Tom saw the __7__ bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew __8__ of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom __9__ he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently, she didn't like to be __10__. She'd run up and peck(啄) at Tom's hands, then __11__ off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the __12__ and left.
As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to __13__ more and more often. __14__ Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a __15__ of the two of them together. This friendly grouse soon felt __16__ not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.
When hunting season opened, we put a __17__ at the end of our driveway asking __18__ not to shoot our pet grouse. My father, who lived down the road, __19__ warned people not to shoot her.__20__, hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.
1.A.interesting
B.reasonable
C.impossible
D.unusual
2.A.though
B.because
C.unless
D.until
3.A.spring
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