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【题目】I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.

I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.

I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.

The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.

Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.

A nervous night to be sure,but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.

1What is unavoidable in the author’s rescue work according to paragraph 1?

A. Effortsmadeinvain.

B. Gettinginjuredinhiswork.

C. Feelinguncertainabouthisfuture.

D. Creaturesforcedoutoftheirhomes.

2WhywastheauthorcalledtoMuttontown?

A. Torescueawoman.

B. Totakecareofawoman.

C. Tolookatababyowl.

D. Tocureayoungowl.

3Whatmadethechickcalmdown?

A. Anewnest.

B. Somefood.

C. Arecording.

D. Itsparents.

4Howwouldtheauthorfeelabouttheoutcomeoftheevent?

A. It’sunexpected.

B. It’sbeautiful.

C. It’shumorous.

D. It’sdiscouraging.

【答案】

1A

2C

3A

4B

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了救助小动物并没有那么简单,因为你所做的救助行为到最后可能都成了无用功。但无论结果怎样,救助小动物的这种行为是美好的。本文主要介绍了作者救助一只小猫头鹰,给它做新的窝,帮助它回到父母身边的故事。

1A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain.可知救助受伤动物是令人心碎的,因为不知道救助的动物是否能活下去,也就是为救助动物而花费的努力可能会白费,这是不可避免的。故选A

2C 细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl可知有人给作者打电话是因为有只小猫头鹰掉在地上了,作者赶过去看看情况。文中并没有说小猫头鹰受伤了,作者只是过去看情况,所以D选项错误。故选C

3A 细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down可知在作者把小猫头鹰放在窝里之后,它很快就安静下来,所以是窝让小猫头鹰安静下来的。故选A

4B 推理判断题。根据前文描述可知作者为小猫头鹰做了窝,并且帮助它找回了它的父母。小猫头鹰的父母还为它带回了午餐。作者的救助成功了,说明结局是美好的。再结合第一段的However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.可推测,作者感觉很美好。故选B

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