Once upon a time, there was a bird in a cage who sang for her merchant(商人) owner. He was very happy with her. Before he left for a business trip one day, he asked if she had a wish: “I will go through the forest where you were born. What should I take for the birds there?” The bird said, “Tell them I am full of sorrow in a cage singing my captive (被监禁的）song and I’m cut off from all of life’s sweet things. I hope it won’t be long before I can fly _ through the trees with them again.” When the merchant reached the forest, he stopped and said, “Dear birds! to you all from my pretty bird locked in her cage. She asks for a from you. She wants to join you, but I would her beautiful song and cannot let her go.” Suddenly one bird screamed and to the ground. Nothing else could be more shocking. The merchant thought it was dead. He continued on to the city and his goods. On returning home, the merchant said, “I do not know what happened. I told them your message. Then, one of them fell down dead.” Suddenly the bird a terrible scream and fell on her head to the bottom of the cage. The merchant was terrified and wept in. He opened the cage door and took her into his hands carefully. The bird suddenly flew up, then out of the window and on the nearest tree. She turned to him and said gratefully,” I really appreciate your delivering my message. That bird instructed me how to my freedom. All I had to do was to pretend to be dead.”
试题分析：一只小鸟被商人关在笼子里，失去自由的小鸟非常痛苦。但是，商人却十分喜爱它的歌声。当商人把小鸟的话带给森林里的鸟儿时，其中的一只小鸟大叫一声跌落到了地上。这让商人感到不解，但是，聪明的小鸟领会了其中的道理，它通过装死最终得以重回大自然。 【小题1】考查名词辨析。A叫喊；B诗，诗歌；C演讲；D歌曲。根据第一句“who sang for her merchant(商人) owner”可知，商人很喜欢鸟儿的歌唱，故选D。 【小题2】考查名词辨析。A报告；B谈话；C信息；D邀请。What should I take for the birds there?商人问小鸟是否有话要他捎给森林里的小鸟，take message for sb给某人捎口信，根据最后一段倒数第二行“delivering my message”可知答案，故选C。 【小题3】考查发出辨析。A小心地；B自豪地；C幸运地；D自由地。根据前面“I am full of sorrow in a cage singing my captive (被监禁的）song and I’m cut off from all of life’s sweet things”可知，小鸟被囚禁起来失去了自由，这让它觉得痛苦，它渴望自由飞翔，故选D。 【小题4】考查名词辨析。A感谢；B奖励；C问候；D祝贺。根据“from my pretty bird locked in her cage”可知，商人带来了关在鸟笼中的小鸟的问候，故选C。 【小题5】考查名词辨析。A答复，回应；B故事；C笑话；D信。根据“She asks for afrom you. She wants to join you,”可知，关在笼子里的小鸟想回到小鸟们的身边，它想得到大家的答复，B、C、D三项与句意不符，故选A。 【小题6】考查动词辨析。A避免；B错过，思念；C忽视；D退出。根据“She wants to join you”那只小鸟想重回大自然，但那样的话，商人会想念它的歌声，故选B。 【小题7】考查动词辨析。A飞；B跑；C落下；D跳。Suddenly one bird screamed and to the ground一只小鸟突然尖叫了一声并落到了地上，故选C。 【小题8】考查动词辨析。A买得起；B服务，担任，上菜；C提供；D交易。He continued on to the city and his goods.商人继续赶路去城市做买卖，故选D。 【小题9】考查动词短语。A发出，泄露；B制定，锻炼，计算出；C当心，往外看；D查明。Suddenly the bird a terrible scream小鸟突然发出一声悲鸣，故选A。 【小题10】考查名词辨析。A惊喜；B兴趣；C无望，绝望；D好奇心。根据“a terrible scream and fell on her head to the bottom of the cage”可知，商人以为小鸟死掉了，他感到害怕，同时也很伤心、绝望，故选C。 【小题11】考查动词辨析。A躲藏；B开始；C击中；D降落。then out of the window and on the nearest tree小鸟飞出窗外，落在最近的树上，故选D。 【小题12】考查动词辨析。A战斗，斗争；B对待，治疗；C获胜，获得；D敲打，(疾病，灾难)侵袭。根据“All I had to do was to pretend to be dead.”可知，森林里的那只鸟儿教小鸟通过装死来获得自由，fight与for连用，表示“为争取......而战斗”，这里缺少介词for，故选C。 考点：故事类短文阅读