A thirsty bee went to a river to drink. As it was drinking, the bee was 1 away by the running water.

　　A kind bird saw that the bee was in 2 . It picked 3 off a tree and threw 4 into the water in front of the bee. The bee climbed 5 the leaf, and it was brought 6 to the land. The bee thanked the bee a lot and then 7 .

　　Not 8 that, the bird was sitting 9 the branch of a tree. It did not know that a man was shooting at it. But the bee saw 10 the man was doing. So it flew into the man’s 11 and stung(刺蜇) him. The 12 in the man’s eye was so great that he was not able to 13 the bird, and the bird flew away.

　　14 the bee, 15 life had been saved by the bird, was able to save the life of the bird.

　　1. A. flying B. brought C. flowing D. carried

　　2. A. trouble B. a trouble C. danger D. dangerous

　　3. A. a leaf B. leaves C. leaf D. the leaf

　　4. A. them B. one C. it D. this

　　5. A. onto B. on C. to D. at

　　6. A. safety B. safe C. saved D. safely

　　7. A. climbed away B. ran away C. flew away D. got away

　　8. A. long before B. before long C. after long D. long after

　　9. A. in B. on C. at D. by

　　10. A. that B. what C. which D. when

　　11. A. eye B. nose C. mouth D. ear

　　12. A. pain B. bee C. bird D. earache

　　13. A. shoot B. shoot at C. shoot to D. shoot on

　　14. A. In the way B. On the way C. In a way D. In this way

　　15. A. her B. the C. whose D. its

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