Question

One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small   41  in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make   42  body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.

So the boy   43  to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be   44 .He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole   45 .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it  46 

a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin   47 .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.

The boy acted with   48  but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of  49  out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be  50  to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.

  51  struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be  52  we could have been and we would never fly.

In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even   53  growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid   54   or problems. So, next time you are   55 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!

1.	A．hole B．worm C．tall D．snake

2.	A．it B．it’s C．itself D．its

3.	A．decided B．asked C．showed D．ordered

4.	A．afraid B．interested C．surprised D．grateful

5.	A．slimmer B．bigger C．shorter D．smaller

6.	A．touched B．sounded C．looked D．smelt

7.	A．wings B．feet C．eyes D．head

8.	A．success B．excitement C．kindness D．humour

9.	A．get B．getting C．to get D．got

10.	A．ready B．quiet C．glad D．used

11.	A．Somewhere B．Something C．Some time D．Sometimes

12.	A．as helpful as B．as weak as C．as strong as D．as creative as

13.	A．repeats B．recommends C．requires D．represents

14.	A．happiness B．difficulties C．pleasure D．hope

15.	A．served with B．growing into C．bringing in D．faced with

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.D

【解析】

1.根据下文的内容，可知从茧出来的话，从一个小洞出来，故选A

2.根据后文的body ，用its，符合题意，故选D

3.根据答案为，decide to do sth表示决定做某事，故选A

4.小孩子的想法是想蝴蝶会感激，故选D

5.根据上下文的意思，可知道小孩将洞剪得更大，故选B

6.前文的内容是小孩满心地希望蝴蝶会感激，可知答案为C，表示看起来···。

7.根据前后文的内容. It had a weak body and small, thin   47 .The butterfly didn’t start to fly.可知答案为C

8.根据文章后面的内容but he didn’t understand why it could be like this，可知答案为C

9.of doing sth，因为of 为介词，后接动词ing形式，故选B

10.be ready to do sth，表示准备去做某事，故选A

11.sometimes 表示有时，根据上下文章内容，故选D

12.因为这一空前，有be 动词，和后文but he didn’t understand why it could be like this所以选择B，像···一样软弱。

13.根据单词意思和语境，故选D,表示代表的意思。

14.根据上下文的内容，应该选择躲避的是，是困难的意思，故选B

15.根据文章内容可知答案为D