Question

Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a______old man who loved everything such as:animals, spiders, insects...

One day______walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon(茧)of a butterfly. He______it home.

A few days later, a small______appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours______it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop______any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go_____farther.

Then the man came up to help the______  , so he took a pair of scissors and______the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then came out______.

____it had a swollen body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings. The man was______ about the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would _____ and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract(收缩) in time. However, neither happened!______________, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.

It never was able to______.

What the man in his kindness and haste(轻率) did not understand was that the restricting (限制)_____ and the struggle required for the butterfly to_______ the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid 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 ______are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as _______as what we could have been.

And we could never fly.

1.A. cold    B. kind    C. polite    D. upset

2.A. unless    B. if    C. while    D. because

3.A. took    B. moved    C. settled    D. based

4.A. bag    B. skin    C. pipe    D. opening

5.A. and    B. until    C. as    D. then

6.A. making    B. coming    C. getting    D. suffering

7.A. any    B. more    C. no    D. much

8.A. bug    B. butterfly    C. animal    D. fly

9.A. turn on    B. take part in    C. cut down    D. cut open

10.A. calmly    B. powerfully    C. easily    D. hardly

11.A. Gradually    B. Even    C. So    D. But

12.A. looked    B. lasted    C. concerned    D. began

13.A. enlarge    B. shorten    C. frighten    D. darken

14.A. At present    B. In ruins    C. In fact    D. On purpose

15.A. run    B. fly    C. move    D. walk

16.A. wing    B. tail    C. head    D. cocoon

17.A. go for    B. go through    C. go away    D. go into

18.A. freedom    B. track    C. Loneliness    D. route

19.A. struggles    B. cares    C. cracks    D. injures

20.A. weak    B. hopeful    C. joyful    D. strong

Answer

1. B

2. C

3. A

4. D

5. C

6. A

7. C

8. B

9. D

10. C

11. D

12. C

13. A

14. C

15. B

16. D

17. B

18. A

19. A

20. D

【解析】

本文为记叙文。一位善良的老人用剪刀帮助蝴蝶破茧而出，但他不知道这样做反而使蝴蝶再也不能飞翔。有时候，挣扎正是我们需要经历的，它会使我们变得更强壮。

1.考查形容词辨析。A. cold 冷的；B. kind善良的；C. polite礼貌的；D. upset失望的。根据后面 “old man who loved everything”可知，有一位善良的老人，他热爱一切，如动物、蜘蛛、昆虫…等。故选B。

2.考查连词辨析。A. unless除非；B. if如果；C. while当…时候，然而；D. because因为。根据语境可知，“一天，当这位善良的老人在树林里散步时发现了一只蝴蝶的茧”，while意为“当…时候”，故选C。

3.考查固定搭配及动词辨析。A. took拿；B. moved移动，搬家；C. settled解决，定居；D. based基于。根据下文可知，老人把它带（took）回家。take …home为固定搭配，意为“把某物带回家”，故选A。

4.考查名词辨析。A. bag袋子； B. skin皮肤；C. pipe管道；D. opening开幕，口子。根据下文“watched the butterfly for several hours___5___it struggled to force its body through that little hole.”及“to force its body through that little hole.”可知，几天后，蝴蝶的茧上出现了一个小开口（opening），老人坐着观察茧变蝴蝶。故选D。

5.考查连词辨析。A. and和；B. until 一直到；C. as当…时候； D. then其次。此处是指“当它把身体从那个小洞里挣扎着出来时，老人坐在那儿观察它”。故选C。

6.考查固定搭配及动词辨析。A. making制造；B. coming 来；C. getting得到； D. suffering遭受。根据“It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could”后面老人帮助蝴蝶破茧可知，此处是指此时的蝴蝶没有任何进展。make progress为固定搭配，意为“取得进展”，因此选A。

7.考查副词辨析。A. any稍微；B. more更；C. no不，一点也没有；D. much非常。根据语境可知，蝴蝶此时似乎没有进展，好像不能继续前进了，故选C。

8.考查名词辨析。A. bug昆虫；B. butterfly 蝴蝶；C. animal动物；D. fly苍蝇。根据上下文的内容可知，老人决定帮助蝴蝶（butterfly）从茧中出来，故选B。

9.考查动词短语辨析。A. turn on打开；B. take part in参加；C. cut down减少；D. cut open切开。根据“so he took a pair of scissors”可知，老人用剪刀把茧剩余的部分剪开（cut open）。故选D。

10.考查副词辨析。A. calmly 冷静地；B. powerfully 有力地；C. easily 容易地；D. hardly几乎不。根据语境可知，因为老人把茧剪开了，所以蝴蝶很“容易（easily）”地出来了，故选C。

11.考查副词辨析。A. Gradually渐渐地，慢慢地；B. Even甚至；C. So 因此；D. But但是。根据“it had a swollen body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings.”可知，此处表示转折，即“蝴蝶很容易地出来了，但它的身体肿胀，翅膀小而干瘪”。故选D。

12.考查固定搭配。A. looked看；B. lasted 持续；C. concerned关心，关注；D. began开始。根据后面的语境“老人盼着蝴蝶的翅膀会变大展开”，可知，老人非常关心蝴蝶。be concerned about为固定搭配，意为“关心”，故选C。

13.考查动词辨析。A. enlarge 扩大；B. shorten缩短；C. frighten 使害怕；D. darken变暗。由上文对蝴蝶 描写可知，此处是指老人盼望着蝴蝶的翅膀能变大（enlarge）展开，以支撑它的身体。故选A。

14.考查短语辨析。A. At present目前，现在；B. In ruins 成为废墟；C. In fact事实上；D. On purpose故意地。根据语境及常识可知，事实上（In fact）这只蝴蝶在它的余生中只能拖着肿胀的身体和皱缩的翅膀爬行，故选C。

15.考查动词辨析。A. run 跑；B. fly飞；C. move 移动；D. walk散步。根据前文内容“the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling”，可知，这只蝴蝶永远不能飞（fly）了。故选B。

16.考查名词辨析。A. wing 翅膀；B. tail 尾巴；C. head 头；D. cocoon蚕茧，茧。根据常识及前文的内容可知茧的束缚和挣扎是必要的。故选D。

17.考查动词短语辨析。A. go for追求；B. go through穿过，经历；C. go away走开；D. go into进入，调查。前文“it struggled to force its body through that little hole.”提示，可知此处是指蝴蝶穿过（go through）小裂缝，破茧而出。故选B。

18.考查名词辨析。A. freedom自由；B. track轨迹；C. Loneliness孤独，寂寞；D. route路，路线。根据语境可知，蝴蝶一旦摆脱了茧的束缚，就获得了自由（freedom），故选A。

19.考查名词辨析。A. struggles斗争，奋斗，努力；B. cares 关心，在意；C. cracks裂缝; D. injures伤害。根据前文中 的“the restricting (限制)___16___ and the struggle required”可知，“挣扎（struggles）在生活中是必要的 ”，故选A。

20.考查形容词辨析。 A. weak弱的；B. hopeful有希望的；C. joyful快乐的；D. strong强壮的。此处是指“如果我们的一生不经历任何的挑战，我们会变得软弱，就不可能变得我们本应有的那么强壮（strong）。分析选项可知D符合题意，故选D。