One morning I stood beside the window. Across the river, the 1 decorated the edge of the s

One morning I stood beside the window. Across the river, the     1     decorated the edge of the shore in white. I stood     2     and looked at what the night’s storm had     3    .
I leaned forward and stood close to the window. There was a goose out there, quite     4    , its wings folded to its sides, its feet     5     to the ice. Then from the dark skies, I saw a line of swans. They moved in their own     6     style, graceful and free.
As I watched, the leader     7     from the sky and landed on the ice. As the swans surrounded the frozen goose, I     8     it might be killed by those great swan beaks(鸟喙).
    9    instead, those beaks began to work on the     10    . The long necks were lifted and curved down, again and again. At last, the goose’s head     11    ; its body pulled. Then the goose was     12     and standing on the ice. And the swans stood in the air     13    . It seemed as if the goose was crying, “I cannot fly.” Four of the swans came down around it. Their powerful beaks cleaned the goose’s     14     from top to bottom, chipping off the ice held in the feathers.     15    at last the goose’s wings were free,  the four swans     16      and joined the group.They restarted their eastward journey cheerfully.
I watched them until they     17     over the tops of the farthest trees. Only then did I realized that     18     were running down my cheeks. Believe me! This story is     19    . And I will ask “If so for birds why not for     20    ?”
1.A. flower       B. tree          C. snow       D. picture
2.A. quietly       B. silently        C. happily     D. nervously
3.A. washed      B.painted        C. destroyed   D. cleaned
4.A. hungry       B. thirsty        C. terrible     D. still
5.A. frozen       B. put          C. turned      D. tied
6.A. mon     B. ordinary      C. noticeable   D. boring
7.A. dived        B. moved        C. flew       D. circled
8.A. frightened    B. feared         C. hoped      D. knew
9.A. Wonderfully  B. Puzzlingly  C. Surprisingly  D. Disappointingly
10.A. ice          B. earth        C. goose        D. swan
11.A. carried       B. pushed      C. moved        D. lifted
12.A. glad         B. sad         C. free           D. lucky
13.A. listening     B. hearing      C. fighting       D. watching
14.A. head         B. legs         C. feathers       D. body
15.A. While        B. When        C. Before        D. Until
16.A. took off       B. took up      C. got away       D. got up
17.A. climbed       B. stopped      C. disappeared     D. landed
18.A. leaves         B. hairs        C. rivers          D. tears
19.A. actual         B. real          C. true           D. right
20.A. animals        B. man         C. people         D. insects1---5CABDA    6—10 CABCA   11---15 DCDDB   16---20 ACDCB