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   31   in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make   32   body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.

    So the boy   33   to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be   34  .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole   35  .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it   36  a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin   37  .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   38   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   39   out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be   40   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.

      41   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 __42__ we could have been and we would never fly.

    In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even   43   growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid   44   or problems. So, next time you are   45  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.此题考查名词，根据下文’through that little hole’提示可知选择hole。

2.此题考查物主代词，表示所属关系。意思是让它的躯体从洞里钻出来。

3.此题考查动词短语decide to do sth表示决定做某事。

4.此题考查形容词，根据语境可知，小男孩认为他帮助小虫从茧里出来会很感激他。

5.此题考查形容词，小男孩用剪刀把小洞剪大了。

6.此题考查系动词，后跟形容词充当表语，构成系表结构。

7.此题考查名词，根据下文“…crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings”可知选择wings。

8.此题考查名词，根据语境可知小男孩用好心做了一件傻事。

9.此题考查动名词的用法，of是介词后跟动词时要用动名词。

10.此题考查固定短语be ready to do sth表示准备做某事。

11.此题考查副词，表示有时在我们人生中需要奋斗。

12.此题考查常用句型结构as…as表示与…一样。其否定形式为not as/so…as

13.此题考查动词，根据语境可知选择D。

14.此题考查名词，根据上下文及语境可知选择B，人生中不能没有困难。

15.此题考查短语face with表示面对