【开放英语4(英语II(2))-1162网上形考机考题库】Eagle has the longest life-span of its’ species. Eagle can 1_____ 70 years, but to reach this age, the Eagle must make a hard decision.

【开放英语4(英语II(2))-1162网上形考机考题库】Eagle has the longest life-span of its’ species. Eagle can 1_____ 70 years, but to reach this age, the Eagle must make a hard decision.
In it’s 40’s, its’ long and flexible talons (爪) can no longer grab prey (掠食) which serve as food, its’ long and sharp beak (鸟嘴, 喙) becomes bent. Its’ old-
aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, become stuck to its’ chest and make it 2 ______ to fly. Then Eagle is left with only two options: die or go
through a painful process of change which lasts 150 days for survival.
The process requires that Eagle fly to a mountain top and sit on its’ nest. There the Eagle knocks its beak 3 _______ a rock until it plucks (拔去) it out. After
plucking it out, Eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back. When its’ new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its’ old-aged feathers and after five
months, eagle can take its’ flight of rebirth and lives for thirty 4 ______ years.
Many times, in order to survive, we have to start a change process. We sometimes need to 5 _______ old memories, habits and other past traditions. Only freed from
past burdens, can we take advantage of the present.
1、Eagle can 1_____ 70 years, but to reach this age, the Eagle must make a hard decision.
A. against
B. difficult
C. get rid of
D. live
E. more
2、Its’ old-aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, become stuck to its’ chest and make it 2 ______ to fly.
A. against
B. difficult
C. get rid of
D. live
E. more
3、There the Eagle knocks its beak 3 _______ a rock until it plucks (拔去) it out. After plucking it out, Eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back. (2
分)
A. against
B. difficult
C. get rid of
D. live
E. more
4、When its’ new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its’ old-aged feathers and after five months, eagle can take its’ flight of rebirth and lives for thirty
4 ______ years.
A. against
B. difficult
C. get rid of
D. live
E. more
5、We sometimes need to 5 _______ old memories, habits and other past traditions.
A. against
B. difficult
C. get rid of
D. live
E. more