Watching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhood．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isn’t a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird.
I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, in its fright at being captured, the bird fluttered about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out on our back porch, and on the second day of the bird’s captivity my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my captive was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken excellent care of my little bird, or so I thought.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in captivity.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
小題1:Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?
A．He had just got a new cage.B．He liked its beautiful feather.
C．He wanted it to sing for him.D．He wanted a pet for a companion.
小題2:The mockingbird died because it ______.
A．was frightened to deathB．a(chǎn)te the poisonous food its mother gave it
C．refused to eat anythingD．drank the poisonous water by mistake
小題3:An ornithologist probably means ______.
A．a(chǎn) religious personB．a(chǎn) kind person
C．a(chǎn) schoolmasterD．a(chǎn)n expert in birds
小題4:What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?
A．Freedom is very valuable to all creatures.
B．All birds put in a cage won’t live long.
C．You should keep the birds from their mother.
D．Be careful about food you give to baby birds.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：本文敘述了作者在小的時(shí)候由于想抓住一只鳥來為他唱歌，于是就抓住了一只知更鳥，把它放在籠子里，結(jié)果鳥的母親給小鳥吃了有毒的果實(shí)不久那只小鳥就死了，作者很傷心，后來從鳥類專家那里了解到小鳥認(rèn)為沒有了自由還不如死，從此以后作者再也不敢抓小鳥了。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.作者想讓知更鳥為他唱歌，故選C。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries.小鳥吃了母親帶給它的有毒的果實(shí)，故選B。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)ornithologist鳥類專家，故選D。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)All living creatures have a right to live free.自由是非常重要的，故選A。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：細(xì)節(jié)理解題可以用“重現(xiàn)”的方法來解答。所謂“重現(xiàn)”，就是指某一個(gè)單詞或短語的同義、反義、上下義、同根詞或原詞在文中重復(fù)出現(xiàn)的現(xiàn)象。這種方法常用于解答完形填空，但用來解答閱讀理解細(xì)節(jié)題也同樣管用。細(xì)節(jié)理解題的重現(xiàn)指的是：正確答案選項(xiàng)語句中的單詞或短語與閱讀材料中的單詞或短語構(gòu)成一種重復(fù)出現(xiàn)的關(guān)系。它同樣可以分為：同義、反義、上下義、同根詞或原詞。
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A．He was born in California in 1955.
B．He built the Apple II in 1970.
C．He set up a film production company at 31.
D．He was found to suffer from cancer at 49.
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A．inventorsB．businessmenC．producersD．founders
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A．his products are widely used all over the world
B．his products are thought to be beautiful and easy to use
C．people all over the world are sad at his death
D．people learned about his death from his products
小題4:Jobs changed the way we work and live by _____.
A．building the first personal computer
B．making computer-animated feature films
C．developing the music industry
D．creating surprising products

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

One day, I received a call from a colleague. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physical problem ，while the student claimed a perfect score. I was elected as their arbiter( 仲裁人).I read the examination problem： “Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer(氣壓計(jì)).” The student had answered： “Take the barometer to the top of the building，attach a long rope to it，lower it to the street，and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. The length of it is the height of the building. ”
The student had really answered the question completely ，but the answer didn’t confirm his competence in physics. I suggested the student try again. I gave him six minutes to answer the question, warning that the answer should show some knowledge of physics. Five minutes later, he said he had many answers and clashed off one, which read： “Take the barometer to the top of the building and lean over the edge of the roof. Drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. Then, use the physical formula (公式）to calculate the height of the building. ”
At this point, my colleague had to accept it, and then the student made almost full marks. I couldn’t help asking the student what the other answers were. He listed many others ，and then added5 “Probably the best is to take the barometer to the. administrator and said to him，' Sir, here is a fine barometer. If you tell me the height of the building, I will give it to you.，”
Then, I asked the student if he really did not know the conventional answer to this question. He admitted that he did ，but said that he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to teach him how to think.
The name of the student was Bohr who later was famous all over ,the world. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922.
小題1:The student got a zero at the beginning because_______.
A．the teacher wasn’t satisfied with him
B．his answer wasn't complete or correct
C．the teacher clicln5t fully understand his answer
D．his answer didn’t show his knowledge of physics
小題2:We know from the passage that______
A．the student knew the expected answer
B．the administrator told Bohr the height
C．the author preferred Bohr s last answer
D．the teacher was a very stubborn person
小題3:We can learn from the passage that______.
A．instructors can teach students how to think
B．a(chǎn)rbiters can help students to get high scores
C．students should be given more freedom in thinking
D．teachers should make students use physical formulas
小題4:What was Bohr’s attitude toward his schooling?
A．Optimistic.B．Critical.C．Approving.D．Ambiguous.

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