四級英語閱讀強化練習題原文

　　Shortly after birth in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenlyswitched and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberly’s biological parents, Ernest andRegina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests showed thatthe child wasn’t the Twiggs’ own daughter, but Kimt only was, thus sparking a custody battlewith Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr.Mays would maintain custody withthe Twiggs getting visiting fights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided thatKimberly was being harmed.

　　The decision to leave Kimberly with Mr. Mays rendered her suit debated. But the judge madeclear that Kimberly did have standing to sue ( 起訴) on her own behalf. Thus he made clear thatshe was more than just property to be handled as adults saw fit.

　　Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is fundamental. But biological parentsaren’t always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey anabsolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.

　　四級英語閱讀強化練習題題目

　　1. What was the primary consideration in the Florida judge’s ruling?

　　A. The biological link.

　　B. The child’s benefits.

　　C.The traditional practice.

　　D. The parents’ feelings.

　　2. We can learn from the Kimberly case that

　　A. children are more than just personal possessions of their parents

　　B. the biological link between parent and child should be emphasized

　　C. foster homes bring children more pain and suffering than care

　　D. biological parents shouldn’t claim custody rights after their child is adopted

　　3. The Twiggs claimed custody rights to Kimberly because

　　A. they found her unhappy in Mr. Mays’ custody

　　B. they regarded her as their property

　　C. they were her biological parents

　　D. they felt guilty about their past mistake

　　4. Kimberly had been given to Mr. Mays

　　A. by sheer accident

　　B. out of charity

　　C. at his request

　　D. for better care

　　5. The author’s attitude towards the judge’s ruling could be described as

　　A. doubtful

　　B. Critical

　　C. cautious

　　D. supportive

　　四級英語閱讀強化練習題答案

　　1.[B] 推理判斷題。根據第2段最后一句“女孩被判給她認識的父親，即養父，而非生父”以及全文的最后一句中all the rights of children,可以推斷,該判決是從孩子本身的利益出發的，故選B而排除A。

　　2.[A] 事實細節題。根據倒數第2段最后一句“金伯莉不僅僅是大人們覺得合適就可以隨意處置的“財產”可知a與該句相符，其中的personal possessions為原文中property的同義表達。

　　3.[C] 事實細節題。第4段第2、3句指出“金伯莉的親生父母，歐內斯特和里賈納·特維格，......醫學測試顯示……金伯莉才是他們的孩子，從而引發了特維格夫婦與羅伯特·梅斯之間的監護權爭訟案”，由此可知，C與之相符。

　　4.[A] 事實細節題。第4段第1句提到，金伯莉·梅斯與另一名嬰兒被陰差陽錯地調換了，她們跟著不是自己親生父母的人一起回了家，由此可知A正確。

　　5.[D] 觀點態度題。在最后一段作者用But轉折句說明自己的觀點，即“但生身父母并不總是比養父母更合適”,可見作者是支持法官將金伯莉判給其養父的。