五、(2025·盐城期末)完形填空。[人与社会一一寓言故事]
The Turtle was not satisfied with his life. He wanted so much to 1 being a turtle. "I'm tired of swimming about in the sea and moving around on the beach. Life is not 2 ," he thought. "I want to be able to fly in the air like an eagle."
He spoke to the Eagle about it.
"You're not built for 3 ," the Eagle told the Turtle. "You don't have any wings."
“Don't 4 that,” answered the Turtle. “I've watched how the birds do it for a long time. I've watched 5 how they fly and do things in the air. I think I really got it. 6 I don't have wings, I can make my four flippers(鳍足)act like wings of birds in the air, the way I do in the water. Just get me up there, and you'll see I can fly as well as any of the birds—probably even 7!Besides, if you carry me as high as the clouds, I will bring you lots of nice pearls(珍珠)from the sea to show my thanks.”
The Eagle 8 at last, and carried the Turtle up high into the sky.
"Now then!" cried the Eagle. "Fly!"
But the moment the Turtle was on his own, he fell from the 9. He fell like a stone, and on a stone he landed. He hit it with such force that he broke into little pieces.
We need to 10 ourselves better so that we can make wiser decisions.
1. A. continue B. enjoy C. stop D. try
2. A. busy B. hard C. healthy D. interesting
3. A. climbing B. flying C. running D. swimming
4. A. care about B. talk about C. think about D. worry about
5. A. carefully B. happily C. quickly D. slowly
6. A. Because B. Although C. If D. When
7. A. better B. faster C. higher D. farther
8. A. agreed B. refused C. laughed D. cried
9. A. cloud B. mountain C. sky D. tree
10. A. challenge B. change C. understand D. protect
The Turtle was not satisfied with his life. He wanted so much to 1 being a turtle. "I'm tired of swimming about in the sea and moving around on the beach. Life is not 2 ," he thought. "I want to be able to fly in the air like an eagle."
He spoke to the Eagle about it.
"You're not built for 3 ," the Eagle told the Turtle. "You don't have any wings."
“Don't 4 that,” answered the Turtle. “I've watched how the birds do it for a long time. I've watched 5 how they fly and do things in the air. I think I really got it. 6 I don't have wings, I can make my four flippers(鳍足)act like wings of birds in the air, the way I do in the water. Just get me up there, and you'll see I can fly as well as any of the birds—probably even 7!Besides, if you carry me as high as the clouds, I will bring you lots of nice pearls(珍珠)from the sea to show my thanks.”
The Eagle 8 at last, and carried the Turtle up high into the sky.
"Now then!" cried the Eagle. "Fly!"
But the moment the Turtle was on his own, he fell from the 9. He fell like a stone, and on a stone he landed. He hit it with such force that he broke into little pieces.
We need to 10 ourselves better so that we can make wiser decisions.
1. A. continue B. enjoy C. stop D. try
2. A. busy B. hard C. healthy D. interesting
3. A. climbing B. flying C. running D. swimming
4. A. care about B. talk about C. think about D. worry about
5. A. carefully B. happily C. quickly D. slowly
6. A. Because B. Although C. If D. When
7. A. better B. faster C. higher D. farther
8. A. agreed B. refused C. laughed D. cried
9. A. cloud B. mountain C. sky D. tree
10. A. challenge B. change C. understand D. protect
答案
1~5. CDBDA 6~10. BAACC
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