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.tired B.angry C.frightened D.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.

阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。

It was the middle of July. I had spent two days exploring a bat cave in thedesert in southern New Mexico. The cave was part of an ancient flow of lava(熔岩流),now hardened into rock. I had left the cave and was driving my pickup truckon a rough(高低不平的)track across the________surface of the lava flow.

Suddenly, the truck came to a stop, caught on a black lava rock.

A quick check of the underside ______the worst: the truck's axle(车轴)was bent,nearly broken intwo. I couldn't ______ help in such faraway country. I put the food and cans of water into my backpackand set off on foot, going north, the direction of the main highway.I was low on water. Too little food didnot matter much, but hiking across the desert in July without water could be dangerous. As I set out,unreasonable ______ came over my mind. I was afraid of everything around me. Each creature mademy heart jump. In my mind, every movement was a scary animal about to strike and kill me.

I walked for hours and cried until I________that nobody was around to hear me. Complaining wasuseless. A change came over me. I began to feel less afraid. Fear was replaced by curiosity. I went on,and slowly but surely began to see the desert world differently, through_______ eyes, not frightened ones.That night I lay on the warm sand, using my backpack as a pillow. The sky went dark. The starsbegan to shine in the hugeness of the heavens. With a smile I thought how little there was to fear, afterall. By noon the following day I ______north. I began to think how lucky I was to see the wild desertworld. A wrecked truck and a forced hike across the desert gave me an/a ______ to see what few othersever saw

Late in the day, I came to a farmhouse. I drank all the lemonade that the farmer and his wife had intheir refrigerator. "I liked it out there," I told them when we got to talking. "I just wish I had been lessfrightened. I would have noticed more that way "I know what you mean," the man said thoughtfully."It's a rare sight, that desert wilderness, a rare sight’

1.A. clean B. flat C. hard D. smooth

2.A. proved B. ordered C. thought D. imagined

3.A. choose B. explain C. suggest D. expect

4.A. pride B. fears C. pains D. surprise

5.A. wondered B. remembered C. described D. realized

6.A. tired B. nervous C. interested D. satisfied

7.A. continued B. searched C. improved D. increased

8.A. change B. opportunity C. attention D. responsibility

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