题目内容
【题目】From the earliest times men seem to have noticed the habits of insects, and to have learnt lessons from them. Ants and bees work very hard during the summer, __【1】__ enough food to last during the winter. They give us a good example to __【2】__. If we waste time when the conditions are good for work, we shall probably __【3】__ later and when we really want to work, we are __【4】__ to do so.
Moths, and some other insects, cannot help flying towards a light of any kind. The attraction seems to be too strong for them. __【5】__, they often __【6】__ themselves by flying into something that is burning, such as a lighted candle. In some countries, when such insects as flying ants become a nuisance(讨厌的东西), people __【7】__ themselves by lighting fires at the doors of their cottages. Sometimes the insects fly into the fire in such large __【8】__ that they put it out. In literature we often find poets warning us of the danger of being attracted by __【9】__ or beautiful things that will destroy us.
Butterflies are admired for their __【10】__, though they receive very little praise for anything else. They fly __【11】__ in the sunshine, going from flower to flower, happy all day long, leading a life of __【12】__. They are beautiful, but it seems that they are not of much __【13】__ use to anybody. Some human beings lead very much the same sort of life __【14】__ they are butterflies of society.
Locusts are __【15】__, though. They are active enough. They spend their time eating the food of others. __【16】_ there are men like this, destroying things wherever they go, taking for themselves __【17】__ belongs to others, using up everything and __【18】__ nothing. They are human __【19】__.
Perhaps it may be said that even the worst insects have one use: they __【20】__ us not to be like them.
A. raising B. picking C. collecting D. growing
A. learn B. copy C. set D. accept
A. work B. realize C. suffer D. miss
A. anxious B. unnecessary C. nervous D. unable
A. As a result B. After allC. In the meanwhile D. What's more
A. destroy B. heat C. devote D. kill
A. prevent B. keep C. protect D. escape
A. teams B. numbers C. groups D. lines
A. bright B. burning C. firing D. lighting
A. colour B. attraction C. beauty D. work
A. about B. up C. down D. high
A. happiness B. pleasure C. business D. value
A. real B. true C. proper D. right
A. but B. and C. or D. though
A. different B. similar C. interesting D. exciting
A. Luckily B. Generally C. Unfortunately D. Usually
A. that B. which C. all D. what
A. preparing B. making C. storing D. producing
A. locusts B. moths C. enemies D. butterflies.
A. tell B. suggest C. warn D. ask
【答案】【1】C
【2】B
【3】 C
【4】 D
【5】A
【6】A
【7】C
【8】B
【9】A
【10】 C
【11】A
【12】B
【13】 A
【14】 B
【15】A
【16】 C
【17】 D
【18】 D
【19】 A
【20】 C
【解析】【1】 collect“收集，采集”。“蚂蚁和蜜蜂在夏天努力地工作，采集足够的食物过冬。”
【2】 learn“学习知识，听到”；set“放置”；accept“接受”； copy。模仿，仿效”。“它们是我们效仿的好榜样。”
【3】“如果我们在条件适宜工作时浪费时间，以后我们可能会遭受痛苦。”suffer“受苦”，符合句意。
【4】考查形容词辨析。“当我们真的想工作的时候，我们就做不成了。”unable“不能，无法”，符合句意。
【5】 as a result“结果”；after all“毕竟”；in the meanwhile“与此同时”；what's more“而且”。
【6】考查动词辨析。destroy“破坏，毁坏，消灭”。
【7】protect_ from.“保护……免受……危害”。
【8】考查large numbers“极大数量”。
【9】“在文学作品中我们经常发现有诗句警告我们不要被闪亮或漂亮的东西所吸引，它们会摧毁我们。”
【10】由常识及下文的“They are beautiful.”可知。
【11】fly about“四处飞舞”。
【12】pleasure“愉快，快乐”。
【13】考查形容词辨析。real“真实的，真正的”；true“正确的”。not of much real use to anybody“对任何人来说没
有多少真正的用处”。
【14】这里是顺承关系，故用and。
【15】“不过，蝗虫就不同了。”
【16】“不幸的是，有人就像蝗虫一样……”
【17】what belongs to others“属于别人的东西”。
【18】“……用光一切，而且不创造任何东西。”
【19】由上段的“…they are butterflies of society.”可知此处应是“They are human locusts.”
【20】warn sb. not to do sth.“警告某人不要做某事”。
