阅读理解 It''s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That''s especially true of children who remain in abusive homes because the law blindly favors biological parents. It''s also true of children who suffer for years in foster homes (收养孩子的家庭) because of parents who can''t or won''t care for them but refuse to give up custody (监护) rights. Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays fits neither description, but her recent court victory could eventually help children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge ruled that the teenager can remain with the only father she''s ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal claim" on her. The ruling, though it may yet be reversed, sets aside the principle that biology is the primary determinant of parentage. That''s an important development, one that''s long overdue. Shortly after birth in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberly''s biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests showed that the child wasn''t the Twiggs'' own daughter, but Kimberly was, thus sparking a custody battle with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting visiting rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed, The decision to leave Kimberly with Mr. Mays rendered her suit debated. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have standing to sue (起诉) on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was more than just property to be handled as adults saw fit. Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is fundamental. But biological parents aren''t always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey an absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.
单选题 What was the primary consideration in the Florida judge''s ruling?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】推理判断题。根据第2段最后一句A Florida judge ruled that the teenager can remain with the only father she''s ever known and that her biological parents have“no legal claim " on her,(女孩被判给她认识的父亲,即养父,而非亲父)以及全文的最后一句中的all the rights of children,可以推断,该判决是从孩子本身的利益出发的。根据第3段可排除A项。
单选题 We can learn from the Kimberly case that________.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】事实细节题。应该到Kimberly case的最后部分找结论,即根据倒数第2段最后一句:金伯莉不仅仅是大人们觉得合适就可以随意处置的“财产”。A项与该句句型一致,其中的personal possessions为原文中property的同义表达。
单选题 The Twiggs claimed custody rights to Kimberly because________.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】事实细节题。根据第4段第2、3句:金伯莉的生身父母,欧内斯特和里贾纳.特维格,……医学测试显示……金伯莉才是他们的孩子,从而引发了特维格夫妇与罗伯特.梅斯之间的监护权争讼案。
单选题 Kimberly had been given to Mr. Mays________.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】事实细节题。根据第4段第1句:... Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong parents,(金伯莉.梅斯与另一名婴儿被阴差阳错地调换了,她们跟着不是自己生身父母的人一起回了家。)
单选题 The author''s attitude towards the judge''s ruling could be described as________.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】观点态度题。根据最后一段:Certainly,... But... 转折句的内容往往体现作者的态度:“但生身父母并不总是比养父母更合适”说明作者是支持法官将金伯莉判给其养父的。