Question

When he was a small boy, he had loved butterflies. Now a grown man with his first son to be born in a few weeks, he found once again fascinated with a cocoon（茧）．He had it at the side of the park path. Somehow the twig(嫩枝）had been knocked from the tree and the cocoon had undamaged and still woven to the branch.

As he had seen his mother do，he gently protected it by it in his handkerchief and carried it home. The cocoon found a home in a jar with holes in the lid. The man it every day. One day, for the first time，the cocoon moved. He watched more closely and soon the cocoon was trembling with activity but nothing else . The cocoon remained tightly glued to the twig and there was no of wings.

Finally the shaking became so ，the man thought the butterfly would die from the .He removed the lid on the jar，took a sharp pen knife from his desk drawer and made a tiny slit(切口)in the side of the cocoon. Almost immediately，one wing appeared and then outstretched the other. The butterfly was !

It seemed to its freedom and walked along the edge of the jar. But it didn’t fly. At first the man thought the 54 needed time to dry but time passed and still the butterfly did not .

The man was worried and called up his neighbor who high school science. He told the neighbor he had found the cocoon，placed it in the mason jar, and the terrible trembling as the butterfly struggled to get out. When he how he had carefully made a small slit in the cocoon，the teacher stopped him, “Oh, that is the . You see，the struggle is what gives the butterfly the strength to fly.”

And so it is with us. Sometimes it’s the struggles in life that us the most.

1.A. them B. us C. itself D. himself

2.A. searched B. raised C. found D. pulled

3.A. survived B. appeared C. existed D. hidden

4.A. hanging B. covering C. hiding D. wrapping

5.A. awful B. temporary C. forever D. luxurious

6.A. realized B. noticed C. watched D. recognized

7.A. happened B. arose C. helped D. proved

8.A. scene B. mark C. signal D. sign

9.A. nervous B. strong C. constant D. weak

10.A. struggle B. beat C. quarrel D. fight

11.A. confidently B. finally C. carefully D. proudly

12.A. different B. free C. happy D. alive

13.A. hate B. share C. desire D. enjoy

14.A. wings B. arms C. feet D. hands

15.A. bring up B. get down C. take off D. come out

16.A. observed B. invented C. searched D. taught

17.A. how B. why C. when D. where

18.A. reported B. described C. expressed D. imagined

19.A. excuse B. purpose C. reason D. evidence

20.A. strike B. strengthen C. trouble D. impress

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题解析：破茧成蝶的故事大家应该都很熟悉，本文主人公对此也颇为好奇，出于同情，他带回了一只幸存的茧，每天观察它，这只茧越来越弱的频率让主人公十分担忧，于是用小刀在茧的一侧划开了一道口，立刻便出来了一只蝴蝶，然而过了很久，蝴蝶还是不会飞。原来，正是破茧而出时的那股动力使得蝴蝶有力量飞行，现在失去了破茧的力量，蝴蝶便不会飞翔了。而我们人也是如此，在生活中，往往是挫折和困难给予了我们更大的力量。

1. 考查细节理解题。根据文章第一段“When he was a small boy, he had loved butterflies. Now a grown man with his first son to be born in a few weeks, he found once again fascinated with a cocoon（茧）．”推测句意：当她还是一个小男孩的时候，他就很喜欢蝴蝶，现在一个他第一个孩子即将出世的成年人，发现自己再一次的对茧着迷。once again表明空白处为前文出现过的事物，只有这个人自己，故选D。

2. 考查词义辨析。A搜索，调查；B提高，抚育；C发现；D拉，牵引。根据前后文“He had it at the side of the park path”根据推测，it代指前文中的茧，可知空白处意为养。故选C。

3. 考查词义辨析。A幸存；B出现；C生存；D隐藏。根据前后文“ Somehow the twig(嫩枝）had been knocked from the tree and the cocoon had undamaged and still woven to the branch.”不知怎么得一个嫩枝从树上掉下敲打在茧上，茧却完好无损，仍然在织网。由此推测，茧被树枝砸到了，却没有被破坏，所以应是幸存下来，故选A。

4. 考查词义辨析题。A悬挂；B覆盖；C藏；D包装，裹住。根据前后文“As he had seen his mother do，he gently protected it by it in his handkerchief and carried it home. ”推测句意：像他妈妈以前做过的那样，他轻轻地把茧裹在自己的手帕中，然后带回了家。故选D。

5. 考查词义辨析题。A可怕的，极坏的；B暂时的，临时的；C永远；D奢侈的。根据前后文“The cocoon found a home in a jar with holes in the lid.”这只茧在找到了一个家，在一个瓶盖有洞的广口瓶中，主人公只是暂时收养这只茧，所以作者给茧安置的地方也是暂时的。故选B。

6. 考查细节理解题。A领悟到；B注意到，观察到；C看到；D认出，意识到。根据前后文“The man it every day”可以推测，主人公收养了这只茧，带回家后每天观察它的变化。故选C。

7. 考查推理判断题。A发生；B出现；C帮助；D证明。根据前后文“He watched more closely and soon the cocoon was trembling with activity but nothing else .”他更近地观察，很快发现这只茧开始颤动，根据but可知除了颤动，主人公没有观察到别的现象，所以可以推测没有别的事发生。故选A。

8. 考查词义辨析题。A场面，情景；B标志，记号；C信号；D迹象。根据前后文“The cocoon remained tightly glued to the twig and there was no of wings.”推测句意：这只茧还是保持原状，紧紧地缠绕着嫩枝，没有任何翅膀的迹象。主人公每天都观察它的变化，期待着它变成蝴蝶，但还没有发现任何长翅膀的迹象。故选D。

9. 考查词义辨析题。A紧张的；B强壮的；C连续的；D虚弱的。根据前后文“Finally the shaking became so ，the man thought the butterfly would die from the .”可知主人公以为蝴蝶会死掉，所以可以推测他看到的震动越来越弱。故选B。

10. 考查细节理解题。A挣扎；B敲击；C吵架；D打架。“the man thought the butterfly would die from the .”推测句意：这个人认为蝴蝶会因为无力挣扎而死掉。其他选项均不符合题意，故选A。

11. 考查词义辨析题。A自信地；B最后地；C仔细地；D骄傲地。根据前后文“He removed the lid on the jar，took a sharp pen knife from his desk drawer and 51 made a tiny slit(切口)in the side of the cocoon”推测句意：他将瓶盖移开，从桌子抽屉里拿出一把削笔刀，小心地在茧的一边划开一道小切口。故选C。

12. 考查细节理解题。A不同的；B免费的，自由的；C高兴的；D活着的。根据前文“Almost immediately，one wing appeared and then outstretched the other. The butterfly was !”几乎在同时，一只翅膀出现了，接着另一只也伸展出来，可见蝴蝶还活着，此处表示活着活着自由都符合语境，但根据后文第一句中的freedom可知此处应他们获得了自由。故选B。

13. 考查词义辨析题。A讨厌；B分享；C渴望；D享受。根据前后文“ It seemed to its freedom and walked along the edge of the jar.”蝴蝶沿着瓶子边缘走动，可以推测它很享受现在的自由，其它选项不服题意，故选D。

14. 考查细节理解题。A翅膀；B臂；C脚；D手。根据前后文“But it didn’t fly. At first the man thought the needed time to dry”蝴蝶不会飞，可以推测主人公会考虑到是翅膀的问题，句意：但它不会飞，开始这个人以为翅膀需要一些时间干燥。故选A。

15. 考查短语辨析。A提出，教育，养育；B下来，使沮丧；C起飞，脱下，离开；D出现，结果是，出版。“but time passed and still the butterfly did not .”推测句意：但是时间过去了，这只蝴蝶仍旧没有起飞，此处take off意同fly。故选C。

16. 考查细节理解题。A观察；B发明；C调查，研究；D教。根据前后文“The man was worried and called up his neighbor who high school science.”于是这个人非常担心，叫来了他的邻居，根据推测，他的邻居应该是高中的科学老师，故选D。

17. 考查细节理解题。“He told the neighbor he had found the cocoon，placed it in the mason jar, and the terrible trembling as the butterfly struggled to get out.”他叫来了他的邻居，希望教高中科学的邻居能够给他一些帮助，所以他把这件事的始末都告诉了邻居，所以应为告诉邻居他是如何发现、安置这只茧以及这只茧的行为。故选A。

18. 考查细节理解题。A报道；B描述；C表达；D想象。根据前后文“ When he how he had carefully made a small slit in the cocoon，the teacher stopped him”推测句意：当他讲到他如何仔细地在茧上划开一道口的时候，老师止住了他。可知他还在描述这件事的经过。故选B。

19. 考查词义辨析题。A借口，理由；B意图，目的；C原因；D证据。“the teacher stopped him, “Oh, that is the ”推测句意：老师止住了他，说道：天哪，这就是原因（蝴蝶不飞的原因），故选C。

20. 考查词义辨析题。A打击；B给予力量；C困难；D使印象深刻。根据最后一段“ And so it is with us. Sometimes it’s the struggles in life that us the most.”根据老师所说，蝴蝶正是靠破茧的力量飞行，可以推测句意：所以我们也是一样，有时候正是生活中的努力给予了我们最多的力量。故选B。

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