【正文】 it happened, but that baby bird was bright orange. So right off we named him Punkinhead. The sunny days passed. How proud all of us were when our baby bird ran out of the nest onto a real grownup perch! Then one day, Punkinhead suddenly fell head down to the bottom of the cage. The tiny orange bird just lay there, both parents and I rushed to his rescue. But he was dead. Just like that. Whether he’d had a heart attack before he fell or broke his neck in the fall, I’ll never know. But Punkinhead was gone. The mother bird refused to let either Sunshine or me get near that little body. Instead of the joyful melodies I usually heard from Snowball, now she gave only the most heartbreaking cries and moans. Her heart, joy and will seemed pletely melted by her sorrow. Poor Sunshine didn’t know what to do. He kept trying to push Snowball away from her sad situation, but she refused to move. Instead, over and over she kept trying to wake up her beloved child. Finally Sunshine seemed to work out a plan. He convinced her to fly up and eat some seeds every so often, while he stood duty in her place. Then each time she left, he’d quietly place one piece of straw over Punkinhead’s body. Just one. But in a few days, piece by piece, it was pletely covered over. At first Snowball seemed panic when she looked around, but she didn’t try to uncover the chick. Instead, she flew up to her normal place and stayed there. Then I was able to quietly reach in and remove the little body. After that, Sunshine spent all his time forting Snowball. Eventually she started making normal sounds, and then one day, her sorrow finally melted and she sang again. I don’t know if Snowball ever realized the quiet labor of love and healing Sunshine had done for her. But they remained devoted for as long as they both lived. Love does that, you know. title of the passage is “When Snowball Melted”. What does the title mean? A. The increasing temperature made the snowball melt. B. The bird called Snowball was too sad for her kid’s death so she became weaker and weaker. C. The grief born by the bird called Snowball for the death of her kid was dissolved by her husband’s love. D. The bird called Snowball was loved by her husband so it seemed like a snowball was melted. 32. Why did “our tiny apartment seemed like paradise” even though we were poor? A. Because we love our tiny apartment. B. Because the tiny apartment housed a couple in love. C. Because we kept two birds in love in the tiny apartment. D. Because our tiny apartment was clean and cozy. 33. In paragraph 4, why does the author use “‘a(chǎn)dopted’ a pair of canaries from our local pet store” instead of the word “buy”? A. “Adopted” is used here to show that the birds are deserted by the store so the couple adopted them. B. “Adopted” is used here to show the couple’s love for the birds, while the word “buy”seemed to be cold and emotionless. C. “Adopted” is used here to show that nobody wanted the birds so the couple were the only one who bought them. D. there is no special reason why “adopted” is used here. 34. What is the cause of Punkinhead’s death? A. He’d had a heart attack before he fell. B. He broke his neck in the fall. C. He was attacked by a cat. D. the cause of Punkinhead’s death is unknown. 35. Which of the following things were NOT what Sunshine did to fort Snowball after the death of their kid? A. He kept trying to push Snowball away from her sad situation. B. He flew up to her normal place and stayed there. C. He convinced her to fly up and eat some seeds every so often, while he stood duty in her place. D. each time she left, he’d quietly place one piece of straw over Punkinhead’s body. Passage 4 They say there are three apples that changed the world. The first apple belongs to Adam, from the Garden of Eden. Yes, according to Christians, it was Adam’s apple that first changed humankind — the act of man disobeying t