五、完形填空。
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. stop
C. try
D. enjoy
()2. A. interesting
B. healthy
C. busy
D. hard
()3. A. swimming
B. running
C. flying
D. climbing
()4. A. look after
B. hear about
C. prepare for
D. worry about
()5. A. quickly
B. carefully
C. strangely
D. helplessly
()6. A. Though
B. Before
C. Unless
D. Until
()7. A. better
B. lower
C. nearer
D. earlier
()8. A. refused
B. agreed
C. won
D. left
()9. A. tree
B. house
C. sky
D. mountain
()10. A. relax
B. express
C. teach
D. understand

1~5. BACDB 6~10. AABCD

【分析】
这是一篇寓言类完形填空题，解题时首先要通读全文，梳理清楚故事主线：不满自身生活的乌龟执意想要学会飞行，最终落得摔碎的结局，核心寓意是要正确认知自我。接下来逐空结合上下文的线索、句子逻辑关系和词义辨析来推导答案：遇到空先找前后文的对应提示，比如前文提到乌龟想要飞，就能对应鹰劝阻他的相关内容，最后结合故事主旨选出最后一道题的答案，就能顺利完成全部题目。
【解析】
1. 第1空：前文提到乌龟对自己的生活十分不满，后文也说他厌倦了在海里游动、在沙滩爬行的状态，说明他想要不再做乌龟，stop doing sth.表示停止做某事，符合语境。其余选项：continue继续、try尝试、enjoy享受，都不符合乌龟不满现状的状态，选B。
2. 第2空：乌龟厌倦了原本的生活，自然会觉得当下的生活没有意思，interesting表示有趣的，符合语境。其余选项：healthy健康的、busy忙碌的、hard艰难的，都和他厌倦生活的情绪不匹配，选A。
3. 第3空：前文乌龟明确提出想要像鹰一样在空中飞行，鹰告诉他你天生就不是为飞行构造的，你没有翅膀，flying飞行符合语境。其余选项：swimming游泳、running跑步、climbing攀爬，都和乌龟想要飞的诉求无关，选C。
4. 第4空：乌龟想要说服鹰带自己飞，所以让鹰不要担心自己做不到，worry about表示担心，符合语境。其余选项：look after照顾、hear about听说、prepare for准备，都不符合此处对话逻辑，选D。
5. 第5空：乌龟说自己观察鸟类很久了，自然是仔细观察它们飞行、在空中活动的方式，carefully仔细地，符合语境。其余选项：quickly快速地、strangely奇怪地、helplessly无助地，都不符合乌龟认真学习飞行的状态，选B。
6. 第6空：句子前后是让步逻辑：虽然我没有翅膀，我也可以让我的四个鳍足像鸟的翅膀一样在空中发挥作用，though虽然引导让步状语从句，符合逻辑。其余选项：before在…之前、unless除非、until直到，都无法体现让步关系，选A。
7. 第7空：前文说乌龟认为自己能和其他鸟飞的一样好，此处递进表示甚至能飞得更好，better更好，符合语境。其余选项：lower更低、nearer更近、earlier更早，都不符合语义递进的逻辑，选A。
8. 第8空：后文提到鹰把乌龟带到了高空，说明鹰最终同意了乌龟的请求，agreed同意，符合语境。其余选项：refused拒绝、won获胜、left离开，都和后续情节矛盾，选B。
9. 第9空：之前鹰已经把乌龟带到了高空，所以乌龟脱离鹰之后是从天空坠落，sky天空，符合语境。其余选项：tree树、house房子、mountain山，都不符合前文“飞到高空”的设定，选C。
10. 第10空：故事的核心寓意是我们要更好地了解自身，才能做出更明智的决策，understand理解、了解，符合主旨。其余选项：relax放松、express表达、teach教导，都和故事传递的道理不匹配，选D。
【答案】
1~5. BACDB 6~10. AABCD
【知识点】
语境逻辑推理，词义辨析，主旨理解
【点评】
本题属于故事类完形填空，情节生动易懂，绝大多数题目都能通过上下文的前后呼应找到明确的解题线索，既考查学生对初中基础核心词汇的掌握情况，也借助寓言故事传递了正确认知自我的道理，整体命题难度梯度平缓，适合七年级左右的学生完成训练。
【难度系数】
0.8