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A man found a cocoon(茧)of a butterfly．He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as________ it struggled to its body through that little hole．Then it seemed to stop making any________．It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther．Then the man decided to help the butterfly，so he took a pair of scissors and cut off the________bit of the cocoon．The butterfly then emerged ________ ．But it had a big body and small，shriveled(皱缩的) wings．The man ________ to watch the butterfly because he expected that，at any moment，the wings would ________ and expand to be able to________the body，which would contract in time．________ happened! In fact，the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a big body and shriveled wings．It never was able to fly．

What the man in his ________ and hurry did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the________  required for the butterfly．To ________ the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing liquid from the body of the butterfly into its wings，so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its ________ from the cocoon．

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life．If nature allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles，we would not be as strong as what we could have been．And we could never________ …

1.A．find               B．pull                C．drag                  D．force

2.A．progress           B．sense               C．change                D．fun

3.A．vacant             B．left                C．additional            D．remaining

4.A．closely            B．easily              C．steadily              D．quietly

5.A．paused             B．turned              C．continued             D．urged

6.A．enlarge            B．lengthen            C．stick                 D．twist

7.A．wrap               B．press               C．support               D．shelter

8.A．Everything         B．All                 C．Neither               D．Something

9.A．regret             B．comfort             C．favor                 D．pride

10.A．struggle          B．energy              C．experience            D．help

11.A．look through       B．get through         C．1ive through          D．pull through

12.A．dream             B．victory             C．purpose               D．freedom

13.A．fly              B．jump                C．walk                  D．stand

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.A

【解析】

1. 发现B．pull 拉 C．drag 拖，拉 D．force 促使，加强；可知这只蝴蝶正努力把它的身体从茧里面拉出来。

2. A．make progress 取得进展 B．make sense 有意义 C．make changes 改变D．make fun开玩笑；后来蝴蝶好像停了下来，再没有任何进展。似乎它已经尽力了，再也爬不动了。

3. 空白的B．left留下 C．additional 额外的 D．remaining 剩余的，剩下的；他拿来一把剪刀，剪开了茧的剩余部分。

4. 亲近地B．easily 容易地 C．steadily 稳定地D．quietly安静地；蝴蝶很容易地就爬了出来，但是却是身体臃肿，带着小而干瘪的翅膀。

5. A．paused 停顿B．turned 变成 C．continued 继续 D．urged 推进，催促

6. 扩大 B．lengthen变长 C．stick坚持 D．twist扭曲；他继续观察着这只蝴蝶。

7. 包起来，缠绕B．press 按 C．support 支持D．shelter保护；希望它的翅膀能够长大到足以支撑它的身体，最终可以展翅飞翔。

8. 每件事 B．All 所有 C．Neither 两者不 ；也不 D．D Something一些事情；然而什么也没发生。

9. 后悔B．comfort 安慰 C．favor 喜爱 D．pride自豪；满意；虽然（帮助蝴蝶）他挺自豪的，但是行动太草率。

10. 挣扎 B．energy 能量C．experience 经验 D．help帮助；却不明白束缚的茧和挣扎对蝴蝶的重要性。

11. through 浏览 B．get through通过 C．1ive through经受住 D．pull through度过难关；通过那个狭小的洞口，才能自然地促使蝴蝶体内的液体流入翅膀。

12. 梦想 B．victory 胜利 C．purpose目的 D．freedom自由；，这样才能为蝴蝶从茧中获得自由后的飞行做好准备。

13. 飞B．jump 跳C．walk 走 D．stand站；而且，我们也永远不可能飞起来