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湖北建始县2017高考英语一轮完形填空编练及答案 Passage 1 （2016高考模拟选编）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons (猎鹰)．They were the most beautiful birds he had __1__ seen.He gave the __2__ birds to his head falconer to be __3__. Months passed，and one day the head falconer informed the king that __4__ one of the falcons was flying high in the sky，the other bird had not moved from its __5__ since the day it had arrived. The king __6__ healers from all the land to __7__ the falcon，but no one could make the bird fly.He __8__ the task to the members of his court，but the next day，the king saw __9__ the palace window that the bird had still not moved from its branch. Having tried everything else，the king thought to himself，“Maybe I need someone more __0__ the countryside to understand the __11__ of this problem.” So he cried out to his court，“Go and get a __2__．” In the morning，the king was __3__ to see the falcon flying high above the palace garden.He said to his court，“__4__ me the doer of this miracle.” The court quickly __15__ the farmer，who came and stood before the king.The king asked him，“How did you make the falcon fly？” With his head __6__，the farmer said to the king，“It was very easy.I __7__ cut the branch where the bird was sitting.” We are all made to fly—to realize our __18__ potential as human beings.But at times we sit on our branches，__9__ to the things that are familiar to us.To experience the __20__ of flight，let us learn to destroy the branch of fear we stick to and free ourselves! 【语篇解读】　本文通过猎鹰的故事告诉我们：如果我们想要实现壮志，就必须离开安逸的环境去拼搏。 1．A.ever B．yet C．never D．then 答案　A　[从句子结构来看，这里应用ever来加强语气，ever“曾经”：它们是他所见过的最漂亮的鸟。] 2．A.expensive B．different C．previous D．precious 答案　D　[根据上文中的“magnificent”和“the most beautiful”可知，应选D“珍贵的”。A“昂贵的”，B“不同的”，C“先前 3．A.tested B．treated C．trained D．raised 答案　C　[下文提到了这两只猎鹰的飞翔情况，由此可推断，国王安排猎鹰训练师去训练这两只猎鹰，故选C“培训，训练”。] 4．A.as B．though C．if D．since 答案　B　[根据句意的连贯though来引导让