Sarah came running in. She shouted happily, Look what I 36 . She put a snake skin on the newspaper I was reading and it came so suddenly that it caused me to 37 . Mom, look! Isn't it 38 ? said my seven-year-old daughter. I 39 the snake skin and thought that it really wasn't pretty. Everything children see 40 is full of beauty in their eyes; they see only 41 and excellence in the world until educated.
42 did the snake do this? Sarah asked. I tried to seize the 43 to teach my children that there was almost always something beyond the obvious. I wanted to tell them that there was something else going on 44 what they saw in front of them. Snakes shed (蜕) their skin because they need to renew themselves, I 45 .
Why do they have to renew themselves? Sarah asked.
My son Robert laughed and said, Because they don't 46 what they are and they want to be someone else. I politely ignored him and said that by shedding skins, we could 47 the hidden reality.
We often need to shed our skin, those coatings that we 48 ourselves with, I said to my children, who listened very 49 , with their eyes wide open. This snake 50 needs this skin. It is probably too hard for him, or he probably doesn't think he looks as 51 in it as he once did. It's like buying a new 52 .
I'm sure this explanation will not 53 the naturalists. But Sarah was getting to understand that renewal is part of 54 . She should learn from it what we need to keep and what we need to 55 .
【小题1】A．madeB．seizedC．caughtD．found【小题2】A．thinkB．jumpC．runD．struggle【小题3】A．interestingB．smoothC．beautifulD．colorful【小题4】A．stared atB．took offC．referred toD．brought back【小题5】A．by accidentB．over and over again C．in the futureD．for the first time【小题6】A．honestyB．differenceC．valueD．fear【小题7】A．WhereB．WhyC．HowD．When【小题8】A．informationB．possibilityC．opportunityD．question【小题9】A．besidesB．forC．withoutD．around【小题10】A．talkedB．explainedC．whisperedD．shouted【小题11】A．keepB．wantC．needD．like【小题12】A．seeB．guessC．ignoreD．remember【小题13】A．keepB．storeC．coverD．improve【小题14】A．properlyB．attentivelyC．sadlyD．angrily【小题15】A．once moreB．at timesC．right nowD．no longer【小题16】A．niceB．healthyC．strongD．big【小题17】A．hatB．watchC．suitD．home【小题18】A．moveB．satisfyC．correctD．defeat【小题19】A．experienceB．achievementC．progressD．petition【小题20】A．throw outB．hope forC．find outD．throw awayD
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(答案→)D
解析：作者耐心地向孩子们解饰蛇蜕皮这一现象,同时也让孩子们明白一 个道理: 该留的留 ,该丢弃的丢弃。
【小题1】考查动词：A. made制作B. seized抓住C. caught抓住D. found找到， Sarah 拿着一试蛇皮 让作者看, 瞧，我找到了什么？选D。
【小题2】考查动词：A. think想B. jump跳C. run跑D. struggle挣扎，根据 it came so suddenly 可知突然看到蛇皮,作者很害怕,所以是跳了起来 。选B。
【小题3】考查形容词：A. interesting有趣的，B. smooth光滑的，C. beautiful漂亮的， D. colorful彩色的，根据后文的 thought that it really wasn't that pretty 可知 Sarah 觉得蛇皮很美。选C。
【小题4】考查词组：A. stared at盯着看B. took off脱下C. referred to参考，所指，D. brought back带回来，作者是望着蛇皮在心里想。选A。
【小题5】考查词组：A. by accident偶然B. over and over again 一遍一遍的
C. in the future未来D. for the first time第一次，由 Sarah 看到蛇皮的好奇心可知这里是指孩 子第一次看到的时候都是觉得漂亮的。选D。
【小题6】考查名词：A. honesty诚实B. difference不同C. value价值D. fear害怕，孩子的心美好,所以在他受教育前，不管他第一次看到什么,都只看到好的有价值的方面，故试 C
【小题7】考查连接词：A. Where哪里B. Why为什么C. How怎样D. When在什么时候，根据后文作者说的话,可知 Sarah 是想知道蛇为什么这么做。选B。
【小题8】考查名词：A. information信息B. possibility可能性C. opportunity机会 D. question问题，句意：作者抓住这个机会向孩子讲了一些道理。选C。
【小题9】考查介词：A. besides除了B. for因为C. without没有D. around在…周围，根据 there was almost always something beyond the obvious 的语境,可知这里需填 A ,表示除了看 到的以外,还有的我们不知道的一些东西。选A.
【小题10】考查动词：A. talked谈论B. explained解释C. whispered 低语D. shouted叫喊，作者是在向孩子解饰原因,故试 B
【小题11】考查动词：A. keep保持B. want想要C. need需要D. like喜欢，句意：根据 they want to be someone else 的语境, 可推断 Robert 是想说蛇不喜欢现在的样子,所以才想要改变。选D。
【小题12】考查动词：A. see看见B. guess 猜测C. ignore忽视D. remember记住，去除了外面的皮,就能看到隐藏在里 面的东西了。选A。
【小题13】考查动词：A. keep 保存B. store储存C. cover覆盖D. improve改进，这些外皮是用遮盖住我们自己的,故选D 。
【小题14】考查副词：A. properly 合适地B. attentively注意地C. sadly悲伤地， D. angrily生气地，根据 with their eyes wide open 的试境,可知 孩子听得很认真，选B。
【小题15】考查词组：A. once more再一次B. at times有时C. right now 现在D. no longer不再，句意：蛇蜕皮了,所以作者认为那 蛇不再需要那条皮了。选D。
【小题16】考查形容词：A. nice漂亮的，B. healthy健康的C. strong强壮的， D. big大的，蛇蜕皮了,也可能是因为蛇皮已不像以前那么好看了,所以想换新的。选A。
【小题17】考查名词：A. hat帽子B. watch手表C. suit 外套D. home家，皮不好看了,想换新的,就像人换新衣服一样。选C。
【小题18】考查动词：A. move 移动B. satisfy使…满意C. correct纠正D. defeat击败，作者的解饰不是科学的角度出发的,故她的解释可能不能让博物家满意。选B。
【小题19】考查名词：A. experience经验B. achievement成就C. progress进步D. petition竞争，作者在前文说蛇褪皮是因为皮已经不好 了, 需要更好的皮,所以Sarah 觉得褪皮是一个进步的过程。选C。
【小题20】考查词组：A. throw out扔掉B. hope for期盼C. find out查明D. throw away扔掉，作者通过蛇蜕皮这件事告试孩子，该留的留 ,该丢弃的丢弃。选 D 。