Question

    The eagle has the longest life of its group. It can reach up to 70 years. But to reach this age,the eagle must make a hard and painful decision.   

    When an eagle reaches near 40 ,its short sharp beak becomes bent (彎曲的) .Its long and once flexible (靈活的) talons can no longer catch animals or birds for tood. And its old and heavy wings with thick feathers on its body make it difficult to fly. Then,the eagle has only two choices ： to die or to go through a painful time of change which needs five months.

     When the eagle feels weak and is about to die,it goes to a place far away on the top of a mountain and sits on a nest. For a new life,the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it pulls its beak out. After pulling it out,the eagle waits for a new beak to grow. And then it pulls out its talons and old feathers. It takes the eagle five months to complete its change and get a new life. We can call it its rebirth. So it can live for 30 more years.

    Like the eagle,we human beings sometimes need to make some change to get out of our difficulty. In miserable condition,we have to change our ways of life. The changing may be very painful. But sometimes we have to throw off our old habits,memories and traditions. We can't go on with all our past burdens (重負(fù)) .

53. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. When an eagle reaches near 40 ,its short sharp beak is still straight.

   B. For a new life,the eagle knocks its talons against a rock.

   C. If the eagle doesn’t change itself,it will have a new life.

   D. The writer's idea is that we can't go on with all our past burdens.

54. The underlined word " miserable" here probably means“”

   A. terrible   B. good   C. lonely   D. lucky

55 . The best title for the passage can be “”

   A. The death of the eagle

   B. The living period of the eagle

   C. A good and easy decision

   D. Rebirth of the eagle

Answer 1

53. D 54. A 55. D

[閱讀D篇短文大意]鷹最長能夠活到70歲，但若想活到 這個(gè)年齡，它在將近40歲的時(shí)候必須經(jīng)歷一次痛苦的重生過程。 整個(gè)重生過程歷時(shí)五個(gè)月，在這期間鷹要用喙撞擊巖石，直到喙完 全脫落，之后它要等待長出新的喙，然后鷹還要拔掉爪子和老化的 羽毛。如果鷹能夠挺過這個(gè)過程，那它還能再多活30年^我們?nèi)?類也是一樣，當(dāng)我們遇到糟糕的狀況時(shí)，我們也必須做出改變。

53. D 通讀最后一段，由其中的” We can't go on with all our past burdens (重負(fù)) "可知，選項(xiàng)D是正確的描述。

54. A畫線的詞是miserable,結(jié)合上下文可知，在糟糕的狀況下，我們必須改變我們的生活方式，故答案為A.

55. D通讀全文可知，適合本文的最佳標(biāo)題是D項(xiàng)”鷹的重生”。