Question

【题目】 A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) 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，took up 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(评价) 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 to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended (假装) 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】What's the correct order of the following events?

a．The crow showed off his flying skills.

b．The swan felt pity for the crow and saved him.

c．The crow laughed at the swan's flying.

d．The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e．The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A.e，c，d，a，bB.a，e，c，d，b

C.c，e，a，d，bD.e，a，d，c，b

【2】What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.Tired.B.Angry.

C.Frightened.D.Regretful.

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

A.Because he was showing another flying skill.

B.Because it was difficult for him to stay in the air.

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

D.Because he was enjoying himself by doing so.

【4】What can we infer (推断) 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 longdistance flying than the crow.

【5】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】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

本文是一篇故事，讲述了一只乌鸦和天鹅比飞翔技巧的故事。起初乌鸦炫耀它的飞翔技巧很多，嘲讽天鹅，但是天鹅的飞翔很扎实，在比赛中，乌鸦体力不支败下阵来，最后承认是自己太过于自大与骄傲了。

【1】细节理解题。通读全文，可知故事的发展顺序是“乌鸦嘲笑天鹅—乌鸦挑战天鹅，一只天鹅应战—乌鸦炫技—乌鸦和天鹅比飞翔但陷入了困境—天鹅救了乌鸦”，故选C。

【2】词义猜测题。该词所在句句意为“现在他如此________以至于很难站在空中”。Tired累的；Angry生气的；Frightened害怕的；Regretful后悔的，根据句意，可以推测此处表示很累了，故选A。

【3】细节理解题。根据“He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air，and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water”，可知它太累了，无法继续飞在空中，故选B。

【4】推理判断题。根据故事的结局，可知天鹅在长距离飞行中比乌鸦更有优势，故选D。

【5】文章主旨题。通读全文，可知文章主要讲述了骄傲自大的乌鸦最终在飞翔比赛中落败于天鹅的故事，这告诉我们一个道理：骄兵必败。故选C。