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Ionceknewamanwhowasrichinhisloveforbirdsandintheirloveforhim.Helivedinagrovefullofallkindsoftrees.Hehadnowifeorchildreninhishome.Hewasanoldmanwithblueandkindeyesandavoicethatthebirdsloved.
Whilehewasatworkinthegrovethebirdscameclosetopickuptheworms(螺虫)inthefreshearthhedugup.Atfirsttheykepttheirdistancefromhimbuttheysoonfoundhewasakindmanandwouldnothurtthembutlikedtohavethemnearhim.
Theyknewthisbyhiskindeyesandvoicewhichtellwhatisintheheart.Sodaybydaytheirfaithinhislovegrewinthem.
Allthebirdsofthegroveweresoonhisbestfriends.Theywereonthewatchforhimandwouldflydownfromthegreentreetopstogreethimwiththeirchirp(机机喳喳叫).
Whenhehadnoworktodohetookbreadwithhimanddroppedthepiecesontheground. Downtheywoulddart(俯冲)onhisheadandfeettocatchthemastheyfellfromhishand.
Heshowedmehowtheylovedhim.Heputapieceofbreadinhismouthwithoneendofitoutofhislips.Downtheycamelikebeesataflowerandflewoffwithitpiecebypiece.
Whentheythoughtheslepttoolonginthemorningtheywouldflyinand
Theywentwithhimtochurchandwhilehesanghishymnsinittheysatinthetreesandsangtheirpraises.
Sotheloveandtrustofbirdswereajoytotheoldmanallhislifelong.
()1.Thebirdsdidn'tgetclosetotheoldmanatfirstbecause.
A.heoftenhurtthem B.hedislikedthemnearhim
C.theyknewlittleabouthim D.theygotnofoodfromhim
()2.Theunderlinedword“faith”inParagraph3meansinChinese.
A.承诺 B.祝福
C.希望 D.信任
()3.Whichofthefollowingisthebestexpressiontofillintheblankinthepassage?
A.followhimhereandthere
B.callhimupwiththeirchirp
C.droppiecesofbreadonhim
D.lookforwormsinthehouse
()4.Itcanbelearntfromthestorythat
A.birdsarehuman'sbestfriends
B.everyonegetsonwellwithanimals
C.onecangetloveinreturnforgivinglove
D.apersonwholovesbirdsiswarm-hearted(2015浙江嘉兴)