When I was a boy, a neighbor gave me a baby crow(乌鸦) and I named him Rocket. When Rocket was about half grown, I decided that he needed to learn to 16. _____. I climbed a ladder to the 17. _____ of our house with my crow. Then I 18._______ him over the side. He fell, then flapped(拍打) his wings, and 19._____ safely. I repeated the 20.______ six or seven times until Rocket flew over a tree instead of landing. He now knew 21._____ to fly!
An eagle 22. _____ lives in the mountains does much the 23._____ with its babies. When the time is right, the mother eagle literally tears the nest apart and 24. ______ the eaglets(小鹰) to go plummeting(垂直下降的) towards the earth. Before an eaglet hits the 25. _____ the mother eagle will catch the eaglet and 26. _____ it up on its wings. The process is 27. _____ until the eaglets can fly. 28. ______ the nest has been destroyed, the eaglets are forced to 29. _____ their own lives.
Have you ever been safe and 30. ______, and then suddenly your 31. _____ has been destroyed? Sometimes God, just like the mother eagle, must 32.______ us out of our comfort zone. It isn’t 33. _____, but then we do want to learn how to fly, don’t we?
Life is like a game full of challenges, surprises and prizes. Only people who can 34. _____ the difficulties can get the final prizes and have a 35. _____ and meaningful life. So we should learn to fly as eaglets.
16. A. fly B. walk C. run D. jump
17. A. bottom B. side C. middle D. top
18. A. passed B. drove C. dropped D. missed
19. A. Settled B. landed C. left D. went
20 . A. period B. success C. mistake D. process
21. A. Which B. how C. why D. when
22. A. that B. where C. whom D. what
23. A. different B. exact C. same D. correct
24. A. prevents B. stops C. forces D. lets
25. A. ground B. sky C. wall D. soil
26. A. look B. break C. push D. carry
27. A. repeated B. recalled C. reappeared D. returned
28. A. Though B. Because C. While D. Despite
29. A. end B. build C. begin D. finish
30. A. secure B. dangerous C. busy D. tough
31. A. road B. nest C. future D. condition
32. A. pull B. pick C. lift D. hold
33. A. sad B. annoying C. pleasant D. popular
34. A. meet B. defend C. avoid D. overcome
35. A. wonderful B. doubtful C. careful D. helpful
