Question

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain.

“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 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.

1.The crow met the swan on a ___________

A．beach            B．field              C．lake              D．ground

2.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.

d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

A．a, d, b, c          B．a, b, d, c           C．d, a, c, b           D．d, c, a, b

3.What does the underlined word “took pity on” in the last paragraph mean?

A．对…… 怜悯       B．对……后悔        C．对……蔑视        D．对……失望

4.The underlined sentence means ____________ .

A．The swan began to fly.

B．It is the turn for the swan to feel proud.

C．The crow began to fly.

D．It is the turn for the crow to feel proud.

5.What do we learn from the passage?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．The early bird catches the worm.

C．No pains, no gains.

D．Pride goes before a fall.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中骄傲的乌鸦瞧不起天鹅,向天鹅发起挑战.结果在挑战中失败,不得不向天鹅求救,最后被天鹅救了命. 从而告诉我们骄傲使人落后的道理.

1.根据第一段A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around.描述，可知选A。

2.根据短文描述，可知首先是天鹅接受了挑战，然后乌鸦跟随者天鹅遇到麻烦，再就是乌鸦像天鹅求救，最后天鹅很鄙视乌鸦并救了它的命。故选C。-

3.联系下文and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.及前文描述 描述,可知这个短语是鄙视,蔑视的含义,故选A.

4.联系下文描述,可知此处是开始飞行的意思,故选A.

5.这篇短文中骄傲的乌鸦最后被它瞧不起的天鹅救了命,从而告诉我们骄傲使人落后的道理,故选D.

考点：关于一只天鹅和一直乌鸦的记述文阅读