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.
【小題1】The crow met the swan on a ___________

A．beach

B．field

C．lake

D．ground

【小題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

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

A．對…… 憐憫

B．對……后悔

C．對……蔑視

D．對……失望

【小題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.

【小題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

【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】A
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：這篇短文中驕傲的烏鴉瞧不起天鵝,向天鵝發起挑戰.結果在挑戰中失敗,不得不向天鵝求救,最后被天鵝救了命. 從而告訴我們驕傲使人落后的道理.
【小題1】根據第一段A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around.描述，可知選A。
【小題2】根據短文描述，可知首先是天鵝接受了挑戰，然后烏鴉跟隨者天鵝遇到麻煩，再就是烏鴉像天鵝求救，最后天鵝很鄙視烏鴉并救了它的命。故選C。-
【小題3】聯系下文and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.及前文描述 描述,可知這個短語是鄙視,蔑視的含義,故選A.
【小題4】聯系下文描述,可知此處是開始飛行的意思,故選A.
【小題5】這篇短文中驕傲的烏鴉最后被它瞧不起的天鵝救了命,從而告訴我們驕傲使人落后的道理,故選D.
考點：關于一只天鵝和一直烏鴉的記述文閱讀
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