Question

 

Keep your eyes to the skies

If you put a buzzard(秃鹰) in a cage w____1.____ a roof, the bird will be a prisoner(囚犯). Even though it can fly , it can’t fly through the open roof. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a ____2.____(飞行) from the ground with a run of 3 or 4 meters. Without space to run, he will not even try to fly, b____3.____ will stay in his small jail(监牢)for the rest of his life.

The ordinary bat that flies around at night cannot take off from ground. If it is placed on the ground, all it can do is shuffle(穿梭)about helplessly. If it ____4.____(到达) a higher place, it will be able to throw itself into the air. Then it takes off ____5.____（快速）. But on flat ground, it will never fly.

A bee ____6.____(扔)into a cup will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but keeps t____7.____ to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will look for a way where none exists(存在), until it completely destroys i____8.____.

In many ways, there are lots of people l____9.___ the buzzard, the bat and the bee. They are struggling with all their ___10.___(问题) and frustrations, not realizing that the answer is right there above them.

 

Answer 1

1.without

2.flight

3.but

4.reaches

5.quickly

6.dropped

7.trying

8.itself

9.like

10.problems

【解析】

试题分析：短文中介绍了秃鹰被关在一个没有笼顶的笼子里，久了也不会飞了。蝙蝠在夜间飞行不能从地面起飞。如果蜜蜂掉在一个杯子里，除非你把它取出来，不然它就到死也飞不出了。在许多方面，有很多人也像秃鹫，蝙蝠，蜜蜂一样。他们在与所有的问题和挫折拼命挣扎，却没有意识到解决之道就在正上方。

1.秃鹰放在没有屋顶的一个笼子里，这只鸟将成一名囚犯。分析：指代没有屋顶的笼子。因此用介词without.故填：without

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考点：人生哲理类短文阅读。