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 food. And its old and

heavy wings with thick feathers on its body make it difficult to fly.

Then, the eagle has only tow 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）.

1.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.

2. The underlined word“miserable” here probably means“      ”.

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

3.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.D

2.A

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍老鹰是世界上寿命最长的鸟类。它一生的年龄可达七十岁。但要活那么长的寿命，它在四十岁时，必须做出困难痛苦却重要的决定。老鹰首先用它的喙击打岩石，直到喙完全脱落。然后静静地等候新的喙长出来。然后，它要再用新长出的喙，把指甲一根一根的拔出来。当新的指甲长出来后，它们便再把羽毛一根一根的拔掉。羽毛从新长齐后，鹰获得重生。

1.D是非判断题。根据When an eagle reaches near 40, its short sharp beak becomes bent（弯曲的）可知A错误；根据For a new life, the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it pulls its beak out.可知B错误；根据 Then, the eagle has only tow choices: to die or to go through a painful time of change which needs five months.可知鹰不改变就会死，故C错误；根据短文最后We can’t go on with all our past burdens（重负）可知D正确，.故选D。

2.A词义猜测题。根据上文我们人类也要像鹰一样只有改变才能摆脱困境，可知句意：在困境中我们需要改变我的生活方式。结合选项，故选A。

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【考点定位】故事类短文阅读。