Question

Don’t shoot butterflies with guns.

Can you    36    someone running after a butterfly with a gun in his hands? Won’t such stupidity make you burst out laughing? But wait. Stop and consider how often you might have done something    37   .

A hen, Henny-Penny, lived in a forest with many other animals and birds. One fine, sunny morning, she was busy looking for    38    in the ground. Suddenly she let out a frightened cackle (咯咯叫) with wings flapping    39   . A dry leaf had fallen down on her, and she went  40   at whoever she met, “Run, run for your lives; the sky is falling.” The other creatures stopped whatever they were doing. Some ran behind Henny-Penny, screaming warnings with her, while others    41    the unfounded story that the sky was falling.

We all have    42    people like this hen. The rest of us are like the other foolish creatures who didn’t stop to verify (证实) the    43    for themselves. They shoot butterflies with guns. They just will not think for themselves. Why don’t people think for themselves? Often because of laziness, or because they don’t want to be    44    for their way of thinking.

Walking through life    45    is more dangerous than crossing a busy road with eyes closed. Our thoughts should lead us towards the light of wisdom and sense. Our thinking should be high,  46    us to the ranks of the sensible. We have been blessed with reasoning, sensitive minds. Let us make use of them and be    47    of our own minds. Don’t let your mind be enslaved by someone else. Stop, think and then go ahead.

1..

A．suggest

B．imagine

C．recall

D．prevent

2..

A．different

B．extraordinary

C．unusual

D．similar

3.	A．trees B．worms C．nests D．leaves

4..

A．in delight

B．in cheer

C．in fear

D．in amazement

5..

A．screaming

B．staring

C．praising

D．criticizing

6..

A．recite

B．edit

C．spread

D．print

7..

A．come across

B．searched for

C．looked after

D．cared about

8..

A．impact

B．process

C．advantage

D．truth

9.	A．desperate B．good C．regretful D．responsible

10..

A．speechlessly

B．hopelessly

C．mindlessly

D．homelessly

11.	A．declining B．raising C．wiping D．smoothing

12..

A．masters

B．slaves

C．authors

D．employees

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

【解析】

试题分析：

1.B 动词辨析。A建议B想象C回忆D阻止，预防；你能想象一个人拿着枪追赶蝴蝶吗？

2.D 形容词辨析。A不同B非同一般C不同寻常D类似的；停下来想想也许很多次也也许做了相似的事。

3..B 考查常识。母鸡的食物应该是虫子。Worms指虫子。

4..C 短语辨析。A/B 高兴地 C害怕地D惊讶地；指这只母鸡因为一片树叶落到了它的身上而害怕地尖叫。

5.A 动词辨析。A尖叫B盯着看C表扬D批评；这只母鸡因为一片树叶落到了它的身上而害怕地尖叫。

6..C 动词辨析。A背诵B编辑C传播D印刷；当其它的人都在传播这个没有根据的故事。

7..A 短语辨析。A遇见B寻找C照顾D关心；我们经常会遇见像很多这只母鸡的人。

8..D 名词辨析。A影响B过程C优势D真相；很多人都没有亲自去证实真相。

9.D 固定词组。Be responsible for…对…负责；因为他们不想为他们的思维方法负责。

10.C 副词辨析。A说不出话B绝望C不用心地D无家可归；不用心度过一生要比闭着眼睛过马路更危险。

11..B 动词辨析。A下降B提高C擦拭D清除；把我们自己提高到明智地。

12..A 名词辨析。A大师，主人B奴隶C作者D雇员；让我们做自己的思维的主人。

考点：考查夹叙夹议类完型。