1．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 12in 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 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 flew 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 about 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，he explained what had occurred．"A mother mockingbird，finding her young in a cage，will sometimes bring it poisonous （有毒的） berries （干果）．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．
51．Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12？D
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．
52．The mockingbird died because itC．
A．drank the poisonous water by mistake
B．was frightened to death
C．a(chǎn)te the poisonous food its mother gave it
D．refused to eat anything
53．What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident？A
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．
分析 本文是一篇記敘文，通過講述小時候我因為想要聽鳥兒唱歌，捉了一只鳥在籠子里，而鳥兒卻因為失去自由，選擇吃了鳥媽媽給它的有毒的食物死了．本文作者通過講述自己小時候的故事，告訴我們對于生物來說自由是最重要的．
解答 51．答案：D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第2段"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，他想讓鳥兒唱歌給他聽．故選D．
52．答案：C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第6段"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，它吃了它的媽媽給它的有毒的食物．故選C．
53．答案：A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage，All living creatures have a right to live free．"可知，A正確．作者認為對于生物來說自由是最重要的．故選A．
點評 本文是一篇記敘文，題目涉及細節(jié)理解題，推理判斷題，做題時應(yīng)結(jié)合文章上下文內(nèi)容，仔細閱讀原文，并根據(jù)所給選項的含義進行分析，從而得出正確答案．切記胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
