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閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從第1～4小題所給的(A)、(B)、(C)、(D)四個選項中，選擇最佳選項。

　　Watching some children trying to catch butterflies one August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhood. When I was a boy of twelve in South Carolina, something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature (living thing) in a cage(籠子).

　　We lived on the edge of a forest, 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, I would have my own private musician.

　　I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, being scared, the bird fluttered(撲騰) about the cage, but finally it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my little musician.

　　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 (caged) bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was terribly surprised! What had happened! I had taken extremely care of my little bird, or so I thought.

　　Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, who happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had happened. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries(毒莓). 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.

1．Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of twelve?

[　　]

A．He liked living creatures.

B．He enjoyed watching beautiful birds.

C．He needed a pet as a friend.

D．He wanted the bird to sing for him.

2．The mockingbird died because ________.

[　　]

A．the bird suffered from missing its mother

B．the bird's mother gave it the poisonous food

C．the writer didn't know how to feed the bird at first

D．his father's friend didn't tell him the way of bird's life

3．An ornithologist is probably a person who ________.

[　　]

A．studies birds
B．loves creatures
C．majors in habits
D．takes care of trees

4．From his past experience, the writer probably suggests that ________.

[　　]

A．no one can miss the chance to say sorry

B．a(chǎn)ll living creatures can make free choices

C．everything can be less worthy than any lives

D．nothing can be more important than freedom

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