Many men tried
to fly like birds. They made wings 16 themselves, usually of feathers, and
tried to fly 17 moving their wings as a bird 18 . None of the 19 . A bird has a very 20 body but very strong wing 21 . A man, on the contrary, has a 22 body and not very strong arm muscles. A
man will 23 fly like a bird. His muscles are not
strong enough. He can only fly properly 24 with an engine.
There is
a kind of plane which doesn’t have an engine. It 25 a glider(滑翔机). It is very light and can carry 26 one or two people. It is pulled into the
air rather like flying a kite, usually from a 27 place if there is a good 28 , it can rise into the air and sometimes
cover long 29 but usually it soon glides gently back to
30 .
Some men
did not find sitting in a glider exciting enough. They wanted to
glide by 31 wings, like the “bird men” of older 32 . But the wings of the modern “bird men” were 33 . They were 34 . They were not made 35 feathers.
( )16. A.
of
B. on
C. for
D. in
( )17. A.
with B.
in
C. through D. by
( )18. A.
made B.
does
C. makes
D. did
( )19. A.
success B. succeeded C. successful D. successfully
( )20. A.
beautiful B. wonderful C.
heavy
D. light
( )21. A.
muscles(肌肉) B. eyes
C. feathers
D. light
( )22. A.
strong B. heavy C. light
D. straight
( )23. A.
never B.
still C.
hardly
D. also
( )24. A.
by train B. on a car C. in a plane D. on a bird
( )25. A.
calls B.
names C. is
called D. is
carried
( )26. A.
only B.
not
C. never
D. still
( )27. A.
low
B. modern
C. beautiful
D. high
( )28. A.
wind B.
cloud C.
rain
D. snow
( )29. A.
roads B.
distances(距离) C. streets
D. way
( )30. A.
the air B. the sky C. earth
D. the place
( )31. A.
making B. doing C. moving D.
wearing
( )32. A.
times B.
places C.
air
D. sky
( )33. A.
same B.
new
C. different
D. beautiful
( )34. A.
light and strong B.
straight and light
C. straight and
strong D.
wonderful and strange
( )35. A.
up
B. of
C. from
D. with
