三、根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（10分）
A long time ago, there was a turtle. He wanted so much to stop being a turtle. “I’m tired of swimming in the sea and moving around on the beach. Life is not interesting,” he thought. “I want to be able to fly in the sky like an eagle.” He spoke to the eagle about it.
“You’re not built for flying,” the eagle told the turtle. “You don’t have any wings(翅膀).”
“Don’t worry about that,” answered the turtle. “I’ve watched how the birds do it for a long time. Though I don’t have wings, I can make my four flippers(鳍足) act like wings of birds in the air. Just carry me up to the sky, and you’ll see I can fly as well as any of the birds, probably even better!”
The eagle agreed 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 sky. He fell like a stone, and on a stone he landed(降落). He finally broke into little pieces.
We need to understand ourselves better, so we can make wise decisions.
31. Why did the turtle want to make a change to his life?

32. What did the eagle think of the turtle’s idea of flying?

33. How did the eagle help the turtle?

34. How was the turtle in the end?

35. 将文中的画线句子翻译成中文。

31. Because he thought his life was boring./Because he thought his life was not interesting./Because he felt bored about his life. /Because he felt tired of his life.
32. He thought it would never work. /He thought the turtle wasn't built for flying./He thought the turtle wasn't born to fly.
33. The eagle carried the turtle up high into the sky.
34. The turtle died.
35.我们需要更好地了解自己,这样才能作出明智的决定。

【分析】做此类阅读理解题时，需先通读短文把握主旨大意，再针对每个问题定位原文对应内容：31题需找乌龟想改变生活的原因，定位其内心想法；32题找鹰对乌龟飞行想法的评价，定位鹰的表述；33题找鹰帮助乌龟的具体行为，定位相关动作；34题找乌龟的结局，定位故事结尾；35题翻译需准确理解句子结构和固定搭配，确保译文通顺准确。
【解析】31题：根据短文第一段乌龟的想法“Life is not interesting”，可知他觉得生活无趣，所以想改变；32题：根据短文第二段鹰的话“You’re not built for flying”，可知鹰认为乌龟不适合飞行，其想法行不通；33题：根据短文第四段“The eagle agreed at last, and carried the turtle up high into the sky”，可知鹰将乌龟带到高空；34题：根据短文第五段“He fell like a stone, and on a stone he landed. He finally broke into little pieces”，可知乌龟最终死亡；35题：该句为“We need to understand ourselves better, so we can make wise decisions”，翻译时需准确表达短语含义，译为“我们需要更好地了解自己，这样才能作出明智的决定”。
【答案】31. Because he thought his life was not interesting.
32. He thought the turtle wasn't built for flying.
33. The eagle carried the turtle up high into the sky.
34. The turtle died.
35. 我们需要更好地了解自己，这样才能作出明智的决定。
【知识点】英语阅读理解（细节理解）、英译汉
【点评】本文是一则富有教育意义的寓言故事，通过乌龟盲目追求飞行最终失败的经历，考查学生对短文细节的提取理解能力与句子翻译能力，引导学生理解自我认知的重要性。
【难度系数】0.6

四、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。（10分）
Long ago, there was an old man. He had many good 36. (horse).
One day, one of his horses was lost. His neighbour came to comfort（安慰）him. However, the old man was not sad at all. Instead of searching 37. the horse, he said, “It might become a good thing.” He was 38. (true) right. A few months later, the horse came back with another horse 39. people came to congratulate him. But once again, the old man had 40. (difference) opinions（看法）. He said this “good luck” might turn out to be bad luck. He was right again. A few days later, his son fell off the new horse and broke 41. (he) leg. A year later, there was
42. war. Though people hated 43. (go) to the war, all the strong men had to go. Many of them 44. (die). But the old man's son didn't go because of the broken leg.
From this story, we can see that bad luck sometimes becomes good luck and good luck sometimes 45. (become) bad luck.

36.horses 37.for 38.truly 39.and
40.different 41.his 42.a 43.to go/going
44.died 45.becomes

【分析】
本题是英语语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、词性变化及语法规则逐一填空。解题思路：先分析每个空的语法成分，再结合提示词或固定搭配确定正确形式，同时注意时态、单复数等细节：36空由many确定名词复数；37空考固定搭配search for；38空修饰形容词用副词；39空用并列连词连接分句；40空修饰名词用形容词；41空修饰名词用物主代词；42空表泛指用不定冠词；43空考hate的搭配；44空用过去式；45空考主谓一致（三单）。
【解析】
36. many后接可数名词复数，故填horses；
37. 固定短语search for意为“寻找”，故填for；
38. 此处修饰形容词right，需用true的副词形式truly，故填truly；
39. 前后为并列分句，用并列连词and连接，故填and；
40. 此处修饰名词opinions，需用difference的形容词形式different，故填different；
41. 此处修饰名词leg，需用he的形容词性物主代词his，故填his；
42. 表示“一场战争”，war为可数名词且辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a，故填a；
43. 固定搭配hate to do/doing sth.，故填to go/going；
44. 全文为过去时态，谓语动词用过去式，故填died；
45. 主语good luck为第三人称单数，一般现在时表客观规律，故填becomes。
【答案】
36.horses 37.for 38.truly 39.and 40.different 41.his 42.a 43.to go/going 44.died 45.becomes
【知识点】
词性转换；固定搭配；语法规则
【点评】
本题以“塞翁失马”的故事为载体，考查英语基础语法知识，题型常规，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习，需结合语境灵活运用语法规则。
【难度系数】
0.6