A man found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly, One day a small appeared , He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any . It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go further.
So the man decided to the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly came out . But it then had a swollen（肿胀的）body and small, shriveled (褶皱的) .
The man to watch the butterfly because he’d expected that , at any moment, the wings would enlarge to be able to the body , which would contract (缩小) in time . So he waited patiently.
happened! In fact, the butterfly _the rest of its life crawling (爬行)around with a swollen body and shriveled wings , It was never able to .What a shame!
The man, in his kindness and fast action, made a . He did not understand that the suffering and the struggle for the butterfly to get through the tiny hole were nature’s way of fluid (体液) from the body of the butterfly into its wings it would be ready for flight once it achieved its from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are what we need in our lives. If nature allowed us to go through our lives any difficulties , it would weaken or even disable us. We would not be as as what we could have been . We could never fly !
【小题1】A．markB．insect C．signD．opening【小题2】A．learned B．struggledC．pretendedD．expected【小题3】A．progress B．decisionC．choiceD．noise【小题4】A．anyB．stillC．noD．much【小题5】A．studyB．help C．troubleD．leave【小题6】A．silentlyB．naturallyC．easilyD．excitedly【小题7】A．wingsB．legsC．feetD．head【小题8】A．waitedB．stoppedC．hopedD．continued【小题9】A．examineB．coverC．trustD．support【小题10】A．NeitherB．AllC．EitherD．Both【小题11】A．devotedB．spent C．put asideD．gave up【小题12】A．walkB．flyC．get throughD．get up【小题13】A．mistakeB．discoveryC．faceD．fortune【小题14】A．wastedB．watchedC．requiredD．searched【小题15】A．forcingB．makingC．producingD．letting【小题16】A．even thoughB．as ifC．so that D．in case【小题17】A．energyB．freedomC．progressD．life【小题18】A．almostB．probablyC．hardlyD．exactly【小题19】A．withB．byC．fromD．without【小题20】A．wiseB．satisfiedC．strongD．patientD
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(答案→)D
解析：这篇短文中好心的人帮助一只正在破茧的蝴蝶，结果最终却害了这只蝴蝶，从而昭示了一个深刻的人生哲理——有时候在我们的生活中努力奋斗正是我们所需要的。
【小题1】考查名词辨析：A. mark标记，B. insect昆虫，C. sign迹象，标志，D. opening开口，从下文：force its body through that little hole.可知是出现一个小口子，选D
【小题2】考查动词辨析：A. learned 学习，B. struggled挣扎，C. pretended假装，D. expected期待，根据句意可知把身体挣扎着从小洞中强行挤出来。选B
【小题3】考查名词辨析：A. progress进步，进展，B. decision决定，C. choice选择，D. noise噪音，从下文的：It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go 39 further.可知不再有进展，选A
【小题4】考查词义辨析：A. any任何的，B. still仍然，C. no不，D. much很多，根据句意可知这里是指蛾已经达到了最高的程度，不能再进一步了。用any修饰比较级，表示“一点…”，选C
【小题5】考查名词辨析：A. study学习，B. help帮助，C. trouble困难，D. leave离开，看到这种情况决定去帮帮它。选B
【小题6】考查副词：A. silently沉默地，B. naturally自然地，C. easily容易地，D. excitedly兴奋地，蝴蝶很容易的出来了，选C
【小题7】考查名词辨析：A. wings翅膀，B. legs 腿，C. feet脚，D. head头，从下文的the wings would enlarge to be able to 44 the body ,可知但是它的身体肿胀，翅膀是小的褶皱的，选A
【小题8】考查动词辨析：A. waited等待，B. stopped停止，C. hoped希望，D. continued继续，由下文可知那个人仍然在观察这蝴蝶的情况。选D
【小题9】考查动词辨析：Aexamine 检查，B. cover覆盖，C. trust信任，D. support支持，他希望翅膀可以变大能够支撑身体。选D
【小题10】考查代词：A. Neither两者都不，B. All三者以上都，C. Either 两者中任何一个，D. Both两者都，上文说到的两种情况都没有发生，选A
【小题11】考查动词辨析：A. devoted奉献，致力于，B. spent花费，度过，C. put aside放置一边D. gave up放弃，这只蝴蝶最终没有飞起来，它的余生只能在地上爬行度过。选B
【小题12】考查动词辨析：A. walk 走，B. fly飞，C. get through接通，D. get up起床，这个蝴蝶永远不能飞了，选B
【小题13】考查名词辨析：A. mistake错误，B. discovery发现，C. face脸，D. fortune财产，运气，这个人因为自己的好意和轻率的行为，犯了一个错，选A
【小题14】考查动词辨析：A. wasted浪费，B. watched 观看，C. required要求，D. searched寻找，可知茧子的限制和要求蝴蝶从小小的洞里出来的努力都是一种自然的让液体从蝴蝶的进入翅膀的过程。选C
【小题15】考查动词辨析：A. forcing强迫，B. making制作，C. producing生产，D. letting让， force fluid (体液) from the body of the butterfly into its wings迫使液体从蝴蝶的进入翅膀，选A
【小题16】考查连词：A. even though即使，B. as if好像，C. so that为了，D. in case以防，这样它才可以为发行做好准备，选C
【小题17】考查名词辨析：A. energy能量，精力，B. freedom自由，C. progress进步，D. life生活，一旦它从茧里面获得自由，选B
【小题18】考查副词：A. almost几乎，B. probably可能，C. hardly几乎不，D. exactly确切地，有时，这个努力确实是我们生活中需要的，选D
【小题19】考查介词：A. with和，B. by通过，C. from来自，从，D. without没有，如果我们没有经历奋斗就完成了，选D
【小题20】考查形容词：A. wise明智的，B. satisfied满意的，C. strong强大的，D. patient耐心的，从下文We could never fly !可知我们就不会足够坚强，选C