Question

Once there was a rich man named Chulong.

One day, he was walking in his garden when he saw a strange     with beautiful features(特征) and sweet voice in a tree. Chulong     went near the tree and caught the bird, which he thought he could     and get lots of money.

“Don’t think about making money through me!” said the bird, “    will buy me, because, in imprisonment (监禁), I lose my beauty and sweet voice.” Chulong’s hope of making money was shattered. He became angry and wanted to     the bird for the meat.

Then the     bird suggested, “Well, set me free. In return I shall teach you         simple but useful rules, which can do good to you.”

Chulong didn’t believe the bird     , and he was afraid that the bird would fly away. However, the bird     it would keep its word(守信). Chulong wanted to take a risk. He set the bird free and it sat on the branch of a tree. It became     again.

Chulong asked, “Now teach me the rules.” “Certainly,” said the bird.

Then the bird taught Chulong the     : The first rule is Never believe everything others say. The second rule is Never be sad about something you don’t have. The third rule is Never throw away what you have in your hand.

“You silly bird,” shouted Chulong, “These rules are known to everyone. You     me.”

But the bird said, “Today, you had me in your hand, but you threw me away. You believed all that I said. And you are sad about not having me.     the rules are simple, you have never followed them. Now have you got the     of the rules? Just sit down and think for a while.” With these words, the bird     and disappeared from his sight.

1.A. cat        B. bird         C. panda      D. monkey

2.A. proudly    B. freely       C. slowly      D. weakly

3.A. eat      B. study        C. draw        D. sell

4.A. Nobody     B. Somebody     C. Anybody     D. Everybody

5.A. find       B. borrow       C. smell       D. kill

6.A. busy      B. helpful      C. clever      D. lucky

7.A. three      B. four        C. five        D. six

8.A. for ever   B. later on    C. at first    D. at last

9.A. promised   B. remembered   C. guessed     D. hoped

10.A. ugly      B. beautiful    C. lazy       D. hard-working

11.A. songs     B. languages    C. rules      D. skills

12.A. cheated   B. helped      C. found      D. forgot

13.A. Until     B. Unless       C. If          D. Although

14.A. history   B. value        C. reason      D. connection

15.A. woke up   B. fell down    C. flew away   D. held on

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个富人抓住了一只鸟，那只鸟承诺如果富人放它自由，它就教给富人三个规则。富人放了鸟后，鸟告诉了他三条规则。而这三条就是富人明明知道但刚刚却没有把握住。

1.B考查名词及语境的理解。A. cat猫；B. bird鸟；C. panda 熊猫；D. monkey猴子。句意：当他在花园里散步时看到树上一只有美丽花纹和甜美嗓音的鸟。根据后文caught the bird 可知是一只鸟，故选B。

2.C考查副词及语境的理解。A. proudly骄傲地；B. freely 自由地；C. slowly慢慢地；D. weakly虚弱地。楚龙慢慢地靠近那棵树并且抓住了那只鸟。楚龙要抓鸟，只能是慢慢地靠近，根据情景，故选C。

3.D考查动词及语境的理解。A. eat吃；B. study 学习；C. draw绘画；D. sell 卖。他认为他可以把那只鸟卖掉，赚到许多的钱。根据后文提到赚钱，可知他想卖掉鸟，故选D。

4.A考查代词及语境的理解。A. Nobody 没有人；B. Somebody有人；C. Anybody任何人；D. Everybody 每个人。句意：鸟说，不要想通过我赚钱，因为在监禁，我失去了美丽和甜美的嗓音。所以没有人会买我。根据原因，故选A。

5.D考查动词及语境的理解。A. find 找到；B. borrow 借；C. smell闻起来；D. kill 杀死。他的希望破灭了，他变得非常生气，想杀死鸟吃肉。根据后文for meat，可知是杀死，故选D。

6.C考查形容词及语境的理解。 A. busy繁忙的；B. helpful有帮助的；C. clever 聪明的；D. lucky幸运的。然后，这只非常聪明的鸟建议，放我自由……。根据故事后文描述可知这只鸟非常的聪明。

7.A考查数词及语境的理解。A. three 三；B. four 四；C. five 五；D. six六。根据后文The first rule is Never believe everything others say. The second rule is Never be sad about something you don’t have. The third rule is Never throw away what you have in your hand.可知鸟会教给他三条简单但是有用的规则。故选A。

8.C考查短语及语境的理解。A. for ever 永远；B. later on稍后；C. at first首先；D. at last最后。句意：起初楚龙不相信鸟所说的话，他害怕鸟会飞走。根据后文的转折，故选C。

9.A A. promised 承诺；B. remembered 记住；C. guessed 猜；D. hoped希望。然而那只鸟承诺，她会守信。根据后文楚龙同意，可知是鸟做出了承诺，故选A。

10.B考查形容词及语境的理解。A. ugly 丑陋的；B. beautiful美丽的；C. lazy懒惰的；D. hard-working 努力的。他放了鸟自由，鸟站在树枝上，它又变得美丽了。根据上文，故选B。

11.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. songs 歌；B. languages语言；C. rules 规则；D. skills技巧。句意：然后那只鸟就教给楚龙规则。根据后文描述的三个规则，可知鸟教给他规则，故选C。

12.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. cheated 欺骗；B. helped帮助C. found找到；D. forgot忘记。句意：这些规则谁都知道，你骗了我。根据上句楚龙认为这些规则谁也知道，可知他认为那只鸟欺骗了他。故选A。

13.D考查连词及语境的理解。A. Until 直到；B. Unless 除非；C. If如果；D. Although尽管。尽管这些规则简单但是你从来没有遵守过他们。根据上文那只鸟对楚龙的行为的分析及两句之间的关系，故选D。

14.B考查名词及语境的理解。 A. history 历史；B. value价值；C. reason 理由；D. connection 连系。句意：现在你获得这些规则的价值了吗？坐下想想吧。根据上文那只鸟对楚龙的分析可知句意，故选B。

15.消失，可知鸟飞走了。故选C。

【考点定位】：故事类短文。