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My younger brother would be leaving for college and I was leaving for a new job in Europe. We only had a few precious months left as a family living under the same __21____. Everything would change in the ___22___.

A family of magpies（喜鹊）___23___ in our maple tree. This family seemed to be extraordinarily lively. One early morning, the noise was so ___24___ that my dad went out to see what the birds were doing. He found a young magpie __25____ around the yard, flapping his little wings and yelling his little head off.

Dad looked up in the tree to find Mommy and Daddy Magpie sitting on a branch and staring ___26___ at him. He had to do something for the poor little thing. Dad called the zoo for __27____. They told him not to ___28___ it and assured him the baby would learn to fly on its own. Dad no longer __29____ the magpie around the yard. He did, however, watch him __30____ from the living room window, just to make sure a cat didn’t turn him into __31____.

The next day I got a __32____ at my summer job. It was from my father. He never called me ___33___. He asked me if I saw Morey before I left home — he named the bird Morey. Driving home from work, I ___34___ it wasn’t only about the magpie but also about his own little fledglings （幼鸟）who were ___35___ the nest. It was about my brother and me. Daddy felt as helpless as the Mommy and Daddy bird watching in the tree. He couldn’t make us fly nor could he __36____ cats once we left the nest.

I got home and found him looking out of the kitchen window with __37____ in his eyes. I ___38___ him by saying Morey might have learnt to fly with very good parents raising him.

Soon it was the end of the August. Bags were ___39___ and it was time for my brother and me to leave the nest. In the end, dad had nothing to worry about. He ___40___ his little fledglings well. And we flew …

21. A house             B. room             C. family           D. roof

22. A fall              B. summer           C. winter           D. spring

23. A cut down          B. brought down     C. settled down         D. took down

24. A exciting          B. loud            C. frightening       D. low

25. A flying            B. jumping          C. running          D. wandering

26. A helplessly        B suddenly          C hopefully         D. carefully

27. A. advice          B conclusion         C  leave            D. permission

28. A. hunt            B. fight             C. ignore          D. touch

29. A. picked           B. collected       C. followed        D. called

30. A. coldly           B. gladly          C. purposely         D. cautiously

31. A. taste            B. lunch           C. meat              D. nest

32. A call              B. notice          C. news              D. message

33. A at home           B. at noon         C. at school         D. at work

34. A summarized   B. questioned      C. realized         D. wondered

35. A building          B. stopping        C. deleting          D. leaving

36. A drive away        B. associate with    C. argue with      D. fight against

37. A light             B. tears           C. pain         D. doubts

38. A greeted         B. hugged          C. persuaded     D. comforted

39. A locked            B. packed          C. piled             D. put

40. A brought         B. accompanied      C. raised        D. Loved

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