Once there was a little bird that lived in the old times. When a sage(智者)was thrown into a ____by his enemy, the little bird saw what happened and decided to put it out to ____the sage. The little bird____bringing a few drops of water in his____mouth from the nearby river. The larger birds in the tree ____and laughed at the little bird, saying, “Why are you carrying the ____?” The little bird said, “To put out the fire around the sage.” The larger birds continued ____, “How could you put out such a huge fire with so little water? It is ____.” Do you know what the little bird _____? “I don’t know whether I will manage to put out the fire or not but I know what I have ___to stop the fire.” Hearing the answer, all the larger birds were____. We often think that our effort is the factor(因素) responsible for our ____. This is a wrong way of ____. If we believe we can succeed, we shall succeed. Our ____is just a sacrifice(牺牲) that we are willing to make .____, the little bird knew that with a few drops of water the fire would not be put out but it was his ___to do whatever he could to achieve this goal. It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that is ___.You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your _____or may not be in your time, but that doesn’t ____ you stop doing the right thing. You may never know___results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
试题分析：本文通过讲述一只小鸟为救一位智者，一点一点的用水努力扑灭火的故事阐述了只要有信念就会成功的道理。 【小题1】考查细节理解。根据第二段第一句The little bird said, “To put out the fire around the sage.”小鸟说，为了扑灭智者周围的火，可知智者是被扔进了火中。故选B 【小题2】考查名词词义辨析。A提醒B停止C帮助D吃惊。根据句意小鸟看见了所发生的事情决定扑灭火来救智者，故选C 【小题3】考查动词词义辨析。A开始B允许C建议D设想。根据句意小鸟决定救智者后，应该是开始用它的嘴来运水。故选A 【小题4】考查形容词词义辨析。A长的B小的C强的D美的。根据前文bringing a few drops of water小鸟每次都只能运几滴水，可知小鸟的嘴很小，故选B 【小题5】考查动词词义辨析。A拒绝B理解C听到D看到，根据后文laughed at the little bird大鸟们嘲笑小鸟可知是在看到小鸟的行为后才嘲笑它。故选D 【小题6】考查名词词义辨析。A杯子B礼物C水D水果，根据The larger birds in the tree __35__and laughed at the little bird, saying, “Why are you carrying the _36___?”可知大鸟在看到小鸟云水灭火后嘲笑它并问你为什么运水？故选C 【小题7】考查动词词义辨析。A警告B嘲笑C教D抱怨，根据句意大鸟听到小鸟要灭火后继续嘲笑它问道你怎么能用这么少的水扑灭大火呢？故选B 【小题8】考查形容词词义辨析。A不必要的B危险的C无用的D可能的，根据句意，大鸟说你怎么能用这么点水扑灭大火呢，这是没有用的。故选C 【小题9】考查动词词义辨析。A接受B实现C表演D回答，根据后文Hearing the answer可知这里是你知道小鸟怎么回答的吗，故选D 【小题10】考查动词词义辨析。A做B完成C收集D证明，根据前文I don’t know whether I will manage to put out the fire or not小鸟不知道能否扑灭大火，但它已经努力去做了，故选A 【小题11】考查形容词词义辨析。A害怕的B沉默的C生气的D紧张的，根据句意，大鸟听到小鸟的回答后，应该都沉默了。故选B 【小题12】考查细节理解。根据后文If we believe we can succeed, we shall succeed，可知是我们经常认为努力是成功的一个因素，故选A 【小题13】考查名词词义辨析。A计划B工作C解释D想法，根据句意，前文说我们经常认为努力是成功的一个因素，这个想法是错误的，故选D 【小题14】考查名词词义辨析。A过程B未来C努力D改变，根据前文说我们经常认为努力是成功的一个因素，努力是我们愿意做的牺牲，故选C 【小题15】考查副词词义辩词。A同样地B奇怪地C突然地D总的来说，前文讲的是我们人，后文又重提小鸟的故事，应用同样地，故选A 【小题16】考查名词词义辨析。A顺序B责任C承诺D错误。根据句意小鸟知道几滴水不能扑灭大火，但是这是他的责任做任何他能做的事情来实现这个目标。故选B 【小题17】考查形容词词义辨析。A实际上的B容易的C准确的D重要的，根据句意，是行动而不是行动的成果重要。 【小题18】考查名词词义辨析。A秘密B命令C力量D记忆。根据句意，这也许不在你的力量范围之内，故选C 【小题19】考查动词词义辨析。A意味着B保护C报告D提及，根据句意，这也许不在你的力量范围之内，也不在你的时间范围内，但并不意味着你就要停止做正确的事情。故选A 【小题20】考查宾语从句。根据句意，你也许永远不知道你的行为会有什么后果，what引导宾语从句在宾语从句中做主语，故选D 考点：考查记叙文阅读