One day, a young man visited a small farm in the countryside. As he got closer to the farm, he saw many chickens and an eagle (鹰) playing together.
He then went up to the farm house and talked to the farmer, “Sir, I was just passing by and I saw that you have many chickens and an eagle.” The farmer smiled and said, “That’s not an eagle. It’s a chicken.” The young man kept saying that it was an eagle. He said to the farmer, “Sir, that is an eagle! I can proveit to you.” The farmer laughed, “Sure, go ahead.”
The young man then pulled that big bird out and climbed a high mountain. He held the bird in his hands and said, “You are an eagle, fly!” But the bird failed. The young man tried the second time. He said to the bird, “I don’t care you have been
raised as a chicken for those years. But I know what you were created to be. You are an eagle, now fly!” After the young man tried another three times, the bird began to flap (拍打) its wings. Finally, it flew high and began to fly around the farm.
It is true to us. Some people around us have continued to keep us down by lying to us. Over all of those years, we were told to be a failure, not to be good enough and to accept the “reality”. They are wrong. We should try our best to reach our highest potential (潜能) to prove that we are eagles.
小题1: The underlined word “raised” probably has the similar meaning to the word “
”.
| A．kept |
B．treated |
| C．trained |
D．regarded |
小题2: How many times did the young man try before the bird flapped its wings?
| A．Four. |
B．Five. |
| C．Three. |
D．Six. |
小题3:According to the passage, during all of those years, “we” were told all of the following EXCEPT
.
| A．to be a failure |
B．not to be good enough |
| C．to accept the "reality" |
D．to prove that we are eagles |
小题4:. Why did the young man pull that bird out?
| A．Because he wanted to kill the bird. |
| B．Because the farmer asked him to do it. |
| C．Because he wanted to prove something to the farmer. |
| D．Because the farmer wanted the young man to throw the bird away. |
小题5: What is the best title for the story?
| A．You Are an Eagle |
B．Chickens And an Eagle |
| C．How to Prove the Eagle |
D．A Farmer And a Young Man |
