完形填空 Have you ever been tempted to cut a corner or to take the easiest route, though you know it may not necessarily be the best one? Or have you ever made a【C1】______because it was quick and simple,【C2】______that it might come back to bite you later?
I appreciate a parable(寓言故事) about a wild duck. Though life was difficult【C3】______, the beautiful creature【C4】______the boundless heavens and the endless stretches of wilderness. Soaring into the sky, the duck was a symbol of freedom to other creatures that could not fly.
One evening during fall migration, he【C5】______to enter a barnyard where a farmer was feeding his ducks. The beautiful creature ate the corn and liked it so much that he stayed the night in a bed of warm straw. He ate the ducks' corn again the next day. And the next. And the next...
When spring came, he heard his old companions flying overhead and an almost forgotten longing deep within him awoke. The duck had lost his instinct. Now he longed to【C6】______his companions in the sky, but he had grown fat and was unable to fly. The easy way through our problems, though【C7】______, may not be the best way. It' s always easier to borrow than to save: easier to jump in now than to do the hard work of planning: easier to make【C8】______than to do it right: easier to remain the same than to make changes.
【C9】______you want to fly, you may have to pay a price. But【C10】______is worth it at any cost! Are you ready to soar?

单选题 21.【C1】

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】bet：赌注，make a bet意为“打赌”；difference：不同，区别，make a difference意为“起作用”；decision：决定，make a decision意为“做出决定”；suggestion：意见，建议，make a suggestion意为“提出建议”。结合语境可知，此处指的是“你是否仅仅因为便捷、简单而做出一个决定”。故选C。

单选题 22.【C2】

单选题 23.【C3】

单选题 24.【C4】

单选题 25.【C5】

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】attempt：尝试，attempt to do sth．意为“尝试做某事”；intend：计划，打算，intend to do sth．意为“打算做某事”；happen：发生，出现，碰巧，happen to do sth．意为“碰巧做某事”；decide：决定，decide to do sth．意为“决定做某事”。根据句意可知，此处指的是“在秋季迁徙的一个夜晚，这只野鸭偶然进入了一个农场仓院，一个农民正在那里喂他的鸭子”。故选C。

单选题 26.【C6】

单选题 27.【C7】

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】interesting：有趣的；surprising：出人意料的；instructive：富有教益的；attractive：吸引人的。根据上文可知，此处指的是“尽管简单的解决问题的方法很吸引人，却可能不是最好的方法”。故选D。

单选题 28.【C8】

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】根据上下文可知，than连接的是相反的两个事物。根据空后的right可知，空处应选mistakes(错误)，make mistakes意为“犯错误”。此处指的是“犯错比做对更容易”。lie：谎言；risk：风险；corner；拐角。故选C。

单选题 29.【C9】

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】before：在……之前，引导时间状语从句；if：假如，如果，引导条件状语从句；although：虽然，尽管，引导让步状语从句；since：因为，自从……以来，常引导原因、时间状语从句。根据句意“如果你想要飞翔，你可能要付出代价”可知，应用if引导条件状语从句。故选B。

单选题 30.【C10】

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】通读全文可知，文章主要是围绕“一只野鸭因为走捷径而失去飞向自由的本能”展开论述的；根据前一句“…you want to fly…”和后一句“Are you ready to soar?”可知，在最后一段中作者将我们比作野鸭，因此freedom(自由)符合语境。adventure：冒险；experience：经历，经验；justice：公平。故选D。