阅读理解
WhereweliveontheeasternshoreofMarylandthegentlewatersruninandoutlikefingersslimmingatthetips.
TheCanadageeseknowthisplaceasdothewhiteswansandducks.Intheautumntheycomehomeforthewinter.Onceortwiceeachyearsnowandfrozenrainmoveintothearea.Whenthishappensiftheriverisatitsnarrowestthereisafreezewhichhardensthewatertotheice.
OnemorningafriendofminesetthebreakfasttablebesidethehugewindowwhichoverlookedtheTredAvonRiver.Suddenlysheleanedforwardandcriedout“Thereisagooseoutthere.”
WesawthefigureofalargeCanadagooseveryillitswingsfoldedtighttoitssidesitsfeetfrozentotheice.
Thenfromthedarkskyshesawalineofswans.Theyfloatedfromthetopoftheskydownwardandatlastlandedontheice.Myfriendwasonherfeetnowwithoneunbelievinghandagainsthermouth.Astheswanssurroundedthefrozengooseshefearedwhatlifeitstillhadmightbepecked(啄)outbythosegreatswanbeaks.
Insteadthosebeaksbegantoworkontheice.Thelongneckswereliftedandcurveddownagainandagain.Itwentonforalongtime.Atlastthegoose’sheadlifted.Itsbodypulled.Thenthegoosewasfreeandstandingontheice.Andtheswansstoodintheairwatching.Thenasifithadcried“Icannotfly”fouroftheswanscamedownaroundit.Theirpowerfulbeakschippedofftheiceandheldinthefeathers.Slowlythegoosespreaditswingsasfarastheycouldgoandmovedslowlyintothesky.
Thisisatruestory.Ijustthinkofitinthebadmomentsandfromitcomesonlyonehopefulquestion:“Ifsoforbirdswhynotforman?”
(1)
A.
Itwasdesertedbyothergeese.
B.
Itwasstuckintheice.
C.
Itwaswoundedandcouldn’tfly.
D.
Itwaslostinthewater.