He was pleased to learn that Chibi knew all the places where the wild grapes and wild potatoes grew. He was amazed to (1) how much Chibi knew about all the flowers in our class garden. He liked Chibi's black and white drawings and put them up on the wall to be(2) .He liked Chibi's own handwriting. which no one but Chibi could read,and he put that up on the wall.
But, when Chibi appeared on the stage at the talent show of that year, no one could (3) ___ his eyes." Who is that?"" What can that stupid do up there?"
Until Mr. Isobe announced that Chibi was going to imitate(模仿)the voices of crows. " Voices?"" Voices of crows?"
(4) he imitated the voices of newly hatched crows. And he made the mother crow's voice.Then he imitated the father crow's voice. He showed how crows cry in the morning.He showed how crows cry when the village people have some unhappy accident. He showed how crows (5) when they are happy and cheerful. Everybody's mind was taken to the (6) mountainside from which Chibi probably came to school.
Chibi made very special (7) deep down in his throat(喉咙)to imitate a crow in an old tree in the end. Now everybody could imagine (8) the far and lonely place where Chibi lived with his family.
Then Mr. Isobe explained (9) Chibi had learned those calls﹣﹣leaving his home for school at sunrise, and arriving home at sunset, every day for six long years.
Every one of us cried, thinking how much we had been (10) to Chibi all those long years.He was a boy beyond our usual imagination!
(1)A. complain |
B. count |
C. find |
D. refuse |
(2)A. admired |
B. printed |
C. punished |
D. avoided |
(3)A. check |
B. hurt |
C. open |
D. believe |
(4)A. Later |
B. Next |
C. Last |
D. First |
(5)A. jump |
B. call |
C. fly |
D. dance |
(6)A. far |
B. crowded |
C. near |
D. modern |
(7)A. scripts |
B. reports |
C. speeches |
D. sounds |
(8)A. hardly |
B. happily |
C. exactly |
D. peacefully |
(9)A. what |
B. how |
C. whether |
D. who |
(10)A. wrong |
B. kind |
C. honest |
D. generous |