One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young．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. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. 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, the bird flied 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, and on the second day 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 bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.
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 cage.”
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 a pet for a companion.
D．He wanted it to sing for him.
小題2:The mockingbird died because it ______.
A．drank the poisonous water by mistake
B．was frightened to death
C．refused to eat anything
D．a(chǎn)te the poisonous food its mother gave it
小題3:An ornithologist probably means ______.
A．a(chǎn) religious personB．a(chǎn) kind person
C．a(chǎn)n expert in birdsD．a(chǎn) schoolmaster
小題4:What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?
A．Freedom is very valuable to all living things.
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:Ｄ
小題2:Ｄ
小題3:Ｃ
小題4:Ａ
作者通過這個故事告訴我們對于生物來說自由是最重要的.
小題1:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)地2段最后2行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. 可知D正確
小題2:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)地6段最后2行“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 cage.”可知D正確。
小題3:C 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段內(nèi)容可以推斷這個人對鳥類的知識很了解，他可能是鳥類的專家。
小題4:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知A正確。作者認為對于生物來說自由是最重要的.
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B．He had nobody to keep the shop when he went for lunch.
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Abuse can be defined as “to treat wrongfully or harmfully”. There are different categories of abuse that have been recognized and within our case study there appear to be two distinct forms of abuse, family abuse and child abuse. These can be subdivided into terms of physical abuse and psychological abuse. Physical abuse is the intentional physical injury or harm or deliberately not preventing harm occurring. The minimum physical signs seen in our study of James are bruises but they might feel more painful to his heart than the more serious invisible injuries. Emotional abuse is the continual failure to meet basic emotional needs. Emotional development is prevented and well-being harmed. The emotional signs in our case study can be seen in James by his actions of being withdrawn and non-communicative. The behavioural sign to abuse taking place to James is his aggressive behaviour.
The short term effect of physical abuse on James is physical pain. In the long term, injuries that often happen can result in secondary illness and complications, permanent scars or even disabilities. His emotional effects in the short term are a fear of people, withdrawal, and poor relationship with others. The long term emotional effects could be low self-respect, depression, inability to form relationships.
Abuse can arise for many reasons and there are a number of theoretical views which may be useful in clarifying why the abuse has taken place. The female view believes that sex and family roles give approval to a culture of abuse. Considering the historical and fixed ideas, men have power and control. In James’ case he lives in a re-constructed family with the father being rude and a heavy drinker. From a psychological angle, alcohol misuse can bring mental health problems which may increase aggression in the person and so James is more at risk from abuse by his stepfather. The relationship between the mother and James involves a dependency of James on his mother. With other problems in James’ mother’s life, this leads to increasing stress and the inability of his mother to cope with and manage a family with four children borne by two mothers. The attachment theory states that significant separations of a child from the carer in the early years can have an effect on their emotional development and can lead to psychological and social difficulties in later life. The loss of both his father and his half sister’s father with whom he lives may have contributed to his behaviour.
Abusive behaviour can sometimes be the result of mental health problems, brain damage or being abused themselves. By becoming the abuser they believe they are taking control; some even believe that they are not doing anything wrong and cannot stop themselves. When working with individuals who have abused, it is important to be aware that they may go on to abuse again and there is a need to protect the community from the abuser.
小題1:Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “bruises” in Paragraph 1?
A．Slight injuryB．Deep CutC．Body disabilityD．Inner wound
小題2:According to the writer’s case study, which of the following cases can be defined as abuse?
A．A father scolds his son because he doesn’t pass the exam in school.
B．A car knocks down a woman but the driver doesn’t take her to hospital.
C．A father never talks to his daughter and shows no interest in what she does.
D．A husband is angry with his wife when she stays out late into the night.
小題3:From the passage we can infer that ______________.
A．James’ step father doesn’t show any concern for his mother
B．James’ mother gave birth to a girl in the re-constructed family
C．James’ stepfather is rude to all the children in the family
D．James’ mother loves her husband more than her own son
小題4:Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
A．Categories of AbuseB．How to Prevent Abuse
C．Abuse and Its CausesD．Effects Caused by Abuse

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