8．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 s
how 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 flying over the sea．The crow flew after him，making all kinds of comments（評價） 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 so exhausted 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 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．
51．What's the correct order of the following events？C
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 swan's 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，b
B．a(chǎn)，e，c，d，b
C．c，e，a，d，b
D．e，a，d，c，b
52．What does the underlined word"exhausted"in Paragraph 4mean？A
A．Tired．
B．Angry．
C．Frightened．
D．Regretful．
53．Why did the crow keep touching the water？B
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．
54．What can we infer（推斷） from the passage？D
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 flying than the crow．
55．What does the story tell us？A
A．Pride goes before a fall
B．The early bird catches the worm．
C．No pains，no gains．
D．Practice makes perfect．
分析 一對天鵝飛落在一個沙灘上，有一只烏鴉正在跳躍．烏鴉很鄙視的看著天鵝．
"你已經(jīng)不能飛了．"他對著天鵝說．"你能做的只是動動翅膀、你能在天空翻轉(zhuǎn)嗎？不，你不行了．我們來比賽吧，我會向你展示真正的飛翔．"
其中一只強壯的年輕的公的天鵝接受了挑戰(zhàn)．烏鴉飛起來展示自己的技能．他飛著轉(zhuǎn)圈，表演其他的飛行技巧，然后下來驕傲的看著天鵝．
現(xiàn)在輪到天鵝了．他飛起來，開始飛過大海．烏鴉飛著跟隨著他，對天鵝的飛行做各種評價．他們一直飛，知道他們看不見陸地，四周只有水．烏鴉的評論越來越少．他是如此的筋疲力盡以至于他發(fā)現(xiàn)待在天上是如此的累，不得不掙扎著讓自己不掉落到水里．
天鵝裝作沒看見，說到："為什么你一直接觸著水面，另一個技巧？"
"不"烏鴉說到，他知道他輸了比賽"因為驕傲，我陷入麻煩中！如果你不幫助我，我就會失去生命…"
天鵝同情他，將他放在他的肩膀上飛回沙灘．
解答 51：答案：C．故事排序題．根據(jù)短文描述，可知首先是天鵝接受了挑戰(zhàn)，然后烏鴉跟隨者天鵝遇到麻煩，再就是烏鴉向天鵝求救，最后天鵝很同情烏鴉并救了它的命．故選C．
52：答案：A．詞義猜測題．聯(lián)系下文that he found it hard to stay in the air，and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water．可知此處exhausted指的是勞累，筋疲力盡的意思．故選A．
53：答案：B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)聯(lián)系前文and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water．描述，可知烏鴉這樣做的原因是為了不讓自己落水．故選B．
54：答案：D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)這篇短文中的烏鴉是在長途飛行中輸給了天鵝．可見天鵝比烏鴉更善于長途飛行．故選D．
55：答案：A．主旨大意題．根據(jù)I'm in trouble because of my pride!可知這篇短文中驕傲的烏鴉由于驕傲，挑戰(zhàn)天鵝，最后被它瞧不起的天鵝救了命，從而告訴我們驕傲使人落后的道理，故選A．
點評 歸納主旨大意：
（1）尋找具體段落的中心思想的方法是：找出每小段的主題句．
主題句通常有這樣的特點：
①有一個話題（topic）；
②有闡述控制性概念，偶爾也可在一段中間；
③有的文章無明顯主題句，主題句隱含在段意之中．這就需要讀者進一步加工概括了．
（2）尋找整篇文章的中心思想的方法建立在尋找具體段落中心的基礎上的．
應觀察全文的結(jié)構(gòu)安排，理解文章濃墨重筆寫的"重心"，考慮文章組織材料及支撐性細節(jié)是服務于什么的，分析故事的發(fā)展結(jié)局都是圍繞什么中心大意來安排的．
