Question

【題目】One day，I saw some children trying to catch butterflies.This made me think of my own childhood.

When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina，we lived near a forest，and every evening mockingbirds(知更鳥) would come to the trees and sing.I was so interested in watching birds.I planned to catch a bird and keep her in a cage so that I could hear her sing at any time.

I finally caught one.On the second day，the bird's mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth.The baby ate everything her mother brought her.I was glad to see this.The following morning when I went to see my mockingbird，I was surprised to find she was dead in the cage！How sad I was!

When Arthur Wayne，a famous ornithologist(鳥類學(xué)家)，visited my father，he heard my crying and told me，“If a mother mockingbird finds her young baby in a cage，she will bring poisonous(有毒的) food to the baby.She thinks that it is better for her child to die than to live in a cage.”

Since then，I never caught any animals and put them in a cage.All living animals have a right(權(quán)利) to live free.

【1】What was the writer's hobby when he was young？(不超過5個詞)

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【2】Why was the young mockingbird dead in the cage？(不超過10個詞)

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【3】What does the writer want to tell us in the story？(不超過15個詞)

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 His hobby was watching birds./Watching birds.

【2】 Because she ate poisonous food her mother brought.

【3】 Don't catch any animals because they all have a right to live free.

【解析】

這篇文章記述了作者小時候捕捉知更鳥但最后知更鳥卻在籠子里死去的故事，告訴讀者不要去捕捉動物，動物們有自己自由生活的權(quán)利。

【1】句意：當(dāng)他小的時候，作者的愛好是什么？原文“I was so interested in watching birds.”（我對觀察小鳥很感興趣。）說明我當(dāng)時的愛好是觀看小鳥，故填：His hobby was watching birds./Watching birds.

【2】句意：為什么小知更鳥會死在籠子里？原文“If a mother mockingbird finds her young baby in a cage，she will bring poisonous(有毒的) food to the baby.”（如果知更鳥媽媽在籠子里發(fā)現(xiàn)她的小寶寶，她會給寶寶帶來有毒的食物。）說明小知更鳥死去的原因是它吃了媽媽帶來的有毒的食物，故填：Because she ate poisonous food her mother brought.

【3】句意：作者想通過這個故事告訴我們什么？原文最后一段“All living animals have a right(權(quán)利) to live free.”（所有活著的動物都有權(quán)利自由生活。）說明作者想告訴我們不要去捕捉動物，動物們有自己自由生活的權(quán)利，故填：Don't catch any animals because they all have a right to live free.