A man found the cocoon (茧) of a moth (蛾). He took it home so that he could 1 the moth e out of the cocoon. On that day a small 2 appeared. He sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to 3 the body through that little hole. Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had 4 as far as it could and it could go no further. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and 5 the remaining bit of the cocoon. The 6 then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven (无用的) wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and 7 to be able to support the 8 , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life 9 around with a swollen body and shriven wings. It was 10 able to fly.
What the man in his kindness didn’t 11 was that the small cocoon and the 12 of the moth to get through the 13 opening was a way to push fluid (液体) 14 the body of moth 15 its wings so that it would be ready to fly 16 it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and 17 would e only after the struggle. By taking the struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we were to 18 our lives without any difficulties, we would bee disabled. We would not be as 19 as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance. Leave no room for 20 .
【小题1】A．help B．protect C．watch D．see【小题2】A．openingB．lineC．mothD．butterfly【小题3】A．pullB．drawC．makeD．force【小题4】A．gotB．doneC．triedD．climbed【小题5】A．cut upB．cut offC．cut outD．cut in【小题6】A．mothB．butterflyC．cocoonD．worm【小题7】A．lessenB．widenC．expandD．shorten【小题8】A．standingB．flightC．wingsD．body【小题9】A．flyingB．crawlingC．walkingD．lying【小题10】A．alreadyB．certainlyC．neverD．ever【小题11】A．doB．thinkC．wantD．understand【小题12】A．crawlingB．struggleC．fightD．force【小题13】A．tinyB．beginningC．rightD．above【小题14】A．inB．onC．byD．from【小题15】A．intoB．toC．inD．onto【小题16】A．afterB．onceC．beforeD．until【小题17】A．courageB．happinessC．flightD．survival【小题18】A．stand byB．get onC．go throughD．live in【小题19】A．greatB．determinedC．braveD．strong【小题20】A．regretsB．deathC．failureD．wishesC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文讲述了一个人发现了一个蛾的茧，当蛾从茧的小洞中挣扎着要出来的时候，这个人出于好心想要帮助它出来，所以他用剪刀将其剪开，结果这只蛾轻松的出来了，可是体态臃肿，无法飞翔，从此也面临着死亡的威胁。其实，它在挣脱是为了是自己的身体不要臃肿，所以人生也一样，要经历困难才能有更完美的人生。
【小题1】根据句意，他将茧带回了家想要看蛾是怎么从茧里出来的。所以用watch，不用see，see强调看的结果，故选C
【小题2】A. opening缺口B. line 线C. moth蛾D. butterfly蝴蝶；句意：一天一个小洞出现了。故选A
【小题3】A. pull拉B. draw画画 C. make 制作D. force 强迫；句意：他观察了蛾好几个钟头，蛾挣扎着迫使它的身体通过这个小洞，故选D
【小题4】had got as far as it could 已经到达了它所能到达的地方，故选A
【小题5】A. cut up切碎B. cut off 剪断C. cut out 删除 D. cut in插话；前文讲到a pair of scissors 一把剪刀，所以肯定是剪断剩余的茧，故选B
【小题6】A. moth蛾C. cocoon茧 D. worm虫子；根据句意，他将茧剪断后，肯定是蛾很容易出来了，故选A
【小题7】前文讲到at any moment, the wings would enlarge ，随时这些翅膀会变大，所以应该是希望它扩大，故选C
【小题8】后文利用非限制性定语which would get smaller in time.which指代身体。句意：随时这些翅膀会变大，以便来支撑它的身体，故选D
【小题9】A. flying飞翔B. crawling爬行 C. walking走路D. lying躺着；句意：实际上，这只蛾只能拖着臃肿的身体和无力的翅膀度过余生。故选B
【小题10】根据上一题及句意：它永远也不能够飞翔了，故选C
【小题11】本句话比较长，设有6个空，只能通过选项及上下文意思逐一的猜测句意，本题中应该是他无法懂得的是这个小茧和它的挣扎是为了能够更好的飞翔。故选D
【小题12】to get through作为the moth的状语，意为蛾为了穿破这个洞的努力，故选B
【小题13】A. tiny微小的B. beginning开始C. right对的 D. above 以上的；根据上下文应为微小的缺口，故选A
【小题14】从上一段with a swollen body and shriven wings.可知是将液体从蛾的身体挤入翅膀中，以便能够自由的飞翔，故选D
【小题15】根据上一题，将身体的液体挤入翅膀中，推动翅膀有力，以便更好的飞翔，故选A
【小题16】A. after在…之后B. once一旦C. before在…之前D. until直到，根据句意：一旦它从茧中出来就可以准备飞翔，故选 B
【小题17】A. courage勇气B. happiness幸福C. flight 飞行 D. survival幸存；句意：自由和飞翔仅仅来源于努力之后，故选C
【小题18】A. stand by支持B. get on上车C. go through经历D. live in居住；根据句意：如果我们的生活没有经历任何的困难，我们会变得残缺不全。故选 C
【小题19】A. great伟大的B. determined 坚决的C. brave勇敢的D. strong强壮的；根据句意：我们不会像我们本能够强壮的那样，故选D
【小题20】A. regrets 后悔B. death死亡C. failure 失败D. wishes期望；根据句意及上下文理解，不要为后悔留有任何的空间，故选A