题目内容

Butterfly’s wings
One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon（茧）, a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it was struggling to __36__ its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten __37__ it could and it could go no further. So the man decided to __38__ the butterfly: he took a pair of scissors and __39__ the remaining part of the cocoon. The butterfly then __40__ easily.
But it has a swollen（肿胀的）body and __41__ wings. The man continued to __42__ the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the __43__ would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would __44__ the time span(跨度). Neither happened! __45__, the butterfly spent the rest of its life  __46__ around with a swollen body and small, shriveled（褶皱的）wings. It __47__ was able to fly. What the man did in his __48__ and haste（匆忙）did no good to the butterfly. He didn’t know the __49__ cocoon and the struggle __50__ for the butterfly to get through the tiny __51__ were the natural way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings __52__ it would be ready for flight once it achieved its __53__ from the cocoon.
Sometimes the __54__ is exactly what we need in our life. If we are allowed to go through our life without any __55__, it would not be a good thing to us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.
小题1:
A．buildB．forceC．formD．destroy
小题2:
A．as far asB．as long asC．as soon asD．as quick as
小题3:
A．seizeB．leaveC．bringD．help
小题4:
A．took offB．made upC．cut offD．picked up
小题5:
A．spread overB．came out C．stayed inD．flew away
小题6:
A．hardB．strongC．smallD．large
小题7:
A．watchB．look for C．look afterD．follow
小题8:
A．butterflyB．wingsC．cocoonD．scissors
小题9:
A．disappearB．enlargeC．loseD．shorten
小题10:
A．LuckilyB．Probably C．In allD．In fact
小题11:
A．crawlingB．approachingC．runningD．wandering
小题12:
A．everB．seldomC．alwaysD．never
小题13:
A．fearB．kindness C．evilD．confidence
小题14:
A．restrictingB．looseC．softD．little
小题15:
A．preparedB．wantedC．allowedD．required
小题16:
A．placeB．room C．openingD．space
小题17:
A．even ifB．otherwiseC．whenD．so that
小题18:
A．lifeB．courseC．progressD．freedom
小题19:
A．courageB．struggle C．wisdomD．strength
小题20:
A．funB．friendsC．difficultyD．achievement

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:D
小题19:B
小题20:C
文章讲述了一个善良的人出于好意帮助蝴蝶从茧中出来，但却有了完全相反的结果，就是因为少了破茧成蝶的过程，蝴蝶无法飞。通过这个故事告诉我们生命就是奋斗的过程。
小题1:动词辨析。根据句意可知把身体从小洞中强行挤出来。
小题2:词义辨析。A（远）至（某处）；到……程度；B只要；C一…就；D快达…;根据句意可知这里是指蛾已经达到了最高的程度，卡在那里出不来了。
小题3:动词辨析。看到这种情况决定去帮帮它。
小题4:动词辨析。A脱掉，起飞，成功；B化妆，编造，弥补，组成；C切断;中断；D捡起；由句意可知我用剪刀把茧剪开。
小题5:动词辨析。A传播；B出版，出来；C呆在里面；D飞走。由句意可知是蝴蝶从茧里出来了。
小题6:上下文串联，根据下文47空前的small, shriveled（褶皱的）wings.
小题7:词义辨析。A观察；B寻找；C照顾；D跟随，采纳；由下文可知那个人仍然在观察这蝴蝶的情况。
小题8:上下文串联。变大的应该是翅膀。
小题9:动词辨析。A消失；B变大；C失去；D缩短；由后面的the time span的可知是D。
小题10:词义辨析。A幸运地；B可能地；C共计；D事实上；实际上蝴蝶根本没有能飞起来，与希望相反。
小题11:动词辨析。A爬行；B靠近；C奔跑；D想知道；根据上下文可知这只蝴蝶最终没有飞起来，只能在地上爬行。
小题12:上下文串联。解析同上。
小题13:名词辨析。根据上文可知那个人是出于好意，帮助蝴蝶从茧里出来。
小题14:词义辨析。A有限制的；B松散的；C柔软的；D小的；由上文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。
小题15:动词辨析。解析同上。
小题16:名词辨析。解析同49。
小题17:连词辨析。A即使；B否则，要不然；C当…时；D以至于；由上下文可知是以便于它一旦获得了自由就准备飞翔。
小题18:名词辨析。解析同上。
小题19:上下文串联。根据句意可知奋斗正是我们人生需要的，如果我们没有经历奋斗就完成了，对于我们的人生也是没有好处的。
小题20:名词辨析。解析同上。
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I was reading a notice at the entrance to my college dormitory, when a girl came up to me and said, “Do you _26_ a quarter? I’m one short of putting my laundry(刚洗好的衣物) in the dryer(烘干机). ”
I _27_ to think about it for a few seconds and considered whether I’d be _28_ to give a quarter away. I found myself _29_ her, thinking about why she didn’t _30_ four quarters down from her room with her, as if she had _31_ to be one short so she could ask someone else for it. (Later I knew _32_ that was not the case.)
But I didn’t have any reason to _33_her. Then I responded, “Yeah, I think I have the only one,” though fully _34_ that I had three. “Here you go,” I said with a smile. “Thanks,” she responded, _35_ that she could have clean clothes to wear the next morning.
A few moments later the girl _36_ and gave a dollar bill to me. “Why are you giving this to me?” I asked, _37_. “Oh, because you were kind to me, so I’m just giving back the _38_.”
It’s just a dollar, but I felt it was _39_. More so because I hadn’t given that quarter with such nice _40_, the way she gave that dollar to me. I felt like it was the first time I ever _41_ something greater in return for something so_42_ that I had given. I saw the power of kindness and generosity in a _43_way.
I thought it was so worth giving that quarter away. Giving and _44_ don’t usually happen hand-in-hand, _45_ when it does, like it did this time, it makes one think about why generosity is so powerful in the first place.
小题1:
A．loseB．haveC．findD．pay
小题2:
A．stoppedB．agreedC．triedD．continued
小题3:
A．anxiousB．satisfiedC．willingD．quick
小题4:
A．dislikingB．lovingC．trustingD．judging
小题5:
A．borrowB．collectC．fetchD．bring
小题6:
A．neededB．preparedC．managedD．planned
小题7:
A．actuallyB．obviouslyC．strangelyD．possibly
小题8:
A．helpB．refuseC．believeD．doubt
小题9:
A．ashamedB．awareC．uncertainD．concerned
小题10:
A．hopingB．worryingC．choosingD．mentioning
小题11:
A．leftB．finishedC．calledD．returned
小题12:
A．excitedB．surprisedC．angryD．embarrassed
小题13:
A．benefitB．changeC．favourD．interest
小题14:
A．valuableB．enoughC．attractiveD．reasonable
小题15:
A．resultsB．thoughtsC．memoriesD．manners
小题16:
A．metB．providedC．sawD．received
小题17:
A．expensiveB．importantC．smallD．difficult
小题18:
A．shortB．newC．normalD．strange
小题19:
A．gettingB．rejectingC．supportingD．appreciating
小题20:
A．thenB．orC．butD．thus
Eleven months ago, an act of good sportsmanship（体育精神）changed a girls’ running race into something bigger.

Jenna Huff received a national sportsmanship award from the US Olympic Committee for what she did for Deb Guthmann.
In the race, Jenna was behind Deb until the final few meters of the 5-kilometer race.
Then something awful happened. Deb’s right hip（髋部）broke. She screamed in pain and stopped.
Jenna had never met Deb and had been taught to pass every runner she could to win.
Instead, Jenna stopped with no hesitation.
“Come on.” Jenna told Deb. “We’re going to run.”
Jenna took Deb’s left elbow with her right hand. She helped her jog the last few meters. At the finishing line, she pushed Deb in front of her, reasoning Deb would have beaten her anyway if not for the injury. That act helped Deb’s team win the regional race and advance to the state meet.
Both girls are now 17.
Jenna is still an athlete for her school.
She and her parents went to Colorado to accept an award for the national sportsmanship award. Jenna had to give a five-minute speech to the crowd, a crowd which included a number of former Olympians. “I’m pretty scared about my speech,” Jenna said the other night when we talked on the phone. “You want to hear part of it?” She read me one part including the words from Albert Einstein: “Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine（神圣的）purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know：That we are here for the sake of（为了）others.”
Deb is also still running. She received a full scholarship to Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia. The award was because of her excellent academic record and great sports potential.
But she recently got hurt again and was unable to run for weeks.
Even so, I am confident Deb will write a happier ending for herself one day. Both of these young women make you feel confident about the future. They are strong, compassionate（富于同情心的）and smart.
As Einstein said-and as Jenna showed 11 months ago— “we are here for the sake of others”.
小题1:The story is intended to __________.
A．tell us an unexpected story in the girls’ running race
B．introduce a famous sportswoman
C．show the beauty of good sportsmanship
D．remind athletes to pay attention to their safety during the race
小题2:The reason why Jenna pushed Deb in front of her at the finishing line is that __________.
A．she wanted to get the prize
B．she thought she didn’t match Deb in reality
C．she helped Deb’s team to win the regional race
D．Deb had been injured
小题3:Deb received a full scholarship to Emmanuel College because __________.
A．she is still running
B．she was good at her academy and sports
C．she showed the good sportsmanship in the race
D．she never gave up even though she had been injured
小题4:What can we know from the passage?
A．Jenna was the last one to reach the finishing line.
B．Deb went to Colorado to accept the prize with her parents.
C．The author had a face-to-face interview with Jenna the other night.
D．Helping each other can make a big difference to people’s lives.
I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  21  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  22  his taxi on the road. I  23  why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  24  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  25  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  26 . 
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  27  to be outside one evening two weeks  28  ,when the garage door was  29   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  30  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 31   inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）32  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  33   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）34  . 
We go to bed every night and  35   every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  36   as close friends or go for a vacation as a  37 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  38   the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  39 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  40  we are than what we do! 
小题1:
A．window B．garage C．door D．yard
小题2:
A．park B．stop C．check D．repair
小题3:
A．knew B．understood C．asked D．wondered
小题4:
A．for B．out of C．without D．from
小题5:
A．business B．national C．personal D．public
小题6:
A．wasteful B．meaningful C．wonderful D．plentiful
小题7:
A．appeared B．intended C．expected D．happened
小题8:
A．later B．more C．ago D．before
小题9:
A．broken B．fine C．shut D．open
小题10:
A．once B．before C．when D．until
小题11:
A．far B．deep C．long D．little
小题12:
A．driver B．engineer C．father D．son
小题13:
A．called B．made C．elected D．turned
小题14:
A．experienceB．earning C．life D．position
小题15:
A．stay up B．wake up C．stay home D．go home
小题16:
A．competitionB．performance C．debate D．party
小题17:
A．family B．company C．team D．whole
小题18:
A．build B．climb C．stand D．lay
小题19:
A．house B．garage C．car D．taxi
小题20:
A．who B．what C．which D．Where
How many times have you gotten upset because someone wasn’t doing their job, because your child isn’t behaving？How many times have you been annoyed when you’ve planned something carefully and things didn’t go as you’d hoped?
This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us — it’s part of the human experience.
One thing that annoys me is when people talk during a movie. Or cut me off in traffic. Actually, I have a lot of these little annoyances — don’t we all? And it isn’t always easy to find peace when you’ve become upset or annoyed.
Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind: see the glass as already broken.
See, the cause of our stress, anger and irritation is that things don’t go the way we like, the way we expect them to. Think of how many times this has been true for you. And so the solution is simple: expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned, expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it.
One quick example: on our recent trip to Japan, I told my kids to expect things to go wrong — they always do on a trip. I told them, “See it as part of the adventure.”
And this worked like a charm. When we took the wrong train on a foreign-language subway system, or when it rained on the day we went to Disney Sea, or when we took three trains and walked 10 blocks only to find the National Children’s Castle closed on Mondays … they said, “It’s part of the adventure!” And it was all OK — we didn’t get too bothered.
So when the nice glass you bought inevitably falls and breaks, someday, you might get upset. But not if you see the glass as already broken, from the day you get it. You know it’ll break someday, so from the beginning, see it as already broken. Be a time-traveler, or someone with time-traveling vision, and see the future of this glass, from this moment until it inevitably breaks. And when it breaks, you won’t be upset or sad — because it was already broken, from the day you got it. And you’ll realize that every moment you have with it is precious.
小题1:The author would probably agree that________.
A．we should control our anger and irritation
B．we must get well prepared for the future
C．optimism can help us overcome our anger and irritation
D．anger and irritation is an important part of our life
小题2:The purpose of the author is to ___________.
A．tell us his own experience in life
B．give advice on how to find peace of mind
C．tell us a happy trip took with his children
D．advise us to see things from both sides
小题3:By the underlined part, the author intends us to _____________.
A．get ready for the worst result of things
B．enjoy the process of things
C．expect little from life
D．find the relation between cause and effect
小题4:The author’s children could enjoy their trip to Japan because _____________.
A．everything went smoothly
B．they had a lot of adventures
C．they had expected things to go wrong
D．they could soon get used to the customs there
小题5:We can learn from the passage that the author ____________.
A．often gets angry in his life
B．can adjust his state of mind accordingly
C．always expects others to act in his way
D．has suffered a lot from his anger and irritation
It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor．On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, "Graduation will be one of the happiest and one of the saddest time of your life．" At my inquiry, he answered, "Because the students you have gotten to know have to leave．"
As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague's words no longer existed．When I came across naughty students, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher．It obviously isn't the money．Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change．He was working at Nintendo Corporation．His salary was higher than my current one, though I have more education and have worked for over a decade．With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired．I thanked him, but declined his kind offer．
A few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework．She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class—not about math, but about life—would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away．As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher．
Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so with renewed dedication （奉献） and a deeper sense of satisfaction—I will always be grateful that I am a teacher．
小题1:Hearing his colleague's description of graduation for the first time, the author __________．
A．quite agreed with his colleague
B．was very puzzled
C．thought it very funny
D．was very sad
小题2:The computer science student called up the author because he___________．
A．wanted to inform the author of his present job
B．tried to persuade the author to work with him
C．wanted the author to share his joy and satisfaction
D．thought the author wasn't fit to be a teacher
小题3:The underlined part “blue hats and gowns” refers to___________．
A．university colleaguesB．graduates' clothes
C．life memoriesD．decorations in the hall
小题4:The author wrote this passage to __________．
A．express his devotion to being a teacher
B．compare two different graduation ceremonies
C．talk about the meaning of graduation
D．give advice on how to be a good teacher

Talk about happiness
We should not hesitate too much during the first half of our lives, while we should not regret at what we’ve done during the other half. We should seize every opportunity to find a way out in our lives, for it goes off swiftly. We should say something urgent slowly, something serious clearly, something small humorously and something unsure cautiously. We should never say something that did not happen, something that you cannot do, something that does harm to others, and something that is disgusting. We should tell others our happiness on specific occasions and should not tell anyone our unhappiness. Do not easily say something about others. We should follow our own heart and interest, and fulfill what we should do instead of merely paying lip service and looking forward to the future.
Everyone is longing for a happy life, but owning wealth does not necessarily mean owning happiness. To truly reach happiness, we need to know how to get on with others. So we need to understand what happiness is really about and achieve what we desire.
We need to know and understand happiness before we finally get it. A smart man must know to do something good even though it may be small, and not to do something evil even though it may be tiny in the course of socializing. As long as we keep a kind heart and do everything morally and legally, we can live a peaceful life. But if we keep an evil heart and do whatever we want, we are indeed digging a tomb for ourselves. A smart man knows to learn a lesson from his falls, for he knows that every setback is a precious experience leading to happiness in the future. He will not waste his time in criticizing others. Instead, he tends to spend more time seeking his own happiness. He knows to keep a heart of conscience and not to spread others’ mistakes. He also knows to think before he leaps so that he will not feel regretful afterwards. Moreover, he knows to tolerate others, so he can naturally lead a happy life.
Without happiness, one will feel terribly miserable, for he always insists that he has done the right thing all the time and that others often do wrong to him. He blames every mistake on others or the environment instead of reflecting on himself, which keeps him farther and farther away from happiness. A celebrity once said, “Nobody intends to make mistakes. One makes mistakes because of his ignorance.” Therefore, if someone makes mistakes, we need to care about him, forgive him and enlighten him by setting a good example to him instead of losing temper and hating him. Otherwise, we are also ignorant like him, for we also make a stupid mistake that leads us farther from happiness.
In order to possess a happy life, we need to know more about others, about the society, about our culture and history. We should be patriotic(爱国的), obey the law and realize our own responsibility, and then we will definitely have a happy life.
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Talk about happiness
Wise actions in life
●Do things without小题1:_______and never regret at anything .
●Seize every opportunity to do the things we should.
●Avoid saying or doing what we are not小题2:________ about.
●Don’t comment on others easily.
Things about happiness we should小题3:________ in mind
●Getting on well with others is necessary.
●Doing good things with a kind heart may make us live 小题4:________.
●Knowing future happiness小题5:_______ from precious experiences learned from every setback.
●Thinking twice before action and tolerating others can 小题6:________ to a happy life.
Reasons for lack of happiness
●He blames everything wrong on others or the 小题7:________, not himself.
●His 小题8:________ results in making mistakes, which keeps him farther away from happiness
小题9:________on how to possess happiness
●We should care about the people who make mistakes instead of losing temper and set an example to them.
●We should have a rich 小题10:________  of society, culture, history and others.
●We should obey the law and shoulder our own responsibility.

On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles, who was going to deliver a speech on his new book.
During his talk, Jack   36  his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, ‘‘Who wants this?”   37  shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whom Jack would  38 . But I jumped up, ran up the   39  to the stage, and grabbed the bill. As I was launching myself in the air,   40 raced through my mind — was I about to be humiliated(羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they   41  security guards and take me from the stage?   42  my desire for bold （大胆的）action was louder than any   43 voice. As I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the   44  to come to us. We must take    45   to create what we want!’’
After his talk, I   46  to formally meet Jack and boldly asked for his personal e-mail address. Over the next months, I sent him emails   47  my points of view and dreams with him. He kindly e-mailed back lots of encouragement. But my life got busy   48 other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.
A year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jack would inspire me into action, like a giant arrow that would show me the way.
I e-mailed him, and then again — but got no   49  . As I sat down at my computer to 50  my e-mails, I  51  woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd, most likely   52  that hundred-dollar bill, while they sat glued to their chairs.
Usually we all have a “Jack” for whom we wait — whether it’s a person, a place or a thing. We   53  believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n)   54  way. So we don’t try. We  55 . But as Wayne Gretzky said，“You’ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take!” So I stopped waiting and started my writing career.
Now what are you waiting for?
小题1:
A．brought inB．reached forC．took overD．handed in
小题2:
A．CheersB．ShoutsC．Heads D．Hands
小题3:
A．offerB．trustC．like D．choose
小题4:
A．pathB．roadC．stepsD．route
小题5:
A．thoughtsB．opinionsC．ideasD．plans
小题6:
A．askB．callC．demandD．order
小题7:
A．AndB．SoC．ButD．Or
小题8:
A．noisyB．doubtfulC．meaningfulD．helpful
小题9:
A．opportunitiesB．consequencesC．resultsD．aims
小题10:
A．stepB．measureC．wayD．action
小题11:
A．expected B．triedC．permittedD．managed
小题12:
A．statingB．describingC．presentingD．sharing
小题13:
A．withB．inC．aboutD．over
小题14:
A．newsB．messageC．responseD．reaction
小题15:
A．checkB．examineC．inspectD．review
小题16:
A．graduallyB．suddenlyC．immediatelyD．slowly
小题17:
A．desiringB．claimingC．beggingD．dreaming
小题18:
A．particularlyB．honestlyC．falselyD．correctly
小题19:
A．difficultB．impressiveC．earlyD．natural
小题20:
A．give upB．put upC．take upD．set up

Bill and his family has been living in the six－family building for years. All the neighbors got along fairly well with each other until recently.
An old man and his wife used to live on the second floor. Bill’s mother and the old lady were good friends. Unfortunately the lady died last month. Her husband could not live alone, so he had his grandson move over and live with him.
The grandson has become a problem to all the neighbors, especially to Bill’s family. The walls of the building are thin and he is noisy. Bill is used to peace and quiet but the young man likes to listen to the radio late at night. Sometimes friends of his visit and they make a lot of noise. That is too much for Bill’s family.
Bill’s mother once asked the old man politely if he was able to sleep well at night, but obviously the man didn’t understand what she meant. If he did and spoke to his grandson, the young man obviously didn’t listen, since things haven’t changed any. Everyone in Bill’s family agrees that something must be done though they don’t want to hurt the kind old man.
小题1:Bill’s family got angry because ________.
A．the old lady had died
B．a young man moved in
C．the old man could not live alone
D．the grandson made a lot of noise
小题2: Which of the following statements is true?
A．The old man could not live without his wife’s help.
B．The old man and his wife were sometimes making trouble too.
C．Bill’s mother was kind to her neighbors.
D．Bill’s mother was the only one who likes the young man.
小题3:The grandson makes a lot of noise as ________.
A．he never thinks other people might not be happy with so much noise around
B．the walls of the building are thin
C．he likes to listen to the radio at night
D．friends of his visit
小题4:It seems that ________to solve the problem.
A．anyone is ableB．only the grandfather is going
C．Bill’s mother is ableD．nobody is likely

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