题目内容：

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.

1.A. danger                         B. life                          C. health                      D. help

2.A. refused                        B. decided                    C. managed                  D. failed

3.A. cleaning                      B. sweeping                  C. building                   D. dirtying

4.A. fed                              B. noticed                     C. caught                      D. killed

5.A. return                          B.fly                            C. stay                         D. cry

6.A. and                             B. if                             C. but                          D. until

7.A. strange                        B. sweet                       C.loud                          D. familiar

8.A. cat                              B. sparrow                    C. basket                      D. stick

9.A. coin                            B. watch                       C. ring                         D. cup

10.A. bring                         B. take                         C. care                         D. put

11.A. afraid                        B.sad                           C. nervous                    D.excited

12.A. However                    B. Therefore                 C. Instead                     D. Luckily

13.A. way                           B. mark                        C. picture                     D. sign

14.A. forbade                      B. forced                      C. begged                     D. helped

15.A. food                          B. treasure                    C. rooms                      D.plant

16.A. bowl                         B. box                          C. chair                        D. basket

17.A. covered                     B. empty                      C. big                          D. small

18.A. pleased                      B. afraid                       C. anxious                    D. hopeful

19.A. laid                           B. broke                       C. hid                          D. opened

20.A. walked                      B. ran                          C. flew                         D. jumped