One day, a young man visited a small farm in the countryside. As he got closer to the farm, he saw many chickens and an eagle (鹰) playing together.

He then went up to the farm house and talked to the farmer, “Sir, I was just passing by and I saw that you have many chickens and an eagle.” The farmer smiled and said, “That’s not an eagle. It’s a chicken.” The young man kept saying that it was an eagle. He said to the farmer, “Sir, that is an eagle! I can prove it to you.” The farmer laughed, “Sure, go ahead.”

The young man then pulled that big bird out and climbed a high mountain. He held the bird in his hands and said, “You are an eagle, fly!” But the bird failed. The young man tried the second time. He said to the bird, “I don’t care you have been raised as a chicken for those years. But I know what you were created to be. You are an eagle, now fly!” After the young man tried another three times, the bird began to flap (拍打) its wings. Finally, it flew high and began to fly around the farm.

It is true to us. Some people around us have continued to keep us down by lying to us. Over all of those years, we were told to be a failure, not to be good enough and to accept the “reality”. They are wrong. We should try our best to reach our highest potential (潜能) to prove that we are eagles.

1. The underlined word “raised” probably has the similar meaning to the word “ ”.

A. kept B. treated

C. trained D. regarded

2. How many times did the young man try before the bird flapped its wings?

A. Four. B. Five.

C. Three. D. Six.

3.According to the passage, during all of those years, “we” were told all of the following EXCEPT .

A. to be a failure B. not to be good enough

C. to accept the "reality" D. to prove that we are eagles

4.. Why did the young man pull that bird out?

A. Because he wanted to kill the bird.

B. Because the farmer asked him to do it.

C. Because he wanted to prove something to the farmer.

D. Because the farmer wanted the young man to throw the bird away.

5. What is the best title for the story?

A. You Are an Eagle B. Chickens And an Eagle

C. How to Prove the Eagle D. A Farmer And a Young Man

 

A sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you can see on the roads.

Number One is a sign with the number forty on it. When driver see this sign, they must not go at more than forty kilometers one hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number Two is a sign that we’re near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number Three is a sign that there is a bend (弯道) on the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go round a bend very fast. Number Four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction(交叉点) at this place.

Number Five is a sign that there is a dangerous mountain road and Number Six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully when they see these signs. Number Seven is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number Eight is a sign with a letter “P” on it. The letter “P” means “Parking”. At some places, there are signs “NO PARKING” or “NO WAITING”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car.

1.. At the place where you see Sign 1, ________.

A. you are already out of the town

B. you still have forty kilometers to go

C. there must be a town forty kilometers away

D. there must be many houses and buildings not far away

2. There stands Sign 2 near a place where ________.

A. two roads crossB. the road gets narrow

C. there are no traffic lights D. people can cross the road

3. You have to drive not only slowly but also carefully when you find ________ according to the passage.

A. either of signs 2 and 3B. all of signs 3, 5, 6 and 7

C. each of the eight signsD. any of signs 3, 6, 7 and 8

4. A driver can leave his car ________.

A. near Sign 8 at any time

B. near a sign with “NO PARKING” on it

C. near Sign 3 in the daytime

D. near a sign with “NO WAITING” if there’re no police there

5. People put these signs on the roads to ________.

A. show drivers the wayB. stop cars going too fast

C. make driving even saferD. learn another kind of language

 

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