训练4 体裁：记叙文 主题：寓言童话 难度：★★★★ 建议用时：8 min 正确率：/15
Long ago, there was no man. The crow(乌鸦) was the most 1 bird in the world. His wings were made of rainbow feathers, and his voice was the sweetest.
Then one day, 2 came to the forest for the first time. The animals thought 3 of it at first, but soon a little mouse was covered. They had to stop the snow 4 it covered everyone.
Rainbow Crow offered to fly to the Great Sky Spirit and ask him for help. After three days, he 5 the Great Sky Spirit and asked him to stop the snow. The Great One said he couldn't give what Rainbow Crow 6 because the snow had its own spirit. Instead, he gave the gift of fire to warm the earth. He gave the bird a burning 7 to carry in his mouth back to the forest.
Rainbow Crow flew quickly toward Earth. On the 8 day, sparks(火花) from the stick burned his tail feathers, but he bravely flew on. The next day, he noticed his wing feathers were covered with something 9. On the third day, Rainbow Crow could 10 breathe from the fire burning his throat, but he reached the woods just in time to 11 his friends.
Crow looked at 12. He was no longer beautiful, and his voice had become 13. Crow began to cry. The Great Sky Spirit appeared to him. He said that one day man would come to Earth and hunt animals. “Man will not want your meat or your black feathers,” he said. “But, you will always know your true beauty. 14 your feathers closely, for you will see all the colors of the rainbow reflecting(反映) in them.” Crow flew back to his friends in the forest, feeling 15, brave, and beautiful.
1. A. hard-working B. strong C. beautiful D. creative
2. A. snow B. rain C. water D. fire
3. A. much B. little C. highly D. deeply
4. A. after B. until C. because D. before
5. A. reached B. trusted C. understood D. advised
6. A. accepted B. cooked C. wanted D. believed
7. A. feather B. stick C. candle D. key
8. A. second B. last C. very D. first
9. A. black B. green C. white D. yellow
10. A. easily B. certainly C. hardly D. finally
11. A. understand B. save C. feed D. thank
12. A. them B. me C. her D. himself
13. A. loud B. terrible C. interesting D. pretty
14. A. Look down B. Look like C. Look for D. Look after
15. A. happy B. upset C. afraid D. surprised

训练4 【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了很久很久以前，一只乌鸦为了救自己的朋友们，牺牲了自己动听的声音和美丽的羽毛的故事。
1. C 根据“His wings were made of rainbow feathers, and his voice was the sweetest.”可知，此处是说乌鸦曾是世界上最美丽的鸟，故选C。
2. A 根据“They had to stop the snow”可知，是指下雪，故选A。
3. B 根据“but soon a little mouse was covered”可知，但是很快一只小老鼠被雪覆盖了，说明一开始动物们没想太多，故选B。
4. D 根据“They had to stop the snow ... it covered everyone.”可知，是指它们必须在雪覆盖所有动物之前让雪停下来。故选D。
5. A 根据“Rainbow Crow offered to fly to the Great Sky Spirit ... After three days”可知，乌鸦飞了三天才到达伟大的天空之灵所在的地方，故选A。
6. C 根据“asked him to stop the snow”可知，伟大的天空之灵说他无法给彩虹乌鸦想要的，故选C。
7. B 根据“sparks from the stick burned his tail feathers”可知，此处是指他给了乌鸦一根燃烧的枝条，故选B。
8. D 根据后文“The next day”以及“On the third day”可知，此处指第一天，故选D。
9. A 根据后文“Man will not want your meat or your black feathers”可知，乌鸦的羽毛成了黑色，故选A。
10. C 根据后文“breathe from the fire burning his throat, but he reached the woods just in time ...”可知，第三天，彩虹乌鸦的喉咙被火烧得几乎无法呼吸，但他及时赶到了树林，故选C。
11. B 根据“They had to stop the snow ... it covered everyone.”可知，是救了他的朋友们，故选B。
12. D 根据“He was no longer beautiful, and his voice had become ...”可知，此处指乌鸦看着自己，故选D。
13. B 根据前文“He gave the bird a burning 7 to carry in his mouth back to the forest.”可知，乌鸦嘴里衔着燃烧的枝条三天才到了地球，说明他的嗓子被烧坏了，嗓音变得很可怕，故选B。
14. D look down 俯视，看不起；look like 看起来像；look for 寻找；look after 照顾。根据“you will always know your true beauty”以及“your feathers closely, for you will see all the colours of the rainbow reflecting in them”可知，此处是指伟大的天空之灵让乌鸦照看好自己的羽毛，因为彩虹的所有颜色都将映照在它们上面，故选D。
15. A 根据后文“brave, and beautiful”可知，乌鸦的心情是高兴的，故选A。

【分析】本题为英语完形填空题，属于寓言童话类记叙文，解题思路如下：1. 先通读全文把握主旨（彩虹乌鸦为拯救森林朋友，历经艰险获取火种的故事）；2. 逐题分析时，结合空格前后语境、词汇词义辨析、语篇逻辑关系确定答案；3. 注意上下文呼应，如第2题由后文“stop the snow”推断是雪，第9题由后文“black feathers”推断羽毛颜色等。
【解析】1. C 根据后文“His wings were made of rainbow feathers, and his voice was the sweetest.”可知，此处指乌鸦曾是世界上最美丽的鸟，故选C。2. A 根据后文“They had to stop the snow”可知，是指下雪，故选A。3. B 根据转折连词“but”及后文“a little mouse was covered”可知，动物们一开始对雪没多想，故选B。4. D 根据语境“它们必须在雪覆盖所有动物之前阻止雪”，故选D。5. A 根据“After three days”可知，乌鸦飞了三天到达天空之灵处，故选A。6. C 根据前文“asked him to stop the snow”可知，天空之灵无法给乌鸦想要的（停止雪），故选C。7. B 根据后文“sparks from the stick burned his tail feathers”可知，是燃烧的枝条，故选B。8. D 根据后文“The next day”“On the third day”可知，此处指第一天，故选D。9. A 根据后文“Man will not want your meat or your black feathers”可知，乌鸦羽毛变成黑色，故选A。10. C 根据“breathe from the fire burning his throat”可知，乌鸦几乎不能呼吸，故选C。11. B 根据前文“stop the snow it covered everyone”可知，乌鸦是为了救朋友，故选B。12. D 根据主语Crow可知，此处指乌鸦看自己，故选D。13. B 根据“the fire burning his throat”可知，乌鸦嗓音变得可怕，故选B。14. D 根据语境“照看羽毛，能看到彩虹颜色”，look after意为“照看”，故选D。15. A 根据后文“brave, and beautiful”及语境可知，乌鸦心情高兴，故选A。
【答案】1.C 2.A 3.B 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.C 11.B 12.D 13.B 14.D 15.A
【知识点】英语完形填空、词汇词义辨析、语篇理解
【点评】本题是寓言童话类记叙文的完形填空，考查学生对上下文语境的理解、词汇辨析及语篇逻辑的把握，故事传递了奉献与自我价值的主题，能帮助学生提升完形填空的解题能力。
【难度系数】0.3