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【題目】Once upon a time, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything on the land —— animals and plants.

One day while walking through the woods, the old man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He took it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. 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 the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then came out easily.

But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, or they would be smaller. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled （枯萎）wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man in his kindness and hurry did not understand was that the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was 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 freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any difficulties, it would cripple (無能) us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.

【1】The old man cut the cocoon in order to ____.

A. kill the butterfly

B. play with the butterfly

C. make the butterfly come out easily

D. have the butterfly

【2】The reason why the butterfly could not fly is that _____.

A. the old man broke its wings

B. it was too small

C. newly born butterflies can’t fly

D. it came out of its cocoon without enough struggle

【3】What can we know from the passage?

A. That old man was fond of everything except the butterfly.

B. It was the old man that stopped the butterfly flying.

C. The old man realized his mistake.

D. It’s not hard for the butterfly to come out of the cocoon.

【4】What does the author want to tell us by writing the passage?

A .We should help others.

B. Without others' help we can still succeed.

C. Struggles in our life can make us stronger.

D. Butterflies can fly without people’s help.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析: 文章通過講述一位老人幫助蝴蝶破繭成蝶的故事告訴我們，生活中需要磨練，需要艱難困苦。

【1】C考察細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文意Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then came out easily可知老人剪掉蠶繭是為了讓蝴蝶更順利的從蠶繭里飛出來，所以答案是C。

【2】D考察細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段可知蝴蝶不能飛起來的原因是老人剪破了蠶繭，蝴蝶沒有在蠶繭里經(jīng)歷足夠的磨練，所以答案是D。

【3】B考察主旨大意。根據(jù)文意可知可知蝴蝶不能飛起來的原因是老人剪破了蠶繭，蝴蝶沒有在蠶繭里經(jīng)歷足夠的磨練，所以是老人阻止了蝴蝶飛翔，所以答案是B。

【4】C考察主旨大意。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知生活中需要磨練，需要艱難困苦，經(jīng)歷這些后會使我們變的更強大，所以答案是C