题目内容：

My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time. Last spring I bought two newly-hatched(孵化) chickens for her. She got      and took good care of them.     , a few days later, both chickens died. She burst into tears because of      .I helped her     the two birds under a tree behind our house. I thought it would be the      of her ideas.

     , I was wrong . Children are children     . The failure hasn’t      my daughter in any way. She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.

One day last winter, I noticed under the eaves(屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows(麻雀). My daughter and I could     the sparrows as our “pets”, but we didn’t.

So I told her to    the grains on the windowsill（窗台）. A few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill    and pecked(啄) at the rice. Suddenly my daughter asked me, Mum, can we catch and     the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room？ How    it is for them to live outside？

“Oh, my dear. I do not think it’s a good idea. You know,” I explained to her, “the sparrow is a bird who loves    .No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will    quickly. They are    to living outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves.

From then on, we have set up a kind of      with the sparrow family. We feed them frequently and    them as pet birds. However, we do not need to     them. We     seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the spring morning.

1.A. exciting          B. excited        C. disappointed      D. encouraged

2.A. Naturally         B. Suddenly       C. Unfortunately     D. Finally

3.A. leaving           B. their death    C. the chickens      D. them

4.A. Bury        B. put           C. dig     D. set

5.A. end              B. beginning      C. wish            D. reality

6.A. Thus             B. Then          C. However         D. Therefore

7.A. at all            B. in all         C. after all         D. for all

8.A. encourage         B. upset          C. help             D. impress

9.A. look              B. act            C. feed             D. catch

10.A. throw             B. pour           C. pile             D. scatter

11.A. one after another  B. one another    C. every other       D. each other

12.A. stay              B. love           C. cage             D. watch

13.A. free              B. happy          C. cold             D. warm

14.A. freedom           B. spring         C. flying            D. trees

15.A. please            B. starve         C. suffer            D. die

16.A. safe              B. used           C. proud           D. happy

17.A. neighbor         B. understanding  C. friendship        D. relationship

18.A. think            B. treat          C. dream           D. appreciate

19.A. hurt             B. possess        C. belong to         D. hatch

20.A. enjoy             B. would like    C. want            D. consider