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【题目】When I was walking down a path through some woods, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!

Having stopped, laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn't sure what to do. After all, it's just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying.

Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate's sake （缘故）, even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate's safety seemed admirable. I couldn't do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.

Since then, I've always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge barriers facing me.

【1】What does the underlined world “angled” in the first passage mean?

A. reached B. changed C. checked D. noticed

【2】The writer feel funny because he________?

A. make the attacker pause.

B. was attacked by a butterfly.

C. was stepped on by his mate.

D. discover the energetic butterfly.

【3】The writer learned from this experience.

A. what he should do when faced with trouble

B. people should show sympathy to the weak

C. how he should deal with attacks

D. people should protect butterflies

【4】What does the writer think of the butterfly?

A. Careless. B. Amusing.

C. Courageous. D. Aggressive.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了蝴蝶为了保护他的伴侣不惜与强大的人类作斗争的的勇气与大自然中生灵的爱的故事。

【1】细节题：从第一段第二句I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud可知我转了小弯绕过那个坑从那没有水和泥浆的一侧过去。说明这个单词是“改变”的意思。故选B

【2】细节题：从第二段最后一句I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly可知我觉得好笑是因为我被一只蝴蝶袭击。选B。

【3】推理题：从最后一段I've used that butterfly’s courage as an inspiration and to remind myself that good things are worth fighting for可知蝴蝶的勇气总是激励着我，时时提醒我值得为一切美好的东西而奋斗。面对困难应该怎么做。选A。

【4】推理题：综合全文及文章的最后一段I've used that butterfly’s courage…,可知描述蝴蝶的最好的词汇是“勇敢的，有勇气的，无畏的”选C。

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