Question

    The eagle has the longest life of its group. It can reach up to 70 years. But to reach this age,the eagle must make a hard and painful decision.   

    When an eagle reaches near 40 ,its short sharp beak becomes bent (弯曲的) .Its long and once flexible (灵活的) talons can no longer catch animals or birds for tood. And its old and heavy wings with thick feathers on its body make it difficult to fly. Then,the eagle has only two choices ： to die or to go through a painful time of change which needs five months.

     When the eagle feels weak and is about to die,it goes to a place far away on the top of a mountain and sits on a nest. For a new life,the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it pulls its beak out. After pulling it out,the eagle waits for a new beak to grow. And then it pulls out its talons and old feathers. It takes the eagle five months to complete its change and get a new life. We can call it its rebirth. So it can live for 30 more years.

    Like the eagle,we human beings sometimes need to make some change to get out of our difficulty. In miserable condition,we have to change our ways of life. The changing may be very painful. But sometimes we have to throw off our old habits,memories and traditions. We can't go on with all our past burdens (重负) .

53. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. When an eagle reaches near 40 ,its short sharp beak is still straight.

   B. For a new life,the eagle knocks its talons against a rock.

   C. If the eagle doesn’t change itself,it will have a new life.

   D. The writer's idea is that we can't go on with all our past burdens.

54. The underlined word " miserable" here probably means“”

   A. terrible   B. good   C. lonely   D. lucky

55 . The best title for the passage can be “”

   A. The death of the eagle

   B. The living period of the eagle

   C. A good and easy decision

   D. Rebirth of the eagle

Answer 1

53. D 54. A 55. D

[阅读D篇短文大意]鹰最长能够活到70岁，但若想活到 这个年龄，它在将近40岁的时候必须经历一次痛苦的重生过程。 整个重生过程历时五个月，在这期间鹰要用喙撞击岩石，直到喙完 全脱落，之后它要等待长出新的喙，然后鹰还要拔掉爪子和老化的 羽毛。如果鹰能够挺过这个过程，那它还能再多活30年^我们人 类也是一样，当我们遇到糟糕的状况时，我们也必须做出改变。

53. D 通读最后一段，由其中的” We can't go on with all our past burdens (重负) "可知，选项D是正确的描述。

54. A画线的词是miserable,结合上下文可知，在糟糕的状况下，我们必须改变我们的生活方式，故答案为A.

55. D通读全文可知，适合本文的最佳标题是D项”鹰的重生”。