任务六 阅读表达
I was coming back from hunting and walking along a broad path in the garden, with
my dog running in front of me. Suddenly he started running slowly, and began to walk
quietly as if there were some wild animals nearby. I looked along the path, and I knew
he saw a baby sparrow, with yellow about its beak and down
on its head. It fell out of the nest because of the strong wind and sat unable to
move on the ground.
My dog was slowly going near it. Moving with great speed down the tree nearby, an
old sparrow fell like a stone right before the nose of my dog, untidy, very afraid and
making pitiful sounds. It ran to save. It lay beside the young sparrow. In full
fear, it gave itself up to the dog. My dog must have looked really big and terrible to it!
But it left the safety to risk saving its child. At first, my dog stopped moving, and then
moved back... It was clear that he knew this force. I moved fast to call my dog back and
went away full of respect.
Yes, do not laugh. I felt a deep respect to the old bird because it showed great
courage and love. Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death.
Only by it, by love, life is kept together and moves forward.
阅读短文,按要求回答问题。每小题答案不超过5个词。
1. What did the dog see first?

2. Why did the young sparrow come down from its nest?

3. Why did the old bird fly down from the tree?

4. What did the old bird show?

5. What did the writer think is stronger than death or the fear of death?

1. A baby sparrow.
2. Because of strong wind.
3. To save its child.
4. Courage and love.
5. Love.

1. 根据第一段“I knew he saw a baby sparrow”可定位答案；2. 从第一段“It fell out of the nest because of the strong wind”可知小麻雀掉落的原因；3. 由第二段内容可知老麻雀飞下树是为了救自己的孩子；4. 根据最后一段“I felt a deep respect to the old bird because it showed great courage and love”可找到老麻雀展现的品质；5. 从最后一段“Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death”可知作者的观点。