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1、记叙文类高*考*资*源*网（I）Watching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhoodWhen 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
2、 a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isnt 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 ha
3、ve 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 tin
4、y musician.I had left the cage out on our back porch, and on the second day of the birds captivity my new pets 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 f
5、ollowing 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
6、 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.
7、 All living creatures have a right to live free.1Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12? AHe had just got a new cage. BHe liked its beautiful feather. CHe wanted it to sing for him. DHe wanted a pet for a companion.2The mockingbird died because it _. Awas frightened to death
8、Bate the poisonous food its mother gave it Crefused to eat anything Ddrank the poisonous water by mistake3An ornithologist probably means _. Aa religious person Ba kind person Ca schoolmaster Dan expert in birds4What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?AFreedom is very
9、valuable to all creatures. 高*考*资*源*网 BAll birds put in a cage wont live long. CYou should keep the birds from their mother.DBe careful about food you give to baby birds.1-4 CBDA （II）Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手)He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer of the country
10、The king was about to do so when an old servant of the king said，“Wait，sirI know an old man who lives in the forestHe is a much greater archerLet this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years” The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he went
11、and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from himThen one day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this old man，then I will be the greatest archer” The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulderThe yo
12、ung man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill himHe shot an arrowThe old man took a small piece of wood and threw itIt struck the arrow and the arrow turned back and wounded the young man very deeplyThe old man came，took Out the arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do thisThat
13、s why I have not taught you this secretThere is no need to kill meMy Master is still alive，and Im nothing before himYou must be with him for at least thirty yearsAnd he is very old，SO go fast! Find the old man!”1The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to “ ”. Aadmire Badvise C
14、announce Dadmit2The young archer wanted to kill the old man in the _. Ahe had nothing more to learn from himBhe could then become the greatest archer Cthe old man refused to teach him everything Dthe kings old servant ordered him to do SO3The following pictures show what happened between the young a
15、rcher and his masterWhich is the right order of the events? A1234 B4321 C4231 D4213 4What do you think would most probably happen next? AThe young archer died from the wound soon after BThe king declared the young man the greatest archer CThe young archer found the old mans master and killed him DThe young archer set off to look for the old mans master 5What lesson can you learn from the story? ATheres always someone better than you in this world BYou
