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【题目】 Once upon a time, there lived a kind-hearted king. He loved birds and animals, and had a huge bird sanctuary (禁猎区) 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 (树枝) 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 (较差的) 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(推断) 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：从前，有一个善良的国王。他热爱鸟类和动物，在他的王国里有一个巨大的鸟类保护区。一天，一个商人送给国王两只漂亮的鸟。国王命令驯兽师好好对待它们。一天，国王看到一只鸟飞得很高，很快。然而，另一只鸟只是站在树枝上，一动不动。一位老人砍掉了那只鸟曾经栖息的树枝，它就飞上了天空。我们很多人都是这样。我们有翅膀可以飞翔；我们知道如何飞翔，在哪里飞翔。我们仍然坐着无所事事，或者做一些让我们比别人差的事情。

【1】细节理解题。根据The king ordered the trainer to make them feel comfortable in their country. 国王命令驯兽师好好对待这两只鸟。故选C。

【2】词义猜测题。根据文中that he would make the bird fly like the other one.可知，他会让那只鸟像另一只一样飞，因此，可以推断，老人是向国王保证，让国王确信，文中划线部分意为使他确信，故选A。

【3】细节理解题。根据根据第三段可知，老人向国王保证能够将这只鸟训练成功，因此国王来会见老人，也就是想看看是否真的会有变化。可知，故选B。

【4】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段The old man simply replied, “I just cut down the branch of the tree where the bird used to sit on. ” 老人只是简单地回答说：“我刚刚砍掉了那只鸟曾经栖息的树枝。”可以推断出，这位老人比训练师更有经验，故选D。

【5】主旨大意题。根据最后一段，我们有翅膀可以飞翔；我们知道如何飞翔，在哪里飞翔。我们仍然坐着无所事事，或者做一些让我们比别人差的事情。因此，文章借用小鸟的寓言告诫我们：若有能力展翅高飞，则不要原地不动，故选B。