It was morning, and the new sun was shining gold across the gentle sea. A crowd of a thousand seagulls(海鸥) were fighting for bits of food. But far away from these birds, Jonathan Seagull was practicing flying alone.

Most seagulls don’t trouble themselves to learn more than the simplest facts of flight — how to get food and come back. For most seagulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this seagull, however, flight is much more important than eating. More than anything else, Jonathan Seagull loved to fly.

This kind of thinking, he found, is not the way to make oneself popular with other birds. Even his parents were unhappy.

“See here, Jonathan,” said his father not unkindly. “Winter isn’t far away. If you don’t study how to get food, you might die of hunger in the future. Flying is all very well, but you can’t eat flight, you know.”

Jonathan understood what his father meant. For the next few days he tried to act like the other seagulls; he really tried, screaming and fighting with other seagulls for fish and bread. But he couldn’t make it work.

“It’s all so worthless,” he thought, “I could be spending all this time learning to fly. There’s so much to learn!”

It wasn’t long before Jonathan seagull was off by himself again, far out at sea, hungry, happy, learning. The subject was speed, and in a week’s practice he learned more about speed than the fastest seagull alive.

1.1. What did Jonathan Seagull like doing most?

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解析：选He liked flying most.。细节理解题 解析：第二段最后一句明确指出 “More than anything else, Jonathan Seagull loved to fly.” 因此，他最喜欢的事情是飞翔。

2.2.What did Father mean by saying “you can’t eat flight?

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解析：选Flying couldn’t solve the hunger problem.。细节理解题 解析：结合父亲前一句话 “If you don’t study how to get food, you might die of hunger” 可知，父亲是在警告乔纳森，仅仅会飞并不能填饱肚子，生存（获取食物）才是首要的。

3.3.What did Jonathan think of fighting with others for food?

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解析：选It was worthless.。观点态度题 解析：第五段直接描述了乔纳森的想法：”It’s all so worthless”。他认为为了食物而争斗是毫无价值的。

4.4.Do you think Jonathan will die of hunger finally? Why or why not?

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解析：选此题答案不唯一，需基于文章内容给出合理解释。。观点一（不会）：因为他在刻苦练习飞行，尤其是速度，这最终可能使他能更快、更有效地找到食物（例如飞到更远、竞争更少的海域）。他快乐且专注，这种探索精神可能引领他找到新的生存方式。 观点二（可能会）：因为他忽视父亲关于储备食物过冬的警告，过于沉迷飞行而轻视基本的生存技能，在严酷的自然环境中可能面临危险。 两种观点只要言之成理，均可得分。