Question

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

"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 what you can’t do. 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(挑战). The crow flew up and began to show off his skills. He flew in circles, did 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(评价)about his flying. They flew on and on until 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 tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to try to stop himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended(假装) 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 back and flew back to the beach.

1.How did the crow feel about his flying skills at the beginning of the story?

A. Bored    B. Afraid    C. Proud    D. Excited

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

a. The crow showed off his flying skills.

b. The swan took pity on the crow and saved him.

c. The crow laughed at the swans' flying.

d. The crow followed swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. e，c，d，a，b    B. a，e， c，d，b

C. c，e，a，d， b    D. e，a，d，c，b

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. Because he was showing another flying skill.

B. Because he was trying to stop himself from falling into the water.

C. Because he was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. Because he was enjoying himself by doing so.

4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. The crow didn't know flying.

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-way flying than the crow.

5.________ won the flying competition in the end.

A. The crow    B. The swan    C. Nobody    D. We don’t know

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.B

【解析】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.细节理解题。根据He flew in circles, did other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.可知，开始时，乌鸦是很自豪的。故选C。

2.细节理解题。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但是最后还是救了它的命。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据He was now so tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to try to stop himself from falling into the water.可知，乌鸦不断拍打水，防止自己掉进水里。

故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据 "I'm in trouble because of my pride! If you don't help me, I'll lose my life.乌鸦不擅长长途飞行，而天鹅与乌鸦相比更擅长长途飞行。故选D。

5.细节理解题。根据The swan took pity on him, and took him on his back and flew back to the beach.可知，天鹅救了乌鸦的生命，天鹅赢了比赛，故选B。

点睛：推理判断题是每年中考的必考题型之一，也是英语阅读理解中难度较大的题型，属于深层理解题。它要求学生对文章中的内容及作者的思路做出合理的判断和推理，也就是要运用逻辑推理能力推论出蕴含在文章中却没有明说的事实及暗示的含义，即英语中所说的“read

between the lines”。因此，学生应在理解全文的基础上，从文章本身所提供的信息出发，运用逻辑思维，并借助一定的常识进行分析、推理，在已知和未知信息之间搭起桥梁，透过字里行间，体会“弦外之音”，从而揭示文章的深层涵义。4题，根据乌鸦向天鹅救助可推知，乌鸦不擅长长途飞行。