still shouting “Freedom!” However, the man was also ________. He pulled the parrot out and ________ it into the sky. He was very satisfied ________ his hand was hurt.
In the morning, when the man was ________, he heard the parrot shouting again. He thought perhaps the parrot was sitting on a tree or on a rock, but when he came out, the parrot was sitting in the ________. The door was open.
1. A.tired | B.amazed | C.disappointed | D.embarrassed |
2. A.reading | B.writing | C.singing | D.repeating |
3. A.freedom | B.sisters | C.punishment | D.friends |
4. A.putting forward | B.talking about | C.making up | D.shouting out |
5. 6. A.asleep | B.foolish | C.busy | D.careless |
7. A.cried | B.whispered | C.called | D.screamed |
8. A.happy | B.relaxed | C.sad | D.surprised |
9. A.worried | B.talked | C.forgotten | D.heard |
10. A.new | B.open | C.locked | D.small |
11. A.agree | B.recognize | C.blame | D.know |
12. 13. A.hard | B.fast | C.excitedly | D.directly |
14. A.glad | B.crazy | C.painful | D.upset |
15. 16. A.brave | B.strange | C.stubborn | D.grateful |
17. A.looked | B.threw | C.carried | D.lifted |
18. A.therefore | B.unless | C.since | D.although |
19. A.showing up | B.coming back | C.cheering up | D.waking up |
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