There was once a wise old lady who lived on a hill. All the children used to go and ask her questions. She always gave them. __51_ answers.
  There was a little boy among the children. One day he caught a little bird and held in his hands without anybody seeing it. Suddenly he had an idea and asked his friends to _52 ___
  “Let's___53__ _ the old lady,”" he said, “I’ll ask her what I'm holding in my hands. Of course, she'll answer that I have a bird. Then I'll ask her if the bird is alive or dead. If she says the bird is dead, then I'll__ 54__ my hands and let the bird fly away. If she says the bird is alive, I'll quickly__ 55_ it and show her the dead bird. Either way, she'll be___56_.”
 The children agreed this was a clever plan. So___57___ the hill they all went to the lady's house.

 “Granny, we have a___ 58__ for you,” they all shouted.
“What's in my hands?” the little boy asked.
 “Why, of course it must be a bird.” the old lady replied.
“But is it alive or dead?” the boy asked___ 59___ .
 All the boys___ 60_ her answer and got ready to laugh at her.
 The old lady thought for a moment and then replied, “It's up to you, my child. If you're kind enough, it’ll be alive.”
51.A. funny         B. prefect         C. impolite
52.A. play with it       B. go back home     C. go with him
53.A. play a trick on      B. make friends with   C. pay a visit to
54.A. open          B. raise         C. shake
55.A. save           B. free          C. kill
56.A. right           B. wrong         C. wise
57.A. up            B. down         C. across
58.A. question         B. bird          C. present
59.A. calmly          B. worriedly       C. excitedly
60. A. listened to         B. waited for        C. thought of
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【主旨大意】
本文是一篇记叙文。本文主要介绍了一个老妇人很聪明，总是能够回答人们的问题，于是一个小男孩想捉弄老妇人，他让老妇人猜他手中的小鸟是死是活，老妇人聪明的回答“如果你够善良的话，他就是活的”。
51.B考查形容词辨析。此题考查的上下文整体含义判断，因为孩子们想难住这位女士，起因是每次这位女士总能完美的回答孩子们的问题。