Question

【題目】 A group of swans（天鵝）flew down to a beach where a crow（公雞） was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙視).

“You have no flying skills at all!” He said to the swans, “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, accepted the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle(努力)to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water，brother？

Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition, “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

【1】The underline word “ exhausted” in paragraph 4 means _____________.

A.tiredB.angryC.frightenedD.regretful

【2】Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A.Because he was showing another flying skill.

B.Because he was struggling to keep himself from falling into water.

C.Because he was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D.Because he was enjoying himself by doing so.

【3】What can we infer from the passage?

A.The crow didn’t know flying.

B.Flying skills were useless.

C.The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D.The swan was better at long distance flying than the crow.

【4】What does the story tell us？

A.No pains, no gains.B.The early bird catches the worm.

C.Pride goes before a fall.D.Practice makes perfect.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

這篇短文中驕傲的烏鴉瞧不起天鵝，向天鵝發(fā)起挑戰(zhàn).結(jié)果在挑戰(zhàn)中失敗，不得不向天鵝求救，最后被天鵝救了命。文章告訴我們驕傲使人落后的道理。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。Tired累的；angry生氣的；frightened害怕的；regretful后悔的；聯(lián)系下文“that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.”“他發(fā)現(xiàn)很難呆在空中，他不得不掙扎著不讓自己掉進(jìn)水里�！笨芍�此處指的是勞累，筋疲力盡的意思。故選A。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù) “Is that another trick?”“No,” said the crow.”可排除A；C,D選項(xiàng)中的內(nèi)容文中沒(méi)有提及；“He was now so exhausted that… struggle(努力)to keep himself from falling into the water.可知公雞太累了，所以有時(shí)接觸水，故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“The crow flew up … looked proudly at the swan.”可知公雞會(huì)飛，所以排除A；根據(jù)“The crow watched them with disdain(鄙視)”，可知他們不是朋友，所以排除C；根據(jù)第三段的公雞花式飛行，不能說(shuō)是無(wú)用，文中也沒(méi)說(shuō)，所以排除B；這篇短文中的烏鴉是在長(zhǎng)途飛行中輸給了天鵝，可見(jiàn)天鵝比烏鴉更善于長(zhǎng)途飛行。故應(yīng)該選D。

【4】主旨大意題。No pains, no gains.不勞，無(wú)獲；The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鳥(niǎo)兒有蟲(chóng)吃；Pride goes before a fall.驕兵必?cái)。?/span>Practice makes perfect熟能生巧。這篇短文中驕傲的烏鴉由于驕傲，挑戰(zhàn)天鵝，最后被它瞧不起的天鵝救了命，從而告訴我們驕傲使人落后的道理，故選C。