阅读下面短文,从方框中选择适当的词语填空。方框中有两个词语是多余的。
badly, because, family, friends, health, leave, perfectly, poor, stay with |
Matt Owens of New Zealand was on his way home one day when he saw an injured (受伤的) bird on the side of the road. The 1. ______ bird looked very lonely, so Matt decided to take him home and bring him back to 2. ______. And he gave the bird a name: Swoop.
After spending plenty of time caring for his new friend, Matt helped him walk and even fly. Finally, it was time to set Swoop free back into the wild, but the bird chose to 3. ______ Matt and his cat Mowgli instead!
At the beginning, Matt didn’t want to introduce Swoop to Mowgli 4. _____ he was afraid Mowgli might not like him. But since Swoop was part of their 5. ______, Matt sat down with Mowgli and helped the cat accept his new brother.
It worked out 6. ______! Today, Swoop gets on well with Mowgli. “They have become very good 7. _______, and they play with each other all the time,” Matt said. Swoop has mad Matt’s life better in more ways than one!