首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
On a summer evening I was caught in the crossfire of dueling wood thrushes, each defending his portion of the forest. Their chos
On a summer evening I was caught in the crossfire of dueling wood thrushes, each defending his portion of the forest. Their chos
admin
2013-01-29
48
问题
On a summer evening I was caught in the crossfire of dueling wood thrushes, each defending his portion of the forest. Their chosen weapons were their voices; melodies were their ammunition. Each sought to wound the other’s pride, but their sweet fluting pierced only the evening silence.【71】
I doubt that the duelists saw one another, because the wood thrush is content to pour out his nocturne from the middle of a low limb draped by leaves. He needs no approving audience and can project his voice without resorting to a singing perch in the treetop. The brown-backed, speckle-breasted, eight-inch wood thrush only looks drab. All of his beauty is concentrated in his voice. Let the scarlet tanager take the prize as the forest’s flashiest dresser. Among his winged brethren, the song of the wood thrush has no equal. He sings more enchantingly than any bird I know.【72】On the trail, I often find myself stopping to admire the wood thrush’s gift.
After wintering mainly in Mexico and Central America, wood thrushes return north to breed. The male’s echoing melody challenges his rivals, wakes the raccoon and serenades the woodland sojourner. In California they don’t hear wood thrushes, which in summer occur only in the eastern forest. It’s enough to prevent me from moving West.
【73】While traveling in Europe, John James Audubon got homesick for "the sweet melodious strains of that lovely recluse, my greatest favorite, the Wood Thrush." Henry David Thoreau said, "He touches a depth in me which no other bird’s song does," and he called the wood thrush "a Shakespeare among birds."
Ancient magic lives on in the woods.【74】The Pilgrims must have heard it, too, and perhaps the wood thrush comforted them in their wild new world.
The wood thrush’s song consists of several phrases, variations on his basic ee-o-lay theme, in quality like a flute but richer, not airy. Each phrase usually concludes with a high-pitched chord. Throaty utterings audible at close range may introduce the next phrase. The song’s ending is sometimes marked by a downsliding note that slows and trails off. After a pause, the song is repeated. Occasionally, the wood thrush launches into a series of sustained intonations, a haunting counterpoint to his primary song.
【75】Some are almost mechanical, others merely sweet--the inspired wood thrush sings with a certain soulfulness. He plays his fine vocal instrument with great sweetness, yet there is an undercurrent of sadness. He speaks to me of struggle and survival, of loss and rebirth, and ultimately of hope. He awakens me to the indefinable yearnings that humans and wood thrashes share.
A. A special gene make certain wood thrushes exceptional.
B. Lyrical, liquid and loud, his voice has beauty and depth to match nature’s.
C. There is wide variation in the singing ability of wood thrushes.
D. I was moved, but both wood thrushes stood their ground.
E. You can go there and hear what Audubon and Thoreau heard, the same song Native Americans heard in the virgin forest.
F. His singular talent won this common bird the unabashed affection of two of America’s foremost naturalists, an artist and a writer.
选项
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tS1O777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Throughouthistorymanhashadtoacceptthefactthatalllivingthingsmustdie,butpeoplenowlivelongerthanthey【51】Yet,
Throughouthistorymanhashadtoacceptthefactthatalllivingthingsmustdie,butpeoplenowlivelongerthanthey【51】Yet,
Throughouthistorymanhashadtoacceptthefactthatalllivingthingsmustdie,butpeoplenowlivelongerthanthey【51】Yet,
Throughouthistorymanhashadtoacceptthefactthatalllivingthingsmustdie,butpeoplenowlivelongerthanthey【51】Yet,
Thecomingofautomationis______tohaveimportantsocialconsequences.
InNovember1970YukioMishima,togetherwithsomeofhisfanaticalfollowersfromtheultranationalisticShieldSocietywhichh
Thefoxreallyexasperatedthemboth.Assoonastheyhadletthefowlsout,intheearlysummermornings,theyhadtotakethei
WhilemanyRussiancomposersoftilenineteenthcenturycontributedtoanemergingnationalstyle,othercomposersdidnot_____
Thereisaquestion,however,thatmustbeansweredbeforethissynthesisisattempted,namely,whicharethesocialtendencies
Inthesummerof999,LeifEriksonvoyagedtoNorwayandspentthefollowingwinterwithKingOlafTryggvason.Substantiallythe
随机试题
单原子分子理想气体在温度为T时,分子的平均动能为(玻尔兹曼常量为k)()
A.房间隔继发孔缺损B.房间隔原发孔缺损C.低位房间隔缺损合并高位室间隔缺损和二组房室瓣D.低位房间隔缺损合并高位室间隔缺损和共同房室瓣E.冠状窦间隔缺损合并永存左上腔静脉属部分型心内膜垫缺损的是
糖化血红蛋白测定反应患者血糖水平的时间是()。
张某家住甲地,在乙地制作盗版光盘经过丙地运输到丁地进行销售。对张某的违法行为要进行处罚,有管辖权的机关是:()
影响建设工程进度的不利因素很多,其中属于组织管理因素的有()。
下列关于业绩评估预测的说法,正确的有()。
材料一2012年伦敦奥运会开幕式在全世界瞩目之下拉开帷幕:一个“梦幻之岛”上,绵延起伏的山丘屹立着一棵高大的橡树,潺潺溪流流过绿油油的草地,农舍、牛羊、鸡鹅烘托出浓浓的乡村风情,突然震耳欲聋的鼓声打破了绿色田野的宁静,大地突然崩裂,绿色的草地被灰色的水泥地
下列行为中不合法的是哪些?()
根据法律规定,侵害他人财产的,财产的价格确定的时间为()
在下述几种输入输出中,比较适合使用DMA传送方式的是( )。
最新回复
(
0
)