A man was walking on the street. Then he saw a boy with many birds for sale in a cage(笼子). He stopped and watched those little creatures(生物). They were flying in the cage and trying to get out.
"How much do you ask for your birds?" he said to the boy.
"Fifty cents(美分) for any one, sir," said the boy.
"I do not mean how much for one," said the man, "but how much for all of them? I want to buy them all."
The boy started to count and found they came to five dollars.
"There is your money," said the man.
As the boy happily took it, the man opened the cage door and let all the birds fly away.
The boy, in great surprise, cried, "What did you do that for, sir? You have lost all your birds."
"I will tell you why," said the man. "I was kept in a French prison for three years, as a prisoner(囚犯) of war(战争). In my life, I will never see anything in prison as long as I can make it free."
( ) 9. How many birds were there in the cage?
A. Five. B. Ten. C. Fifty. D. One hundred.
( )10. Why did the man buy all the birds from the boy?
A. To keep them as pets. B. To sell them for a higher price.
C. To help the boy make money quickly. D. To set them free.
( )11. How did the boy feel as the birds flew away?
A. Happy. B. Angry. C. Surprised. D. Thankful.
( )12. What did the man think was more important?
A. Remembering lessons from the past. B. Trying to get everything to become rich.
C. Feeling sad about the little ones. D. Being free and understanding others.

9. B
10. D
11. C
12. D

翻译:
一个男人正在街上走着。然后他看到一个男孩，笼子里有很多待售的鸟。他停下来，看着那些小生物。它们在笼子里飞着，试图逃出去。
“你的鸟要多少钱？”他对男孩说。
“先生，任何一只50美分。”男孩说。
“我不是说一只多少钱，”男人说，“而是所有的鸟一共多少钱？我想把它们都买下来。”
男孩开始数，发现一共是5美元。
“给你钱。”男人说。
男孩高兴地接过钱时，男人打开了笼子门，让所有的鸟都飞走了。
男孩非常惊讶，叫道：“先生，你为什么要那么做？你把你所有的鸟都弄丢了。”
“我来告诉你为什么，”男人说，“我作为战俘，在法国的一所监狱里被关了三年。在我的一生中，只要我能让它自由，我就再也不想看到任何被囚禁的东西。”
（ ）9. 笼子里有多少只鸟？
A. 5只。
B. 10只。
C. 50只。
D. 100只。
（ ）10. 这个男人为什么从男孩那里买下所有的鸟？
A. 把它们当作宠物养。
B. 以更高的价格卖掉它们。
C. 帮助男孩快速赚钱。
D. 放它们自由。
（ ）11. 当鸟飞走时，男孩感觉如何？
A. 高兴的。
B. 生气的。
C. 惊讶的。
D. 感激的。
（ ）12. 这个男人认为什么更重要？
A. 记住过去的教训。
B. 试图得到一切来变得富有。
C. 为这些小家伙感到难过。
D. 获得自由并理解他人。