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 tried to make       body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.

The boy decided to     the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be thankful. He took out a knife and cut the hole to make it     . The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it looked 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       able to fly.

The boy acted with kindness,       he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must try very hard. The hard work of getting out of the cocoon makes its wings strong. It helps the butterfly be     to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t have to try hard to get out of the cocoon, its wings won’t get strong enough for it to fly.

In our lives, pain is the key     all windows. Without it, there’s no way of life. We can’t         difficulties or problems. So, next time you have a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Try hard—then fly!

1.A. dog    B. girl    C. hole    D. bird

2.A. my            B. its             C. your             D. their

3.A. eat              B. kill            C. feed            D. help

4.A. older            B. bigger            C. shorter            D. warmer

5.A. eyes           B. ears              C. hands          D. wings

6.A. never            B. still       C. also          D. often

7.A. or            B. if             C. but             D. because

8.A. used            B. ready           C. glad              D. afraid

9.A. to       B. on              C. in             D. at

10.A. feel       B. find        C. avoid         D. stand

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：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.C考查复名词及语境理解。A. dog 狗；B. Girl女孩；C. Hole洞；D. Bird鸟。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C。

2.B考查代词及语境理解。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。根据句意选D。A. my 我的；B. Its它的；C. your 你的；D. Their他们的。故选B

3.D考查动词及语境理解。根据后一句：He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole他拿出剪刀剪开洞。句意：它停止了，因此小男孩决定帮助它。故选A。A. Eat吃；B. kill 杀害；C. feed 喂养；D. Help帮助。故选D。

4.B考查动形容词比较级及语境理解。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。A. Older更老；B. bigger 更大；C. shorter 更短；D. warmer 更暖和。故选B。

5.D考查名词及语境理解。A. eyes 眼睛；B. ears 耳朵；C. Hands手；D. Wings翅膀。根据后一句“a weak body and thin wings”，前后照应。她有虚弱的身体，小而瘦小的翅膀。故选D。

6.A考查副词及语境理解。句意：事实上，这只蝴蝶花费他生命剩下的时间在她虚弱的身体和轻薄的身体周围爬行，它是不能飞的。A. Never决不；B. Still仍然，还；C. Also也；D. often 经常。故选A。

7.C考查连词及语境理解。句意：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。A. or 否则；B. If如果；C. But但是；D. Because因为；根据题意可知是表示转折关系。故选C。

8.B考查短语及语境理解。。Be used to do 表示被用来做什么；B. Be ready to do准备去做……； C.be glad to do表示乐于去做某事；D. Be afraid to do表示害怕去做某事；be ready to “准备”，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。故选B。

9.A考查介词及语境理解。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。The key to ....表示……的钥匙。故选A

10.根据下一行中“problem or difficulty”，可以找出答案。句意：我们可以避免困难和问题。A. Feel感觉；B. Find找到；C. Avoid避免；D. stand 站立。故选C。

考点：教育类短文。