Question

If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say,“Hey,Butterfly Man,”his face would break into a smile.The title suits him.And he loves it.

Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly(蝴蝶),once thought to have died out.Today the butterfly is coming back—thanks to him.But years ago if you’d told him this was what he’d be doing someday,he would have laughed,“You’re crazy.”As a boy,he used to be “a little tough guy on the streets”.At age thirteen,he was caught by police for stealing.At eighteen,he landed in prison for shooting a man.

“I knew it had hurt my mom,”Bonner said after he got out of prison.“So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again.”

One day he met Professor Mattoni,who was working to rebuild the habitat(栖息地) for an endangered butterfly called EI Segundo blue.

“I saw the sign‘Butterfly Habitat’and asked,‘How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?’”Bonner recalls,“Dr.Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass(放大镜),‘Look at the leaves.’I could see all these caterpillars(蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant.Dr.Mattoni explained,‘Without the plant,there are no butterflies.’”

Weeks later,Bonner received a call from Dr.Mattoni,who told him there was a butterfly that needed help.That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue.Since then he’s been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back.He grows astragalus,the only plant the butterfly eats.He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs.Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.

The butterfly’s population,once almost zero,is now up to 900.For their work,Bonner and Dr.Mattoni received lots of awards.But for Bonner,he earned something more:he turned his life around.

For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison.While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue,the butterfly has helped bring him back,too.

1.When he was young,Arthur Bonner _______.

A.broke the law and ended up in prison

B.was fond of shooting and hurt his mom

C.often laughed at people on the streets

D.often caught butterflies and took them home

2.Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _______.

A.found the butterfly had died out

B.won many prizes from his professor

C.met Dr.Mattoni,a professor of biology

D.collected butterflies and put them into a lab

3.From the last sentence of the text,we learn that raising butterflies has _______.

A.made Bonner famous

B.changed Bonner’s life

C.brought Bonner wealth

D.enriched Bonner’s knowledge

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A.A Promise to Mom

B.A Man Saved by Butterflies

C.A Story of Butterflies

D.A Job Offered by Dr.Mattoni

Answer

1.A

解析:这是一道细节题。根据第二段中“At eighteen,he landed in prison for shooting a man.”可判断出你Arthur Bonner年轻时因为违法被关进了监狱。

2.C

解析:这是一道细节题。根据倒数第三段中的“Weeks later,Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni,who told him there was a butterfly needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue.”可判断出当Arthur Bonner遇到Dr. Mattoni后知道了the Palos Verdes。

3.B

解析:这是一道细节推断题。根据短文最后一句话“For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue,the butterfly has helped bring him back,too.”可推断出六年来Bonner遵守着自己远离监狱的诺言，所以饲养蝴蝶改变了Arthur Bonner的生活。

4.B

解析:这是一道标题选择题。这篇短文讲述了Arthur Bonner在年轻人因为无违法而蹲进了监狱，后来通过饲养蝴蝶而改变了生活，是蝴蝶挽救了他。因此最好的题目是：A Man Saved by Butterflies。