Many years ago,there was a king who liked falcons(猎鹰) very much.Once he get (1) nice falcons.He had not seen such beautiful falcons before.He loved them so much that he ordered the best falconer to (2) them to fly.
After several months,the kind came to see (3) the training was going on.He found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sky,while the other one was staying at the branch (树枝) of a tree (4) without moving.
The king called all his falconers together and ordered them to try every (5) they could to make it fly.But (6) of them successful.One day,while the king was taking a walk in the forest,an idea came to his mind.He decided to find (7) who knew the natural environment well to solve the problem.Then he sent for a farmer who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.
The next morning,the king saw the other falcon (8) above in the sky freely. "It is unbelievable!" shouted the king. "How could you make it happen?"
The farmer replied, "It's very easy.I just (9) the branch where the falcon rested." It is always the same to humans.We all have "two flying wings" in our hearts as well,but we often seem not to notice them and stay where we feel safe and (10) .We won't realize we can fly so high and freely until the "branch" we are resting on breaks.
(1)A.two |
B.three |
C.four |
(2)A.train |
B.keep |
C.feed |
(3)A.what |
B.how |
C.when |
(4)A.happily |
B.freely |
C.quietly |
(5)A.thing |
B.way |
C.decision |
(6)A.either |
B.none |
C.all |
(7)A.everyone |
B.nobody |
C.someone |
(8)A.jumping |
B.running |
C.flying |
(9)A.set off |
B.cut off |
C.take off |
(10)A.comfortable |
B.lucky |
C.quiet |