根据短文内容,从A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A farmer found a wounded eagle(受伤的鹰) in his field. He was so________ that he took it home and cleaned its wounds(伤口). After that he placed it outside in the yard, in the hope that it________get well soon.
Strangely enough, the eagle soon got used to the ________ of all the chickens in the yard. It learned to walk from side to side like chickens, and eat happily from a trough(食槽). For many years, the eagle ________ his new life on the farm.
Then one day, one of the farmer’s friends pointed to the playing eagle and asked , “________ is that eagle acting like a chicken?” The farmer told him what had happened, and the friend felt quite________ .
“What a pity!” said the friend. “It should fly in the sky instead of living here!” He picked up the eagle, and threw it into the air. The eagle was ________ , and cried loudly. Then it just fell down on the ground. That night, the friend could hardly sleep as he remembered the chicken-like(像鸡一样的) eagle. The next morning, he headed back(回到) to the farm for another________. This time he carried the eagle to the top of a nearby mountain.
When he stood at the highest place of the mountain, he looked into its eyes and shouted, “Don’t you understand? You weren’t made to live like a chicken!” As he________ the eagle up, he made sure it was facing into the bright light of the rising sun. Then he ________ tossed(抛) the bird into the sky. This time the eagle opened his wings, and disappeared(消失) into the clouds.
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| A.polite |
B.brave |
C.kind |
D.proud |
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| A.would |
B.should |
C.must |
D.need |
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| A.food |
B.sounds |
C.water |
D.habits |
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| A.missed |
B.enjoyed |
C.lost |
D.forgot |
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| A.When |
B.Why |
C.How |
D.What |
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| A.puzzled |
B.sorry |
C.amazed |
D.worrying |
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| A.frightened |
B.guilty |
C.excited |
D.angry |
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| A.drink |
B.meeting |
C.rest |
D.try |
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| A.tied |
B.put |
C.held |
D.filled |
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| A.easily |
B.hardly |
C.quickly |
D.Powerfully(有力的) |
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