Question

【题目】 A group of swans（天鹅）flew down to a beach where a crow（公鸡） was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

“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】

这篇短文中骄傲的乌鸦瞧不起天鹅，向天鹅发起挑战.结果在挑战中失败，不得不向天鹅求救，最后被天鹅救了命。文章告诉我们骄傲使人落后的道理。

【1】词义猜测题。Tired累的；angry生气的；frightened害怕的；regretful后悔的；联系下文“that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.”“他发现很难呆在空中，他不得不挣扎着不让自己掉进水里。”可知此处指的是劳累，筋疲力尽的意思。故选A。

【2】推理判断题。根据 “Is that another trick?”“No,” said the crow.”可排除A；C,D选项中的内容文中没有提及；“He was now so exhausted that… struggle(努力)to keep himself from falling into the water.可知公鸡太累了，所以有时接触水，故选B。

【3】推理判断题。根据“The crow flew up … looked proudly at the swan.”可知公鸡会飞，所以排除A；根据“The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视)”，可知他们不是朋友，所以排除C；根据第三段的公鸡花式飞行，不能说是无用，文中也没说，所以排除B；这篇短文中的乌鸦是在长途飞行中输给了天鹅，可见天鹅比乌鸦更善于长途飞行。故应该选D。

【4】主旨大意题。No pains, no gains.不劳，无获；The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃；Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败；Practice makes perfect熟能生巧。这篇短文中骄傲的乌鸦由于骄傲，挑战天鹅，最后被它瞧不起的天鹅救了命，从而告诉我们骄傲使人落后的道理，故选C。