Question

【題目】 Once upon a time, there lived a kind-hearted king. He loved birds and animals, and had a huge bird sanctuary (禁獵區(qū)) in his kingdom. He disliked harming the animals and birds. He did not kill them for meat. One day, the king was sent two beautiful birds by a businessman. The king ordered the trainer to make them feel comfortable in their country.

One day, the king saw one bird fly very high, very quickly. However, the other bird just sat on the branch (樹枝) and didn’t move even a step. The trainer said that he had tried everything he could but still failed 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 assured 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 day, the king went to visit the old man. He was surprised to see the other bird fly like the first one to great height at rapid speed. The king was very happy and sent 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 simply 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 or doing something that makes us inferior (較差的) to others.

【1】What did the king do after he got the two birds ?

A.He sent them to a businessman in the forestB.He kept them on the branch of a tree

C.He made the trainer take care of themD.He set them free and let them fly in the sky

【2】The underlined part “assured him” in the passage probably means________.

A.caused him to be sureB.made him agree

C.let him downD.helped him to stand

【3】The king went to visit the old man because he wanted to _______.

A.have a talk with the old manB.see if there was any change

C.make the bird fly in the skyD.give the old man some money

【4】We can infer(推斷) from the passage that_______.

A.the king killed the two birds for meat in the end.

B.the businessman became the richest man in the world.

C.the trainer would keep more and more birds for the king.

D.the old man was more experienced than the trainer

【5】What can we learn from the story?

A.A slow bird should make an early startB.Don't sit still when you have wings to fly!

C.A timely snow promises a good harvest.D.Don't climb a tree to look for fish.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

文章大意：從前，有一個(gè)善良的國王。他熱愛鳥類和動(dòng)物，在他的王國里有一個(gè)巨大的鳥類保護(hù)區(qū)。一天，一個(gè)商人送給國王兩只漂亮的鳥。國王命令馴獸師好好對待它們。一天，國王看到一只鳥飛得很高，很快。然而，另一只鳥只是站在樹枝上，一動(dòng)不動(dòng)。一位老人砍掉了那只鳥曾經(jīng)棲息的樹枝，它就飛上了天空。我們很多人都是這樣。我們有翅膀可以飛翔；我們知道如何飛翔，在哪里飛翔。我們?nèi)匀蛔�著無所事事，或者做一些讓我們比別人差的事情。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The king ordered the trainer to make them feel comfortable in their country. 國王命令馴獸師好好對待這兩只鳥。故選C。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中that he would make the bird fly like the other one.可知，他會(huì)讓那只鳥像另一只一樣飛，因此，可以推斷，老人是向國王保證，讓國王確信，文中劃線部分意為使他確信，故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)根據(jù)第三段可知，老人向國王保證能夠?qū)⑦@只鳥訓(xùn)練成功，因此國王來會(huì)見老人，也就是想看看是否真的會(huì)有變化。可知，故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段The old man simply replied, “I just cut down the branch of the tree where the bird used to sit on. ” 老人只是簡單地回答說：“我剛剛砍掉了那只鳥曾經(jīng)棲息的樹枝�！笨梢酝茢喑觯�這位老人比訓(xùn)練師更有經(jīng)驗(yàn)，故選D。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)最后一段，我們有翅膀可以飛翔；我們知道如何飛翔，在哪里飛翔。我們?nèi)匀蛔�著無所事事，或者做一些讓我們比別人差的事情。因此，文章借用小鳥的寓言告誡我們：若有能力展翅高飛，則不要原地不動(dòng)，故選B。