Question

【题目】 Once upon a time, there lived a kind-hearted king. He was __________ about birds and animals, and had a huge bird sanctuary (禁猎区) in his country. He disliked harming the animals and birds. He did not kill them for meat. One day, the king was gifted two beautiful birds by a businessman. The king __________the trainer to make them feel comfortable in their country.

One day, the king saw one bird fly very high, very quickly. __________ , the other bird just sat on the branch (树枝) and didn’t move even a __________ . The trainer said that he had tried everything he could but still __________ to make the bird move. Soon, the king announced that he needed someone to make it move and fly.

A few weeks later, an old man reached the king’s palace and __________ him that he would make the bird fly like the other one. The king asked the trainer to take the old man to train the bird.

The next _________, the king went to visit the old man. He was surprised to see the other bird fly like the first one to great __________ at rapid speed. The king was very happy and gifted the old man quite a few gold coins and asked the old man what he had done to make the bird fly in a day. The old man__________ replied, “I just cut down the branch of the tree where the bird used to sit on.”

Many of us are like this. We have wings to fly; we know how to fly, and where to fly. Still we sit doing nothing _________ doing something that makes us inferior (较差的) to others.

【1】A.excitedB.curiousC.seriousD.crazy

【2】A.allowedB.forcedC.orderedD.warned

【3】A.MoreoverB.HoweverC.AnywayD.Otherwise

【4】A.stepB.metreC.footD.minute

【5】A.acceptedB.refusedC.managedD.failed

【6】A.agreedB.promisedC.suggestedD.replied

【7】A.yearB.monthC.weekD.day

【8】A.effortsB.flightsC.heightsD.weights

【9】A.simplyB.finallyC.easilyD.wisely

【10】A.andB.beforeC.afterD.or

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【7】D

【8】C

【9】A

【10】D

【解析】

这篇短文讲述了一个老人砍掉鸟一直呆着的树枝让它像另一只鸟一样快速的飞得很高的故事。

【1】句意：他对鸟类和动物很着迷。

考查形容词。A. excited感到兴奋的；B. curious好奇的；C. serious严肃的；D. crazy疯狂的，着迷的。根据and had a huge bird sanctuary (禁猎区) in his country. He disliked harming the animals and birds.“在他的国家有一个巨大的鸟类保护区。他不喜欢伤害动物和鸟类。”可知他对动物非常着迷，故选D。

【2】句意：国王命令驯兽师让他们（鸟）像在自己的国家一样感到舒适。

考查动词。A. allowed允许；B. forced强制；C. ordered 命令；D. warned警告。国王对驯兽师发布命令，结合句意，故选C。

【3】句意：然而，另一只鸟就待在树枝上。

考查连词。A. Moreover此外；B. However然而；C. Anyway无论如何；D. Otherwise否则。根据上文One day, the king saw one bird fly very high, very quickly.及后文另一只鸟的表现，可知此处表示转折，故选B。

【4】句意：然而，另一只鸟就待在树枝上，一动不动。

考查名词。A. step步，脚步；B. metre米；C. foot英尺；D. minute分钟。根据the other bird just sat on the branch (树枝)可知这只鸟一步也不动，故选A。

【5】句意：驯兽师说他已经尽力了，但还是没能让鸟动起来。

考查动词。A. accepted接受；B. refused拒绝；C. managed管理；D. failed失败。根据上文及转折可知此处指没能让鸟动起来，故选D。

【6】句意：几周后，一位老人来到国王的宫殿，向他承诺他会让这只鸟像另一只一样飞。

考查动词。A. agreed同意；B. promised承诺；C. suggested建议；D. replied答复。根据后文可知老人是来解决问题的，所以此处指老人承诺会让鸟飞起来，故选B。

【7】句意：第二天，国王去看望老人。

考查名词。A. year年；B. month 月；C. week周；D. day日。根据事情的发展“第二天，国王去看老人”，合情合理，故选D。

【8】句意：他惊讶地看到另一只鸟像第一只一样快速地飞到很高的地方。

考查名词。 A. efforts努力；B. flights飞行，航班；C. heights高度；D. weights体重。根据前文One day, the king saw one bird fly very high, very quickly.第一只鸟飞得又高又快，可知此处指飞到很高的地方，故选C。

【9】句意：老人只是简单地回答说：“我刚刚砍掉了那只鸟曾经栖息的树枝。

考查副词。A. simply简单地，仅仅；B. finally最后；C. easily容易地；D. wisely明智地。根据老人说的话，可知老人只是简单地回复，故选A。

【10】句意：我们仍然坐着无所事事，或者做一些让我们比别人差的事情。

考查连词。A. and和，并且；B. before在……之前；C. after在……之后；D. or或者。此处指我们要么什么也不做，要么做一些比其他人差的事情，两个短语是选择关系，故选D。