The following morning when I went to see how my captive (caged) bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was terribly surprised! What had happened! I had taken extremely care of my little bird. Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, who happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had happened. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries(毒莓). She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in captivity.”

An ornithologist is probably a person who ______.

A. studies birds　　　　　　　　　 B. loves creatures　　　　　　 C. majors in habits　　　　　　 D. takes care of trees

Ornithologist 这个词从来没有见到过，但是通过他的语言我们可以判断出这是一个对鸟很有研究的人。我很爱鸟，把鸟装在笼子里，并细心照料，而且鸟的母亲也飞过来喂这只鸟，但这只鸟却死了，我很不理解。到我家来的这个人给我详细解释了鸟死的原因，说明这个人非常懂鸟。据此，我们可以断定答案影视A。

There is a place on our earth where hot water and steam come up under the ground. It is on a large island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is North Island in New Zealand.

What does the word “steam” mean in Chinese?

A. 自来水　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. 大气　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. 冰川　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. 蒸汽

从语法上看，steam和hot water是并列关系，我们就以断定这两种东西是相关的，是同一类物质。在所给第四个选项中只有“蒸汽”有这种可能。

As they go around town, the police help people. Sometimes they find lost children. They take the children home. If the police see a fight, they put an end to it right away. Sometimes people will ask the police how to get to a place in town. The police can always tell the people which way to go. They know all the streets and roads well.

In the text, “put an end to” means “______”.

A. stop　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. cut　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. kill　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. fly

根据文章所提供的情景，如果警察看到有人在打架，他们肯定会去制止。因为制止打架斗殴是警察的职责。根据这一推理，答案应该是A。

A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful. It gives us some interesting phrases(短语). One is “ to let the cat out of the bag”. It is the same as “to tell a secret”….

Now when someone lets out (泄漏) a secret, he “lets the cat out of the bag.”

John “lets the cat out of the bag” means he ______.

A. makes everyone know a secret　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the woman bout a cat

C. buys a cat in the bag　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. sells the cat in the bag

在这篇文章里，“let the cat out of the bag”虽然是一个新出现的短语，但紧接着后面就给出解释It is the same as “to tell a secret”根据这一解释，我们就可判断出正确答案应为A。

　 　22．请在以下两题中任选一题作文。

(1)题目：灯

　 (2)生活的长河，流过岁月的原野，春阳和煦，夏风清凉，秋色绚丽，冬雨凄冷。蓦然

回首，总会发现，有过许多的人和事，成就了两岸迷人的风景。体验感动、欣喜、自豪……

固然美好；品味愧疚、遗憾、愤怒……也不失纯真。

请你以“那一天，我　　　　　　 了”为题，写一篇作文。

要求：(1)选做其中一题(如选第二题，请在横线上填入适当的词语或短语，把题目补充完整)。　　　

(2)必须结合自己的生活经历，写出真情实感。

(3)文中不得出现真实的地名、校名和人名；除诗歌外，文体不限；不少于600字。