阅读课文《灰椋鸟》选段，回答问题

     灰椋鸟开始归林了。一开始还是一小群一小群地飞过来。没过几分钟，“大部队”便排空而至，老远就听到它们的叫声。它们大都是整群

      整群地列队飞行。有的排成数百米长的长队，有的围成一个巨大的椭圆形。它们一批一批，浩浩荡荡地从我们头顶飞过。先回来的鸟在林子里

     不停地鸣叫，好像在互相倾诉着一天的见闻和收获，又好像在呼唤未归的同伴和儿女。后回来的鸟与林中的鸟互相应和，边飞边鸣，急急地寻

     找自己的栖息处所，与熟悉的伙伴汇合。林中热闹极了，到处可以听到灰椋鸟的叫声。

①仔细想一想，作者站在____观察灰椋鸟的。

②这段话是按____顺序记叙的。

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

    In Africa, when the antelope（羚羊）wakes up every morning, the first thing ____ comes into his mind is, “I must be able to run ____ (fast) than the fastest lion,____ I will be killed by a lion.” And at just the same time, the lion____ (wake) out of his dream, and the first thingflashing into his mind is: “I must be able to catch up ____ the slowest a ntelope, otherwise I will starve to____ (dead).” So almost at the same moment____ the antelope and the lion jump to their feet, and start____ (run) toward the rising sun.

    Such is life whether you are an antelope ____ a lion, you ought to dash forward without hesitation when the sun ____ (rise).