Many parents want their children to be famous one day. But do children have the same 　 36　 .

A new 　 37　 -Hi, Ke’ai is on at Beijing Children’s Art Theatre. It tells the story of a boy called Ke’ai. His parents would like him to become a painter or a 　 38　 one day. They teach him to 　 39　 and to play the violin, but Ke’ai doesn’t enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke’ai’s parents see Liu Xiang 　 40　 a gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games, and they want him to be a sportsman.

“　 41　 do they want me to be someone else?” Ke’ai asks and says, “I only want to be 　 42　 ”

The play shows us that it is good for parents to learn to 　 43　 their children. It helps parents to think about what kids want to do.

Young audiences(观众) enjoy the story, and also the 　 44　 in the play. There are two songs in the play. One of them, “Ke’ai’s Song” is very 　 45　 to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home after the play!

(　 ) 36. A. jobs	B. dreams	C. hobbies
(　 ) 37. A. song	B. film	C. opera
(　 ) 38. A. sportsman	B. teacher	C. musician
(　 ) 39. A. paint	B. write	C. speak
(　 ) 40. A. run	B. race	C. win
(　 ) 41. A. How	B. Why	C. When
(　 ) 42. A. myself	B. different	C. great
(　 ) 43. A. encourage	B. understand	C. criticize
(　 ) 44. A. light	B. clothes	C. music
(　 ) 45. A. easy	B. difficult	C. important

Mary loved small animals. One morning, while she was walking in the forest, she found _ 26   weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them in a small cage (笼子). She looked after them well with love and the birds both grew _ 27  . They thanked her _ 28   a wonderful song every morning.

    But something happened one day. Mary left the door of the cage _ 29  . The larger bird flew from the cage. She thought that it would _ 30  . As it flew close, she grasped (紧抓) it. She was very excited to catch (抓住) it. Suddenly she felt _ 31  . She opened her hand and looked sadly at the dead bird. The great love had _ 32   the bird!
    _ 33  bird was moving back and forth (来回) in the cage. Mary could _ 34   its great need for freedom. It wanted to fly into the clear and blue _ 35  . At once, Mary took the bird _ 36   the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled(盘旋) once, twice, three times…

    Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing _ 37  . Suddenly the bird flew _ 38   and landed softly on her shoulder (肩膀). It sang the most beautiful song that she ever _ 39  .

    The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight(紧紧地). The best way to keep love is to _ 40   it wings (翅膀).

（    ）26. A. one                     B. two                C. three                 D. some

（    ）27. A. small                  B. strong               C. thin                   D. tired

（    ）28. A. with                   B. for                    C. about                D. at

（    ）29. A. dirty                   B. clean                 C. open                 D. closed

（    ）30. A. return                 B. die                    C. fly back            D. fly away

（    ）31. A. strange            B. injured         C. happy         D. angry

（    ）32. A. saved                  B. helped            C. made                D. killed

（    ）33. A. Another               B. Other                C. The others         D. The other

（    ）34. A. take                    B. feel                   C. say                   D. get

（    ）35. A. river                   B. trees                 C. sky                   D. box

（    ）36. A. out of                 B. out from            C. out off                     D. away of

（    ）37. A. sadly                  B. happily              C. friendly             D. angrily

（    ）38. A. higher                 B. farther               C. closer               D .later

（    ）39. A. heard               B. met                C. listened             D. seen

（    ）40. A. show                  B. give                  C. pass                  D. buy

When I was a boy aged twelve in South Carolina, something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage.

    We lived on one end of a forest, and every evening the mockingbirds（嘲鸟） would come and rest in the trees and __36__. There isn't a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird.

    I decided to catch a young __37__  and keep it in a cage, and in this way, I would have my own private musician.

    I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird was __38__, so it fluttered (扑腾) about the cage. But finally it was used to living in its new home. I felt very excited with myself and ___39___ some beautiful singing from my little musician.

    On the second day, the little bird's mother flew to the cage with __40__ in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was __41__ to see this. Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.

    The following morning when I went to see my bird, I found it __42__ on the floor of the cage. I was terribly surprised! What had happened!

    Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist (鸟类专家), happened to be __43__ my father at that time. After she heard me crying over the death of my bird, she explained to me. "A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will __44__ bring it poison berries (毒莓). She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose ___45___.

Since then I have never caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living things have a right to live free.

36. A. dance                        B. fly                           C. sing                         D. jump

37. A. bird                           B. boy                          C. fish                          D. thief

38. A. happy                        B. careful                            C. active                       D. afraid

39. A. looked forward to              B. looked out of            C. looked for                D. looked up 

40. A. water                         B. food                         C. songs                       D. diet

41. A. worried                      B. pleased                     C. bored                             D. tired

42. A. alone                         B. alive                         C. dead                        D. bad

43. A. calling                        B. visiting                     C. challenging               D. introducing

44. A. never                         B. seldom                     C. sometimes                D. ever

45. A. friends                       B. parents                     C. freedom                   D. happiness

Molly’s brother Sammy liked to play the guitar and sing. He wrote a lot of songs and played them   33   his family.

But one day when Sammy played basketball, he hurt his   34  . The doctor at the hospital told Sammy his arm would never work again. It made him very sad.

Molly felt sad for him, too. She wanted to help him. When Sammy got home from hospital, he

  35  wait to take out the guitar and try to play a song. But Sammy’s arm did not work well, and the song sounded   36  . He became so sad, he   37   away his guitar .

Molly saw that. Then she had a great idea. She walked to Sammy and said, “You threw it away? Well, I think it is   38   now.” She took Sammy’s guitar out of the dustbin and said, “I want to learn to play the guitar. Can you teach me?” And Sammy said, “Yes, I can.”

So Sammy taught Molly   39   to play the guitar, and soon she learned to play just like a superstar. Sammy was very happy. Molly could play and he could sing. He wrote a lot of new songs for their little family band. And Molly helped Sammy   40   again, and that made her feel happy.

33. A. in                                     B. for                                  C. at      

34. A. arm                                  B. leg                                  C. guitar 

35. A. could                                B. couldn’t                          C. shouldn’t

36. A. beautiful                            B. terrible                            C. exciting     

37. A. put                                       B. took                             C. threw

38. A. mine                              B. hers                                C. his     

39. A. when                                B. how                                C. what  

40. A. smile                                B. smiles                             C. smiled

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then  46  to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.”

   47    the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible   48   , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too   49   . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to   50   it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no   51   . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”

    “Oh,” the rich man shouted   52   . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”

    “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he   53   ?”

    “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”

    “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he  54  you. Then can you expect to get money  55   him?  ”

    The rich man said nothing and left silently.

1.A. put down           B. set down         C. sat down         D. turned down

2. A. So                    B. But              C. And              D. Though

3. A. song              B. word             C. bell             D. noise

4.A. late               B. slow             C. hard             D. quick

5. A. pay for               B. look for     C. wait for         D. care for

6.A. idea               B. mistake          C. money            D. answer

7. A. quietly               B. angrily      C. happily          D. heavily

8.A. speak              B. tell             C. talk             D. say

9.A. helped             B. thanked          C. warned           D. ordered

10.A. for                   B. from             C. with             D. about