单选题 There was a big sea bird that was very beautiful. One day, the sea bird (16) to a country and stayed outside of a palace. The Emperor asked his men to bring it to the palace. Then he said," As a (17) for the sea bird, we'll set up the band and get the best food and wine ready for it. "
(8) they played the best music for the sea bird, but it looked (19) . The Emperor introduced the most delicious food and best wine and asked the bird to have them. But the sea bird (20) After three days without eating or drinking, the sea bird (21)
The Emperor said (22) , "Why didn't you eat? I gave you all of the (23) !"
The story tells us that what some people believe to be the best music and the best food aren't so for (24) . Feed a bird according to a bird's wants, not a person's. The (25) "Do to others as you would have others do to you. " is never really suitable or right.

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[专家点评] 因为主语是鸟，所以应该是“飞”到一个国家，flew符合文意。run跑；walk走；move移动；fly飞翔。本题选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[专家点评] 句意为：为了欢迎这只海鸟，我们将组织乐队，并为它提供最好的食物和美酒。welcome欢迎；meeting会面；host主持，主办，以主人身份招待；guest款待，招待。根据文意，welcome符合。因此本题选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[专家点评] 根据第一段最后一句话“我们将组织乐队……”可知，“他们为这只海鸟演奏最好的音乐”是组织乐队的结果。因此选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[专家点评] but表示转折，由此可知海鸟对国王的盛情并不领情。因此选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[专家点评] 由but可知，海鸟拒绝了国王为它所做的一切。因此本题选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[专家点评] 根据前半句“After three days without eating or drinking”可知，在三天三夜不吃不喝之后，海鸟应该是死了。disappeared消失；miss错过；lose丢失；die死亡。因此本题应选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[专家点评] 海鸟死了，所以国王应该是很难过。quickly迅速地；suddenly突然地；sadly悲伤地，难过地；clearly清晰地。因此本题选C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[专家点评] 由上文的描述可知，国王给海鸟的都是最好的东西。句意为：你为什么不吃呢?我给你的都是最好的东西啊。因此本题选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[专家点评] 句意为：这个故事告诉我们，一些人认为是最好的音乐和食物，并非适用于每一个人。因此本题选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[专家点评] “Do to others as you would have others do to you.”是句谚语，意思为：要别人怎样对待自己，就要自己怎样对待别人。因此本题选B。