A flock of wild ducks were flying in formation, heading south for the winter. They formed a beautiful V in the sky, and were admired by everyone who saw them from below.
One day, Wally, one of the wild ducks in the formation, spotted something on the ground. It was a barnyard with a flock of _
ducks who lived on the farm. They were waddling around on the ground, quacking merrily and eating _
that was thrown on the ground for them every day. Wally liked what he saw. "It sure would be nice to have some of that corn," he thought to himself. "And all this flying is very tiring. I'd like to just __
around for a while."
So after thinking it over a while, Wally left the formation of wild ducks, made a sharp __
, and
for the barnyard. He landed _
the tame ducks, and began to waddle around and quack
. He also started eating corn. The formation of wild ducks continued their journey South, but Wally didn't care. "I'll __
them when they come back North in a few months," he said to himself.
Several months went by and __
enough, Wally looked up and spotted the flock of wild ducks in formation, heading north. They looked beautiful up there. And Wally was tired of the
. It was muddy and
he waddled, there was nothing but duck doo. "It's time to leave." said Wally.
So Wally _
his wings furiously and tried to get airborne. But he had gained some
from all his corn-eating, and he hadn't exercised his wings much either. He finally
the ground, but he was flying too _
and slammed into the side of the barn. He fell to the ground with a thud and said to himself, "Oh, well, I'll just wait until they fly __
in a few months. Then I'll rejoin them and become a wild duck again."
When the flock flew overhead once more, Wally again tried to
himself out of the barnyard. But he simply didn't have the strength. Every winter and every spring, he saw his wild duck friends flying overhead, and they would
to him. But his attempts to leave were all
. Eventually Wally no longer paid any attention to the wild ducks flying overhead. He hardly even noticed them. He had
, become a barnyard duck.
| 小题1: | | A．tame | B．ugly | C．beautiful | D．wild |
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| 小题2: | | A．food | B．grain | C．corn | D．vegetable |
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| 小题3: | | A．rest | B．waddle | C．walk | D．fly |
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| 小题4: | | A．turn | B．dive | C．land | D．circle |
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| 小题5: | | A．hurried | B．looked | C．left | D．headed |
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| 小题6: | | A．between | B．among | C．behind | D．within |
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| 小题7: | | A．loudly | B．sadly | C．merrily | D．eagerly |
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| 小题8: | | A．see | B．recognize | C．leave | D．rejoin |
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| 小题9: | | A．strange | B．lucky | C．sure | D．natural |
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| 小题10: | | A．barnyard | B．corn | C．waddling | D．quacking |
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| 小题11: | | A．every day | B．every time | C．everywhere | D．nowhere |
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| 小题12: | | A．flapped | B．spread | C．removed | D．opened |
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| 小题13: | | A．strength | B．skills | C．friends | D．weight |
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| 小题14: | | A．got off | B．got to | C．got up | D．got back |
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| 小题15: | | A．slowly | B．fast | C．high | D．low |
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| 小题16: | | A．back | B．south | C．north | D．overhead |
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| 小题17: | | A．lift | B．fly | C．struggle | D．rise |
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| 小题18: | | A．call out | B．come back | C．come over | D．call back |
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| 小题19: | | A．in return | B．in need | C．in vain | D．in place |
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| 小题20: | | A．after all | B．above all | C．therefore | D．however |
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