Drew Lanham grew up on the farm his grandfather built in Edgefield County,S.C.in the 1920s.Lanbam,now 54,says his father felt a responsibility to stay on the land and care for the animals and crops there.To Lanham,that family land was connected with his love for birds.He would spend hours observing birds like the prairie warbler and the bobwhite quail when he was young.
Lanbam said he believed from a very early age he would be someone who studied birds.However,he lost rack of that dream on the road to becoming an engineer. "Before I left for college,everyone around me said, 'You're good at math and science.Be an engineer.Make money.Drew.' And for a while,I tried that,but hated every last moment of it," he said.
When he took a return trip to the farm,the farm was unrecognizable.All of these wonderful forests that he'd grown up in had been cut.But some wildlife remained. "I remember the day when I left.I was driving up this dirt road,and the birds were singing 'Zee,zee,zee'," he said.The birds' song lit a fire under Lanham.After his visit back to the farm,be couldn't see himself returning to work as an engineer.Therefore,he got on track to study to become an ornithologist(鳥類學(xué)家).
Lanbam researched the eastern bluebird. "The work was often hot and bard and long hours.But there were moments when I would look up and there would be the songs of birds.These moments made me realize that I was doing what I bad always dreamed of," he said.
Lanham thinks that
his turn towards the study of nature is carrying his father's legacy(遺產(chǎn))forward.
(1)Why did Drew Lanbam become an engineer at first?
B
B
A.He enjoyed studying math and science.
B.He was persuaded by people around.
C.He wanted to make big money.
D.He lost interest in birds then.
(2)What happened during Lanham's return trip to the farm?
D
D
A.He was trapped on the dirt road.
B.He wanted to save the destroyed farm.
C.The birds reminded him of his childhood.
D.The birds awakened his love for wildlife.
(3)What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
A
A
A.Lanbam continued his father's responsibility.
B.Lanbam's father would be proud of his son.
C.Lanbam's job was better than his father's.
D.Lanbam expanded the farming land.