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【題目】A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow( 烏鴉)was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain（鄙視）.

“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 to fly over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (評(píng)價(jià))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 tired 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( 假裝)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(順序) of the following events?

a. The crow showed off its flying skills

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

c. The crow laughed at the swans 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-bC. c-e-a-d-bD. e-a-d-c-b

【2】Why did the crow keep touching in water?

A. It was showing another flying skill.

B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.

C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. It was enjoying itself 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(距離) flying than the crow.

【4】What does the story tell us?

A. No pain, no gain.(不勞而獲)B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. Pride goes before a fall.D. Practice makes perfect.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇寓言故事，通過(guò)烏鴉向天鵝挑戰(zhàn)失敗的故事告訴人們驕兵必?cái)〉牡览怼?/span>

【1】題意：以下事件的正確順序是什么?考查細(xì)節(jié)排序。a.烏鴉炫耀它的飛行技巧；b.天鵝同情烏鴉，救了它；c.烏鴉嘲笑天鵝在飛翔；d.烏鴉跟著天鵝，惹上了麻煩；e.烏鴉向天鵝挑戰(zhàn)，一只強(qiáng)壯的年輕天鵝接受了。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容：先是烏鴉鄙視天鵝的飛行技巧，接著發(fā)起挑戰(zhàn)并炫耀它的飛行技巧；不料天鵝不停地飛啊飛，烏鴉跟著天鵝，惹上了麻煩差點(diǎn)掉進(jìn)水里；最后，天鵝同情烏鴉，把他扛在肩上，飛回了海灘�？芍�c-e-a-d-b順序正確，故選C。

【2】題意：烏鴉為什么一直在水里移動(dòng)?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)上文He was now tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.可知他不得不掙扎著不讓自己掉進(jìn)水里，故選B。

【3】題意：我們能從這篇文章中推斷出什么?考查細(xì)節(jié)推斷。A. The crow didn’t know flying. 烏鴉不會(huì)飛。B. Flying skills were useless. 飛行技能毫無(wú)用處。C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends. 天鵝救了烏鴉，因?yàn)樗麄兪呛门笥选?/span>D. The swan was better at long distance flying than the crow.天鵝比烏鴉更擅長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)距離飛行。根據(jù)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 tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.可知天鵝比烏鴉更擅長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)距離飛行，The swan was better at long distance flying than the crow.說(shuō)法正確，故選D。

【4】題意：這個(gè)故事告訴我們什么?考查主旨理解。A. No pain, no gain.不勞而獲；B. The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鳥(niǎo)兒有蟲(chóng)吃；C. Pride goes before a fall.驕兵必?cái)。?/span>D. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。根據(jù)烏鴉向天鵝挑戰(zhàn)失敗的結(jié)果，結(jié)合烏鴉的醒悟I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…可知自高自大導(dǎo)致了他的失敗，Pride goes before a fall.符合文意，故選C。