2003华东师大考博英语阅读及答案
Passage 1
Birds sometimes exhibit benevolent feelings; they will feed the derted young ones even of distinct species, but this perhaps ought to be considered as a mistaken instinct. They will feed, as shown in an earlier part of this work, adult birds of their own species which have become blind. Mr. Buxton gives a curious account of a parrot which took care of a frost-bitten and crippled bird of a distinct species, cleand her feathers and defended her from the attacks of the other parrots which roamed freely about his garden. It is a still more curious fact that the birds apparently evince some sympathy for the pleasures of their fellows. When a pair of cockatoos made a nest in an acacia tree "it was ridiculous to e the extravagant interest taken in the matter by the others of the same species." The parrots also evinced unbounded curiosity and clearly had "the idea of property and posssion." They have good memories, for in the Zoological Gardens they have plainly rec
ognized their former masters after an interval of some months.
Birds posss acute powers of obrvation. Every mated bird, of cour, recognizes its fellow. Audubon states that a certain number of mating thrushes (Mimus polyglottus) remain all the year round in Louisiana, while others migrate to the Eastern States; the latter on their return are instantly recognized and always attacked by their southern brethren. Birds under confinement distinguish different persons, as is proved by the strong and permanent antipath or affection which they show without any apparent cau toward certain individuals. I have heard of numerous instances with jays, partridges, canaries, and especially bullfinches. Mr. Husscy has described in how extraordinary a manner a tamed partidge recognized everybody; and its likes and dislikes were very strong This bird emed "fond of gay colors, and no new gown or cap could be put on without catching his attention." Mr. Hcwitt has described the habits of some ducks (recenfiy descended from wild birds) which at the approach of a strange dog or cat would rush headlong into the water and exhaust themlves in their attempts to escape; but they knew Mr. Hewitt''s own dogs and cats so well that they would lie down and bask in th
e sun clo to them. They always moved away from a strange man, and so they would from the lady who attended them if she made any great change in her dress. Audubon relates that he reared and tamed a wild turkey which always ran away from any strange dog; this bird escaped into the woods, and some days afterward Audubon saw, as he thought, a wild turkey and made his dog cha it; but to his astonishment the bird did not nm away, and the dog when he came up did not attack the bird, for they mutually recognized each other as old friends.
Mr. Jenner Weir is convinced that birds pay particular attention to the colors of other birds, sometimes out of jealousy and sometimes as a sign of kinship. Thus he turned a reed-bunting (Emberiza hoeniculus), which had acquired its black headdress, into his aviary, and the newcomer was not noticed by any bird except by a bullfinch, which is likewi black-headed_ This bullfinch was a very quiet bird, and had never before quarreled with any of its comrades, including another reed-bunting, which had not as yet become black-headed; but the reed-bunting with a black head was so unmercifully treated that it had to be removed.
关于声音的诗句61. Why does Darwin cite Mr. Buxton?
A. To support his theory about birds'' powers of obrvation.莺燕
B. To support his statement about birds'' benevolence.
C. To contrast with his own obrvations of birds,
D. Both A and B.
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62. Why does Darwin mention jays, partridges, canaries, and bullfinches?
A. To explain why some birds cannot be trained.
B. To educate his reader on types of local birds.
C. To contrast with a later discussion of shore birds.
D. To support his discussion of birds'' memories.
63. What does Darwin mean by "a sign of kinship"
A. Mark of common parentage.
B. Premonition of future union.
《地藏经》全文 C. Symbol of compatibility.
D. Evidence of family relationship.
64. A good title for paragraph 3 might be
A. "Different-Colored Birds"
B. "Bullfinches and Their Colors"
C. "An Example of Color Recognitiion in Birds"
D. "Captive Birds"
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65. The main purpo of this passage is to
A. compare three species of birds
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B. review current studies of birds
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C. compare wild birds to confined birds
D. discuss some traits of birds
Passage 2
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At the end of what emed a tedious while, I had managed to pack my head full of islands, towns, bars, "points," and bends; and a curiously inanimate mass of lamber it was, too. However, inasmuch as I could shut my eyes and reel off a good long string of the names without leaving out more than ten miles of river in every filly, I began to feel that I could make her skip tho little gaps. But of cour my complacency could hardly get start enough to lift my no a trifle into the air, before Mr. Bixby would think of something to fetch it down again. One day he turned on me suddenly with this ttler:
"What is the shape of Walnut Bend?"
He might as well have asked me my grandmother''s opinion of protoplasm( 原生质)。 I reflected respectfully, and then said I didn''t know it had any particular shape. My gunpowdery chief went off with a bang, of cour, and then went on loading and firing until he was out of adjectives.
