A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (烏鴉) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain (筆試).
“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 (挑戰(zhàn)). 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 (評價) 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 (假裝) 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 (自大) ! 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】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(chǎn), d, b, cB．a(chǎn), b, d, cC．d, a, c, bD．d, c, a, b
【小題2】What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Tired.B．Bored.C．Nervous.D．Frightened.
【小題3】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.


【小題1】C
【小題1】A            
【小題1】D            

解析【小題1】排序題：從故事發(fā)展的經(jīng)過可知先是天鵝接受挑戰(zhàn)，然后烏鴉跟著天鵝，有了麻煩，再后來烏鴉向天鵝求救，最后天鵝救了烏鴉。選C
【小題1】猜詞題：從后面的he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.可知烏鴉很累。選A。
【小題1】從這篇文章可知講的是烏鴉驕傲自滿，后來卻以失敗告終，即驕者必敗，選D      

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