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华东师范大学——英语20２3年博士硕士入学考试试题
华东师范大学
2023年招收博士学位硕士入学考试
英语试卷
考试须知
1）本考卷共包括七大项，共１7项。考试时间为180分钟,满分１0０分。
２）试卷中Papｅr Ｏｎｅ各项答案按对应题号一律用铅笔划横线填入答题卡。
3）Pａpeｒ Two各项用钢笔或圈珠笔答在答题纸上,字迹需清晰端正。
Papeｒ One
Parｔ I Ｌistｅnｉng Comprehension １5% （20 minutes)
Sｅction A
Diｒections: In ｔhiｓ sectiｏn， yｏu wilｌ hｅaｒ ten shorｔ conｖeｒsatioｎｓ． Aｔ the end of ｅａch coｎversatｉon, a quesｔioｎ wｉlｌ be askeｄ aｂｏut what was ｓaiｄ. Both ｔhe cｏnｖeｒsａtioｎ ａnd the quｅsｔion will be sｐｏkｅn oｎlｙ once. Aｆteｒ each qｕestｉon ｔｈere will be a pａuｓｅ. Duｒiｎg ｔｈｅ pause, yｏu mｕst reａd ｔhe ｆour cｈoiｃes marｋeｄ Ａ, B, C and D， and dｅciｄe wｈich is tｈe ｂeｓｔ answer. Then mark ｔhe ｃｏrｒeｓｐｏndｉnｇ lｅtter ｏn tｈe Ａｎsｗer Sheet witｈ a ｓinｇｌe lｉnｅ thｒough the ｃentrｅ．
1. A． Ｆrom the ｐｏliｃemen． C. Ｉn the ｔoｗn．
B. In tｈe cａｒ. Ｄ. At the polｉce sｔａtｉon.
2． Ａ. Dｏctor． C． Ｒeｃepｔionｉsｔ.
Ｂ. Sｅcretary． Ｄ. Patient.
3. Ａ． Mｒ. Bixy'ｓ seｃｒｅtａry. C. A tyｐist.
Ｂ. Ｍr. Biｘby's ｆrｉｅnd. D. Mr. Bixby's client.
4. Ａ． Ｒon. C. Lucy.
B． Rｏn's fｒienｄ． D． Lucy＇ｓ husband．
5. Ａ. Visitｉｎg aｓ ｍanｙ places as he can. Ｃ. Visｉｔinｇ his friendｓ heｒe．
B. Vｉｓiting a ｖaｒiｅty of muｓeums． D. Ｖiｓiting tｈe ａrt museums.
6. A. Thｅ first ｓpｅakｅr's is ｇoiｎｇ to sｐenｄ the ｗeekend theｒe aｎd tｈen viｓiｔ somｅ frienｄs.
B. Ｔhe fｉｒst speaker is goｉng to ｖisit some friｅnds tｈere．
Ｃ. Tｈe ｆirst speaker is goｉng to ａｔtend a conｆｅrｅnce tｈeｒｅ．
D. Thｅ ｆirst ｓｐeaker ｉs gｏing to ｓee ａ doctor ｔｈere.
7. Ａ. Ｍaking sｏｍe ｍoney.
B. This sｐｒinｇ．
C. Ｔhｉｎking．
Ｄ． Puttiｎg oｎ a sｈoｗ.
８. Ａ. By subway. C. Bｙ bus.
B． By ｔａｘi. D. Ｏｎ fooｔ．
9. A. 39 B. 27 Ｃ.54 D. 9３
1０． Ａ． Tｈｅ sｅcｏｎｄ speaｋｅr ｈaｄ a ｖｅry ｓerious ａccident.
B. Ｔhe first sｐｅaker is ｆｅeling well.
C． Ｔhe fｉrｓｔ ｓｐeaker dｏesｎ't knoｗ wｈat ｈappｅned to ｔhｅ ｓecｏnd ｓpｅakeｒ．
Ｄ. The first speakeｒ ｔhｏｕght ｔhａｔ the acciｄent was not ｓerｉoｕs.
Sｅｃtion Ｂ
Dｉreｃtioｎs: In tｈｉs section， yｏu wiｌl ｈｅar 3 ｓhoｒｔ passａｇes. At ｔｈｅ end of each ｐasｓage, you will heaｒ some questionｓ. Both ｔhe passage and tｈe qｕｅstionｓ will bｅ spoken onlｙ once. After you ｈear a qｕｅsｔiｏn, ｙou mｕst chｏｏsｅ ｔhe ｂest ａnsｗer fｒoｍ the four choices mａrked A, B, C and D． Tｈｅｎ maｒk thｅ corｒeｓpondiｎg leｔter on thｅ Ansｗｅr Sｈeet wｉth a single line thｒｏｕgh ｔhe ｃentrｅ.
Ｐａssaｇe 1
Quesｔiｏns 1１ tｏ 13 are ｂａsed on the ｐasｓagｅ yｏu haｖe jｕｓt hｅaｒｄ.
11. A. Whｙ pｅoplｅ nｅed ｔo ｓｌｅep. C. Ｔwo purposes of sleeｐ.
B． Two kinds oｆ sｌｅｅp. D. Whｙ and ｈｏｗ peｏple sleep.
12． A． Activｅ sleep. C. Phyｓicaｌ sleeｐ.
Ｂ. Pａssive slｅep. D. Emoｔｉoｎal sleep.
１３. A. Only whｅn people sleeｐ ｗｅｌl, will theｙ feel reｓted.
Ｂ. Ｄｒeaｍing oｃcurｓ iｎ ａctive sｌeep and helps restore our ｅｎergy.
C. Aｌl ｐeoｐｌe dｒeam for oｎe and a halｆ hｏurs during eight ｈｏurs ｏf ｓｌｅep.
D． Ｄrｅaming wｏn＇ｔ ocｃur uｎtiｌ the passive sｌeep pｅriod ｉs ovｅr.
Pａｓsagｅ ２
Quｅstioｎs １４ to 17 are bａsed ｏn the passａge yoｕ haｖｅ jｕsｔ heａrｄ．
1４. A. Ｃhｉnｅｓe reａdｅｒs. C． Ｔhe Romaｎｓ.
B. Gｅrman rｅadeｒｓ. D. Noｎ－Cｈiｎeｓｅ．
15. Ａ. The ｆｉrst oｆ Jａnuaｒｙ. Ｃ. Tｈe ｍiｄｄlｅ of winｔｅｒ.
B. Ｔｈe middle of Ｎovｅｍbeｒ． Ｄ. The ｂeｇinｎing oｆ the ｈarvesｔ sｅasｏn
１6.A. Ｉt means ａ period of ｒｅst from work
B. It bｒinｇs us ａ gｏｏd life.
Ｃ. Ｉt ｓｙmboｌｉzes ａ ｎew liｆe with nｅw ｈｏｐe.
D. Ｉｔ ｅmboｄｉes ａ happy ｏccasion.
1７. A． The celｅｂｒatioｎ of thｅ New Yeａr.
B. Ｔｈe ｄiffeｒence betweｅｎ ｔhe ｗｅsterｎ New Year anｄ Ｃhiｎesｅ Ｎew Ｙｅａr．
C. The oｒｉｇin of ｔhｅ Ｎew Year festiｖal.
D. The signｉficaｎｃe ｏf the Neｗ Ｙear ｆestｉｖａl.
Passaｇe 3
Ｑｕｅstioｎs 18 ｔo 2０ are ｂａｓed ｏn tｈｅ paｓsage you have just heard.
1８. A. Wheｎ she waｓ a ｇｒaｄuate. Ｃ. Ｗheｎ she enterｅd a univerｓitｙ．
Ｂ. At the aｇe ｏf sｉｘteeｎ. Ｄ. Beforｅ she entered ａ uｎiversiｔｙ.
19. A． Ｂecause shｅ wａｎted to make fｒiends wiｔh ｔhe ｓtａfｆ.
B. Becaｕｓe ｓhe wanteｄ ｔo eａrｎ eｘtra moneｙ for the summｅｒ ｖaｃation.
Ｃ． Because she wanted to gｅt some experｉｅnｃｅ in a hotel.
Ｄ. Noｔ meｎｔioｎｅd．
20． Tｈｅ hｅad waｉteｒ hａｄ a sensｅ of ｈuｍor
B. Tｈe woman didn'ｔ care ｍuch ａbout ｈｅr aｐpeａrａnｃe.
C. The wｏｍａn ｗas easy-going ａnd cａｒｅfｒeｅ．
D. The ｈoteｌ wａs noｔ far fｒom where ｔhey lｉved.
Part II Vocabulaｒy (10%） (10 miｎｕtｅs）
Dirｅｃtions: Ｂelｏw ｅach ｓeｎｔenｃe, ｔｈere are fouｒ ｗoｒｄｓ marked A, Ｂ, C and D． Cｈooｓｅ the ｏne that iｓ cｌｏsest in meａniｎg ｔo the undeｒlineｄ woｒd ｉn ｔｈe sentｅncｅ ｏr tｈat best compｌｅｔes ｔhe sentenｃｅ. Wriｔe ｔｈe corrｅsponding letter on yｏuｒ Ａnｓwer Sｈｅet.
21. Smｉtｈ's positiｏn in ｔｈis aｇenｃy prｏviｄeｓ hiｍ witｈ ａｕthoriｔy to awａrｄ contracｔｓ and to __ obliｇａtiｏｎs ｆoｒ ｐａyment of ｂills as ｗｅll．
A. ｉncurｅ C. rｅsuｍe
Ｂ. suppoｒt D. incite
２2. Ｆor ａlｌ heｒ rｉｃh experｉence in ｐrａctｉcｉng law, tｈe ｌaｗyｏr fａｉｌed to ｐｒｙ ｍuch information out ｏf the wｉtnｅsｓ.
A. ｓophisticaｔed C． ｏbstinaｔe
Ｂ. ｓoｂer D. ｇｌｏoｍy
2３. Shａｎghai Orient Ｍen Baskｅｔbaｌl Teａm attrｉｂｕted its Naｔionａl Ｌeaｇｕe Basketbaｌｌ Ｔouｒｎaｍent iｎ ２０２3 to ａ number of factｏrｓ．
A. lｏsing.．.ominouｓ C. winniｎg．．.advanｔaｇeoｕs
B. ｅmbaｒraｓsing．..optimistｉc D. wiｎning．．.advｅnturouｓ
24. A(n） ｏf ｅｍpｌoymｅｎｔ oｐｐｏｒtuniｔiｅs proｓpectivｅ empｌoyｅes enterｉng ｔhｅ joｂ ｍarket.
A． exceｓs...ｉmpedｅs C lacｋ…ｉnspｉreｓ
B. sｕrfｅiｔ.．．hindｅｒ D. dearth...dｉsｃouｒａges
25. Anｙｏne wｈｏ beｌieves ｔhａt waｒ is stupid aｎｄ ｕnneｃesｓary thinks that ｔo lｏse ｏne＇s ｌｉfe oｎ ｔｈe bａtｔlｅfield is .
Ａ． ｇlｏrious C． heroiｃ
B． futｉtｌe D. coｕrａgeoｕs
26． Unruｌｙ pｅoｐｌe ｍay well become if they are deｌt with by thｅ ｐeoｐle arounｄ them．
Ａ． ｃｏmposed.．.respect Ｃ． angｒy...benevｏleｎcｅ
B． clａm．..irrｉtation D. dangｅrous．．.favoured
２7. Ｉ was absoｌuteｌy wｈen I receiｖｅｄ a Ｃ on tｈｅ eｘaｍ in mathｅmaｔics, ｆoｒ I was pｏsitive that Ｉ coｕlｄ have ｇoｔ an A．
A. elａｔeｄ C. inｃited
B. fｒusｔraｔeｄ D. cｏnｔｅntｅｄ
28. In this ｙouthｈood, Jack waｓ withｄrａwn， preferring tｈe compａny ｏf ｂｏｏｋs tｏ ｔhａt ｏf peｏplｅ; conｓeｑuently, in hiｓ ａdulthood Ｊacｋ ｗas ｓｏciａlly .
Ａ． succｅssful C ｔranquil
0B． uninhibｉted Ｄ. inept
29. Scｉentisｔs believe tｈat a coｎclｕｓiｏｎ wｈｉch ｉs ｄrawn ｒeａdily befoｒe alｌ of tｈe ｒelｅvanｔ data ａｒe cｏllｅcｔｅd, anａlyｚｅd ａnd contemplaｔed ｉs called ．
A. inｓiｎｃeｒe C. premａtｕrｅ
B. pｒｅmｉｓe Ｄ． preｓumption
３0. The adｖancemｅnｔ of ｓcieｎce and tｅｃhｎｏｌogy ｈａs demonstrａｔed that ａ faｃt ａppearinｇ to contradicｔ to ｃｅrtａin theorｙ may actuaｌly be a more aｄvａnｃｅd ｆｏrmulａｔiｏｎ ｏf that ｔｈeｏry.
A． ｃonｓｉsteｎt wｉth C. ｅlｉｍinaｔｅd by
B. in oｐｐositｉｏn ｔo D. incomｐatiblｅ with
31. Nancy iｓ aｎ adｖocate ｏf ｃonｓumｅr ｒｉghｔｓ and has spｅnt a great ｐａrt of heｒ ｐroｆｅｓｓionａl ｃareer aｔtemptinｇ to _＿ tｈe dｅcｅｉtｆul ｃlaims ｏf busｉness cｏmｐaniｅs.
A. show oｎ B. show ｏut Ｃ. show ｏｆf D. ｓhｏw up
32. The loｖｅr ｏf democrａcy hａs an towａrds totalitarianism．
A. empａｔhy C. syｍpatｈｙ
B. antipalthy D． sｙmphony
33. As he ｈas ｆaitｈ in Maｒy'ｓ integriｔy, Mr. Lｅe offerｓ to ｗiｔh the president oｎ her ｂeｈａlf concerning the "cｈｅａting" ｍａtter．
Ａ. interrｕpｔ Ｃ. ｉｎtｅrject
Ｂ. inｔｅrfere D. iｎtｅrｖene
3４. Ｊennｙ＇ｓ ｗealｔｈ oｆ practicａl expeｒiencｅ aｎd psychologicaｌ aｃuiｔy （shａrｐneｓs） moｒｅ than ｈeｒ lacｋ of formal acaｄemiｃ traiｎiｎg.
A. cｏmpｅnｓatｅ ｆor C. spｅaｋ vｏlumｅｓ ｆor
Ｂ. ａｃcoｕnｔ for D. mａkｅ for
35． Aｐpｌied sciencｅ is dｉsｃoｖering ｗays ｔｏ uｓe the kｎｏｗleｄge of theｏｒetical sｃiencｅ.
A. coｎcｅrnｅｄ aｂout C. coｎcernｅd fｏr
B. combinｅd witｈ D． conceｒnｅd with
36． Ｔhe forｍer presｉｄｅnt is ｔo veｒiｆy at a human ｒiｇｈts cｏurｔ heaｔｉｎg cases oｆ atｒocities.
A. testｉfy C． pｒｏvide
B． ｃonform D. supｐlｙ
37． As is knｏwｎ tｏ ａll, tｈｅ ｒail serｖｉce nｏｗ operatｅs wiｔhｏut a ｓｕm of moｎey graｎｔｅｄ by the ｇｏｖｅｒnmｅnt for assistanｃe.
A. boｎｕs C. yieｌｄ
Ｂ． ｐensｉoｎ D. subsidy
3８． In tｈe Anti-Ｊapaｎese Ｗar, flｅｘibility anｄ ｍobilｉty wｅre the ｆeａtures of ｔhe Ｃhｉnese Ｅigｈtｈ Ｒoutｅ Arｍy ａnd Cｏmmuｎiｓt guｅrrilｌaｓ．
A． characteｒs Ｃ. contributes
B. aｔｔribｕｔes D. prｏpertieｓ
３9. Ａｓ a ｙieldance to tｈe ｐublic ｏutcry, the ｇovｅrｎmenｔ reｄuｃeｄ the tａx on ｉncｏｍｅ.
A. recｅｓｓｉon C. cｏｎcｅssiｏn
B. peｒｍisｓion D. pｏsseｓｓｉoｎ
40. Iｎ the ｄim lｉght, I manageｄ ｔｏ discern the shadoｗy figｕrｅ of a big ｄｏg amoｎg tｈｅ trｅｅs.
A. makｅ off C. mａｋe ｏut
B. maｋe ｕp D. makｅ ｏveｒ
IＩI. Ｓtｒuｃturｅ (5%） (１0 mｉnuｔｅs)
Ｄiｒectiｏns: There are four wｏrｄs or ｐhｒａses marked A, B, C anｄ D ｂeneaｔh each senｔenｃｅ. Yoｕ are to cｈoose tｈe one whiｃh ｃan ｂest comｐｌete tｈe sentence if inｓertｅd at ｔｈe ｂlank spaｃｅ． Ｗrｉte the ｃorｒesｐonｄing letｔer on yｏur Answer Sｈｅｅｔ.
４1. If tｈiｓ evｉl man ｒeｍａinｅd unpuｎisｈed， ｏur ｓｏciaｌ moraｌ standａrd ．
Ａ． wilｌ undeｒｍｉnｅ' Ｃ. wouｌｄ bｅ ｕｎｄｅｒmiｎed
B． wｏulｄ uｎdeｒｍine Ｄ． will be undeｒmiｎed
4２. Maｒy' s ｅyeｓ aｒe red nｏw, sｈe ｍｕｓt ｏｎ heaｒｉng the sａd news.
Ａ. cry C. bｅ cｒｙing
Ｂ. have been cｒying D. havｅ ｃｒied
43. Shｅ ｂｒouｇhｔ hｅｒ rａｇe ｕndｅr conｔroｌ， her ｓmilｉng ｆａce ｈer ｒeａl feeling.
A. dｉsguiｓed C. diｓgｕiｓe
B． ｄｉsguisinｇ D. to ｄiｓguise
44. The mechanic ｃoulｄn＇t opｅrate thｅ ｍａｃｈｉne his eｆfortｓ.
A． fｏr aｌl C． bｕt foｒ
Ｂ. oｗing to D. accｏｒｄiｎｇ tｏ
45. Ｅating mｏre ｎuｔｒitious ｆooｄ ｔhaｎ ｉｓ nｅeded doesn＇t ｍａke ｉt funｃtｉｏn better, ovｅｒfillｉng thｅ tank ｍaｋes ａ ｃaｒ move fasteｒ.
A. nｏt more than C. lｅss thａｎ
Ｂ. nｏ ｍoｒe than Ｄ． any ｍorｅ tｈａn
46． Ｄａvid was so ｃareｆul ｏn ｔhe test that his ｐapeｒ ｗas .
Ａ. wｉth soｍe eｒｒors C. ｆulｌ of eｒｒｏrs
B. free ｆrom erｒors D. ｎot ｈａviｎｇ ｓome errｏrs
47. Tｈｅ ＴＶ stａr accｏｍpanied bｙ many fans ｄｅlｉveｒ a speecｈ iｎ no ｔime.
A． are tｏ C. iｓ tｏ
B. aｒe ｂeiｎｇ to Ｄ． ｉs bｅiｎg to
48. Thｅ mａnageｒ thinks it dｅsｉrabｌe that soｍe aｄjｕstments ｗithout ｄelay.
A. are maｄe C． be made
B. made D. wｉｌl bｅ ｍade
４9. I meｔ wiｔh sｏmethｉng diｆficuｌt to deaｌ wｉth aｎd intｅｎdｅｄ to tｕｒn ｔo mｙ ｔeacherｓ fｏr help yesteｒdaｙ. I ｒuｓｈed ｉnto tｈe ｏｆfiｃｅ only to ｆｉnd ｎｏt a ｓingle ｔeａｃｈｅr thｅrｅ.
A. I ｃoｕld cｏnsult C. Ｉ cｏｕld cｏnｓuｌｔ witｈ
B． could Ｉ consulｔ on D. cｏuld I coｎsｕｌt
50. rｅｖeaｌｅd ｔｈｅ secreｔ?
A. Wｈo wａｓ it ｔhａt C． Wｈo wａs iｔ wｈo
B. It waｓ who tｈat D. It was whｏm that
IＶ. Error Identifｉcａｔioｎ (５％) (1０ mｉｎuteｓ）
Ｄireｃtioｎs: There are ｆour undeｒliｎeｄ words ｏｒ partｓ marｋeｄ A, B, C and D in ｅach of the foｌｌｏｗing sｅnｔenｃes． Ｃhｏose ｔhｅ one ｔhat yｏu tｈiｎk ｉncoｒrｅct, aｎｄ writｅ the corｒesｐｏｎding lｅｔteｒ ｏn youｒ Ａnｓwer Sｈｅeｔ.
５1． Ｍany moｔions ｓｕbｍitteｄ at the first seｓsｉon ｏｆ tｈe 10tｈ Ｎational Pｅoplｅ'ｓ Cｏngrｅss caｌleｄ ｆｏr
Ａ B
guaranteeｓ of thｅ rｉghts of laid -oｆｆ wｏrkers, migrａnt ｌａboｕrers excepｔ for sａｆegｕards for the
C D
natｉoｎal ｅconomy anｄ socｉal securｉty systｅm.
52． To meeｔ ｉncreasiｎg ｄｅmaｎd, Ｓhanｇhai ｈaｓ embarｋeｄ upon the huge Shanghａi
A Ｂ
Harｂoｕr Iｎterｎationaｌ Pａｓｓｅｎger Terｍiｎal Cenｔｒe, lｏcatiｎｇ on tｈｅ City'ｓ Hｕanpu
C
Ｒｉver, aｔ a ｃoｓt of ３.2 biｌlｉon ｙuaｎ.
D
5３． Ｔhｉｓ sceｎic capital beｇan ｃonstｒucｔioｎ oｆ a ｍassive pｒoｊeｃt ｃｏmpｒiseｓ a waｔｅr
A B C
pｉpelｉne network ａnｄ two ｗatｅｒ ｐrocｅssｉng plａnｔs.
D
５4. Thｅ training of performerｓ, dirｅctｏrs, ａnｄ desiｇｎers hａｖe beｅｎ tｈe puｒpｏｓｅ ｏｆ
A Ｂ C
Amerｉcａn Nationaｌ Tｈｅatre anｄ Academy ｆoｒ over ５0 years.
Ｄ
5５. Ｔhe infeｃtious disease was brokｅn oｕｔ in Hainａn thａt summer and hundreds oｆ
A Ｂ
ｐeopｌｅ ｗerｅ deａd， mａnｙ chｉｌｄren inclｕded.
C Ｄ
5６. I ｉntended tｏ haｖｅ ｈｅr accoｍｐａny me to the cｏnceｒt ｙestｅrdａｙ eveniｎg， ｂut shｅ
A B
rejeｃtｅｄ ｍｙ ｒeqｕｅst.
Ｃ D
57. Ａll tｈｅse dｉctiｏｎarｉes ｗhiｃｈ ｈａve been ｄonated bｙ a puｂｌishiｎg hoｕse ａre tｏ be
A B C D
usｅｄ ｂy thｅ stｕdeｎtｓ hｅｒe.
5８. Werｅ iｔ not foｒ hiｓ illneｓs last weｅk, he would have bｅen qｕｉte entｈusiastic abｏut
A B Ｃ
ｔhe plan aｎｄ ｄone ｓomｅthing ｆoｒ it.
Ｄ
59． So ｆａｒ aｓ ｔhe inｆｌueｎce ｏf comｐｕｔｅrizａｔion is concerned, nowｈere ｗe cａn see ｔhｅ
A B
reｓults moｒｅ cｌeａｒly tｈan in ｔhe UＳ, ｗhiｃh ｒealｌy havｅ amａzeｄ us.
C D
６0. Come in anｄ ｈaｖe a loｏk ａt the pｅrｓon ｓeａteｄ by the window． He iｓ ｎo mｏre a man
A Ｂ Ｃ
than the one you are looｋｉng foｒ.
D
V. Rｅadiｎg (25%） (60 ｍinuｔｅｓ)
Dｉrectｉons： Read thｅ fｏtlowing ｆive passages carefully, ｃhｏose the ｂeｓｔ ａnswer ｔo ｅａch ｑuesｔｉｏn from the foｕｒ choiｃｅs gｉｖen, aｎd ｔhen writｅ tｈe coｒreｓｐoｎdinｇ ｌeｔｔｅｒ ｏn ｙour Answeｒ Shｅet.
Ｐassａｇe 1
Bｉrds soｍｅtiｍes exhｉbit benevｏlｅｎt feelｉngs; theｙ will ｆeｅｄ thｅ deｓｅｒtｅｄ 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, cleａnsed 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 theｓe 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 see ｔhe exｔｒavagant interｅst ｔakｅn in thｅ mattｅr by the ｏtheｒｓ ｏf ｔhｅ samｅ spｅcieｓ．" These paｒrｏts also eｖinced uｎbｏunded cｕriosity ａｎｄ cleaｒｌｙ hａd "tｈe idea oｆ propｅrｔy ａnd possesｓｉon．" Ｔheｙ haｖe goｏｄ ｍemorｉｅｓ， fｏr in thｅ Ｚｏolｏｇical Gaｒｄｅns tｈeｙ ｈave plaｉｎly ｒeｃognized their foｒｍer mａｓteｒs afｔeｒ an ｉｎteｒval of ｓｏｍe ｍonths.
Ｂｉrds poｓsess acute ｐowers o
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