Question

A group of swans（天鹅）flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).
“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 show 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(评价) 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(假装) 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.
小题1:What’s the correct order of the following events?
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, e, c, d, b

C．c, e, a, d, b

D．e, a, d, c, b

小题2:What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Tired.

B．Angry.

C．Frightened.

D．Regretful.

小题3:Why did the crow keep touching the water?

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.

小题4:What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

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.

小题5:What does the story tell us?

A．No pains, no gains.	B．The early bird catches the worm.
C．Pride goes before a fall.	D．Practice makes perfect.

Answer 1

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C

试题解析：本文大意：乌鸦嘲笑天鹅的飞行技巧，要和天鹅比赛。一只天鹅应战了。先是乌鸦在空中炫耀各种技巧，然后轮到天鹅飞的时候，乌鸦跟在后面不停地评论。后来飞到水面上时，乌鸦累了，他才发现是自己的骄傲害了自己，如果天鹅不帮他，他就要没命了。
小题1:细节理解题。根据嘲笑、竞赛、炫耀技巧、跟着天鹅飞评论出了麻烦、天鹅可怜乌鸦，可知答案选C
小题2:推理判断题。根据 he found it hard to stay in the air, 他发现停留在空中很困难，可知是累了，可知答案选A
小题3:细节理解题。根据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.
，可知答案选B
小题4:推理判断题。根据You have no flying skills at all!你完全没有飞行技巧，I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life我因为骄傲惹上麻烦了，如果你不帮我，我就没命了，可知答案选D
小题5:主旨大意题。根据I’m in trouble because of my pride!我因为骄傲惹上麻烦了，可知骄者必败，故答案选C