Onedayaboyfoundthecocoon(茧)ofabutterflyandbroughtithome.Afewdayslatertheboysawasmall16inthecocoon.Hesatandwatchedforseveralhoursasabutterflystruggledtomake17bodythroughthatlittlehole.

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 ___16___in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make ___17___body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy ___18___to help the butterfly thinking the butterfly might be ___19___. He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole ___20___. The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it ___21___a little different. It had a weak body and small thin ___22___. 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 never able to fly.
The boy acted with___23___but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawl out of the cocoon it must struggle. The hard work of ___24___out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be ___25___to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
___26___struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems we would never learn or grow. We would not be ___27___ we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives pain and suffering is the key to all windows and sometimes even ___28___ growth without it there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid ___29___ or problems. So next time you are ___30___ a problem or difficulty remember the butterfly. Struggle a little–then fly!

【小题1】

A．hole

B．worm

C．tail

D．snake

【小题2】

A．it

B．it’s

C．itself

D．its

【小题3】

A．decided

B．asked

C．showed

D．ordered

【小题4】

A．afraid

B．interested

C．surprised

D．grateful

【小题5】

A．slimmer

B．bigger

C．shorter

D．smaller

【小题6】

A．touched

B．sounded

C．looked

D．smelt

【小题7】

A．wings

B．feet

C．eyes

D．head

【小题8】

A．success

B．excitement

C．kindness

D．humour

【小题9】

A．get

B．getting

C．to get

D．got

【小题10】

A．ready

B．quiet

C．glad

D．used

【小题11】

A．Somewhere

B．Something

C．Some time

D．Sometimes

【小题12】

A．as helpful as

B．as weak as

C．as strong as

D．as creative as

【小题13】

A．repeats

B．recommends

C．requires

D．represents

【小题14】

A．happiness

B．difficulties

C．pleasure

D．hope

【小题15】

A．served with

B．growing into

C．bringing in

D．faced with

Answer 1

【小题1】A

【小题1】D

【小题1】A

【小题1】D

【小题1】B

【小题1】C

【小题1】A

【小题1】C

【小题1】B

【小题1】A

【小题1】D

【小题1】C

【小题1】D

【小题1】B

【小题1】D

解析 主旨大意：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。

【小题1】A  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”。

【小题1】D  代词的用法。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。

【小题1】A  句意：它停止了，因此小男孩决定帮助它。根据后一句：他拿出剪刀剪开洞。故选A。

【小题1】D 句意：小男孩决定帮助它，他认为蝴蝶会感激他。故选D。

【小题1】B 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。

【小题1】C 句意：蝴蝶出来了，它看起来有点不同。“It had a weak body and small thin”都是用眼睛看出来的。故选C。

【小题1】A   根据后一句“a weak body and thin wings”，前后照应。故选A。

【小题1】C  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。

【小题1】B   work of中“of”是介词，介词后加动名词。故选B。

【小题1】A 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。be ready to “准备”，故选A。

【小题1】D 句意：有的时候奋斗/挣扎是我们生活中必须的。some time 表示"一些时间"或“一段时间”，可以用作名词或副词短语。sometimes用作副词，表示“有的时候”，可以把它放在句首，句尾或句中。故选D。

【小题1】C 根据句意：我们将没有原本有的强大，我们将永远不会飞。上下文：如果我们挣扎了，我们就会有原本的能力，没有挣扎，反倒落后了。故选C。

【小题1】D 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。repeat“重复”， recommend“介绍，推荐”， require“要求”， represent“象征，代表”。

【小题1】B 根据下一行“problem or difficulty”，故选B。

【小题1】D 句意：下次你面对一个难题或困难时，记得那只蝴蝶。根据意思，故选D。