One day while a girl was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small (31) . She cared for them and felt great love for them.
Once the (32) and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. Therefore, (33) he flew close, she grasped him (34) . She felt glad, but suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hand and (35) in horror at the dead bird.
She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for (36) . She lifted him from the cage and (37) him softly into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times.
The girl watched delightedly at the bird’ s enjoyment. Her heart was no longer (38) with her loss. Suddenly the bird flew closer and (39) softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest melody that she had ever heard.
The fastest way to (40) love is to hold on it too tightly, while the best way to keep love is to give it WINGS!

A:gently B:freely C:elegantly D:wildly

In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a ____(1)____ for four generations to become one. The table was always ____(2)____ with food from wonderful family recipes(食谱)all containing ____(3)____ as the main ingredient(成分). And always that grandfather clock stood like a trusted old family ____(4)____ , sharing our happiness. As I was a child, the old clock ____(5)____ me. I watched and listened to it during meals. I ____(6)____ how at different times of the day, that clock would strike with a wonderful ____(7)____ . Year after year, the clock struck a part of my ____(8)____ , a part of my heart. Even more wonderful to me was what my grandfather did each day. He ____(9)____ wound that clock with a special and magic key, which ____(10)____ the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and ____(11)____ . When we grandkids got a little older, he showed us how to ____(12)____ the clock. Several days after my grandfather died, I entered the dining room, with tears flowing ____(13)____ . The clock stood deservedly ____(14)____ , seeming smaller and not as magnificent as before. I couldn’t ____(15)____ to look at it. Years later, my grandmother gave me the clock and the key. The old house was quiet. I opened the clock door with my shaking hand. Then ____(16)____ , reverently(虔诚地), I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to ____(17)____ Tick-tock, tick-tock, life and chimes were ____(18)____ into the dining room, into house and into my ____(19)____ . In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather ____(20)____ again.

A:unexpectedly B:gently C:difficultly D:freely

Teach him gently, World, but don’t spoil him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.

Suddenly he heard someone ______ gently on the window.

A:knock B:knocking C:knocked D:to knock

Teach him gently, World, but don’t spoil him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.

Teach him gently, World, but don’t spoil him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.

Suddenly he heard someone ______ gently on the window.

A:knock B:knocking C:knocked D:to knock