Question

【題目】 Once upon a time, there lived a kind-hearted king. He was __________ about birds and animals, and had a huge bird sanctuary (禁獵區(qū)) 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 (樹(shù)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 (較差的) 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】

這篇短文講述了一個(gè)老人砍掉鳥(niǎo)一直呆著的樹(shù)枝讓它像另一只鳥(niǎo)一樣快速的飛得很高的故事。

【1】句意：他對(duì)鳥(niǎo)類和動(dòng)物很著迷。

考查形容詞。A. excited感到興奮的；B. curious好奇的；C. serious嚴(yán)肅的；D. crazy瘋狂的，著迷的。根據(jù)and had a huge bird sanctuary (禁獵區(qū)) in his country. He disliked harming the animals and birds.“在他的國(guó)家有一個(gè)巨大的鳥(niǎo)類保護(hù)區(qū)。他不喜歡傷害動(dòng)物和鳥(niǎo)類。”可知他對(duì)動(dòng)物非常著迷，故選D。

【2】句意：國(guó)王命令馴獸師讓他們（鳥(niǎo)）像在自己的國(guó)家一樣感到舒適。

考查動(dòng)詞。A. allowed允許；B. forced強(qiáng)制；C. ordered 命令；D. warned警告。國(guó)王對(duì)馴獸師發(fā)布命令，結(jié)合句意，故選C。

【3】句意：然而，另一只鳥(niǎo)就待在樹(shù)枝上。

考查連詞。A. Moreover此外；B. However然而；C. Anyway無(wú)論如何；D. Otherwise否則。根據(jù)上文One day, the king saw one bird fly very high, very quickly.及后文另一只鳥(niǎo)的表現(xiàn)，可知此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故選B。

【4】句意：然而，另一只鳥(niǎo)就待在樹(shù)枝上，一動(dòng)不動(dòng)。

考查名詞。A. step步，腳步；B. metre米；C. foot英尺；D. minute分鐘。根據(jù)the other bird just sat on the branch (樹(shù)枝)可知這只鳥(niǎo)一步也不動(dòng)，故選A。

【5】句意：馴獸師說(shuō)他已經(jīng)盡力了，但還是沒(méi)能讓鳥(niǎo)動(dòng)起來(lái)。

考查動(dòng)詞。A. accepted接受；B. refused拒絕；C. managed管理；D. failed失敗。根據(jù)上文及轉(zhuǎn)折可知此處指沒(méi)能讓鳥(niǎo)動(dòng)起來(lái)，故選D。

【6】句意：幾周后，一位老人來(lái)到國(guó)王的宮殿，向他承諾他會(huì)讓這只鳥(niǎo)像另一只一樣飛。

考查動(dòng)詞。A. agreed同意；B. promised承諾；C. suggested建議；D. replied答復(fù)。根據(jù)后文可知老人是來(lái)解決問(wèn)題的，所以此處指老人承諾會(huì)讓鳥(niǎo)飛起來(lái)，故選B。

【7】句意：第二天，國(guó)王去看望老人。

考查名詞。A. year年；B. month 月；C. week周；D. day日。根據(jù)事情的發(fā)展“第二天，國(guó)王去看老人”，合情合理，故選D。

【8】句意：他驚訝地看到另一只鳥(niǎo)像第一只一樣快速地飛到很高的地方。

考查名詞。 A. efforts努力；B. flights飛行，航班；C. heights高度；D. weights體重。根據(jù)前文One day, the king saw one bird fly very high, very quickly.第一只鳥(niǎo)飛得又高又快，可知此處指飛到很高的地方，故選C。

【9】句意：老人只是簡(jiǎn)單地回答說(shuō)：“我剛剛砍掉了那只鳥(niǎo)曾經(jīng)棲息的樹(shù)枝。

考查副詞。A. simply簡(jiǎn)單地，僅僅；B. finally最后；C. easily容易地；D. wisely明智地。根據(jù)老人說(shuō)的話，可知老人只是簡(jiǎn)單地回復(fù)，故選A。

【10】句意：我們?nèi)匀蛔�著無(wú)所事事，或者做一些讓我們比別人差的事情。

考查連詞。A. and和，并且；B. before在……之前；C. after在……之后；D. or或者。此處指我們要么什么也不做，要么做一些比其他人差的事情，兩個(gè)短語(yǔ)是選擇關(guān)系，故選D。