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     in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make    body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped. So the boy  to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be      .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole    .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it    a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin      . 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        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       out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be       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.

    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        we could have been and we would never fly.

In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even         growth, without it , there's no way of life. We can't avoid        or problems. So, next time you are     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】

试题分析：短文大意：本文通过一只蝴蝶遇到困难时少挣扎了一点，而是通过小男孩的帮助从茧里出来的故事。告诉我们一个道理：当我们遇到问题或困难时，多挣扎一下，就能起飞。

1.靠查名词及语境理解。hole 洞；worm 虫；tall 高的； snake蛇。根据上下文意思，句意：那小男孩发现茧子上有一个小洞。以及第一段的最后一行“through that little hole”。故选A。

2.考查代词及语境理解。It它；it’s = it is它是；itself它自己；its它的。句意：让它的身体通过那个小洞。在这里要修饰“body”，用形容词性物主代词。故选D。

3.考查动词及语境理解。decided 决定； asked 问；showed给…看；ordered命令。句意：它停止了，因此小男孩决定帮助它。根据后一句：他拿出剪刀剪开洞。故选A

4.考查形容词及语境理解。afraid 害怕的；interested感兴趣的；surprised惊讶的；grateful感激的。句意：小男孩决定帮助它，他认为蝴蝶会感激他。故选D。

5.考查形容词及语境理解。slimmer 较苗条的；bigger较大的；shorter较短的，较矮的；smaller较小的。因为一开始那洞太小，蝴蝶才半天没爬出来，所以小男孩用剪刀把洞剪大来B

6.考查动词及语境理解。touched 触摸；sounded听；looked 看；smelt嗅，闻。句意：蝴蝶出来了，它看起来有点不同。“It had a weak body and small, thin”都是用眼睛看出来的。故选C。

7.考查名词及语境理解。wings 翅膀； feet脚； eyes眼睛； head脑袋。根据后一句“a weak body and thin wings”，前后照应。故选A。

8.考查名词及语境理解。Success成功；excitement兴奋；kindness善良； humour幽默。句意：虽然小男孩不理解为何会这样，但他还是用好心行动。故选C。

9.考查动词及语境理解。work of中“of”是介词，介词后加动名词。故选B。

10.考查形容词及语境理解。ready 准备好的； quiet 安静的；glad 高兴的；used用过的。根据上下文意思：努力地离开茧子让蝴蝶身体的液体进入他的翅膀。它帮助蝴蝶准备飞行。be ready to “准备”，故选A。

11.考查副词及语境理解。Somewhere 某地；Something某事，某物； some time 表示"一些时间"或“一段时间”，可以用作名词或副词短语。sometimes用作副词，表示“有的时候”，可以把它放在句首，句尾或句中。句意：有的时候奋斗/挣扎是我们生活中必须的。故选D。

12.考查形容词及语境理解。Helpful有帮助的； weak 虚弱的； strong 强壮的；creative 有创造力的。根据句意：我们将没有原本有的强大，我们将永远不会飞。上下文：如果我们挣扎了，我们就会有原本的能力，没有挣扎，反倒落后了。故选C。

13.考查动词及语境理解。repeat“重复”， recommend“介绍，推荐”， require“要求”， represent“象征，代表”。句意：疼痛和苦难是所有窗户的钥匙，有时，甚至代表着成长。没有它，生活没有路。故选D。

14.考查名词及语境理解。happiness 幸福；difficulties困难； pleasure快乐；hope希望。根据下一行“problem or difficulty”，故选B。

15.考查动词短语及语境理解。served with 供应，供给；growing into 成为，长成；bringing in把…拿进来，搬进，收获；faced with面临，面对。句意：下次你面对一个难题或困难时，记得那只蝴蝶。根据意思，故选D。

考点：人生百味类短文。