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2022-2023学年浙江省宁波市北仑区精准联盟八年级(下)期中英语试卷
完形填空 阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Long time ago, there was a king. He loved animals very much. One day he got ____1____ nice falcons (猎鹰) from his son. He never saw such ____2____ falcons before. He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer (猎鹰者) to ____3____ them to fly.
After several months the king came to see ____4____ the training was going on. He found that one falcon was able to fly high in the sky, while the other was ____5____ on the branch (树枝) of a tree quietly.
The king called all his falconers together and ordered them to ____6____ every way they could to make the other falcon fly. But ____7____ of them succeeded (成功). One day, while the king was taking a walk in the forest, an idea came to his ____8____. Maybe someone who knew the natural environment well could ____9____ this problem. Then he invited a ____10____ who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.
The next morning, the king saw the other falcon flying in the sky freely. He felt very surprised.
“It is unbelievable!” shouted the king. “How could you ____11____ it happen?”
The farmer replied, “It is very ____12____. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested. It had no place to rest. Then it had to ____13____.”
It is always the same to human beings. We all have “two flying wings” in our hearts as well. But it seems that we don’t notice them and stay in a place where we just feel ____14____. We won’t realize we can fly so high and freely until the branches we are resting on ____15____. Do you think so?
1.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
2.
A. crazy B. clever C. sad D. beautiful
3.
A. allow B. ask C. train D. go
4.
A. what B. when C. where D. how
5.
A. playing B. staying C. shaking D. crying
6.
A. try B. lead C. decide D. catch
7.
A. every B. some C. all D. none
8.
A. body B. mind C. face D. heart
9.
A. answer B. know C. realize D. solve
10.
A. scientist B. doctor C. farmer D. worker
11.
A. make B. k