题目内容
One day a man found a cocoon(茧)of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly. But neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬)around with a heavy body and small wings. It was never able to fly.
The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid(流体)from its body must be forced into its wings, and then it would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been; we could never fly
- 1.
What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story?
- A.It was trying to make a cocoon for itself
- B.It was struggling to get out of its cocoon
- C.It was flying among the trees in the forest
- D.It was crawling around quietly on the ground
- A.
- 2.
The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon
- A.to take the butterfly home
- B.to help the butterfly come out easily
- C.to kill the butterfly
- D.to stop the butterfly growing bigger
- A.
- 3.
What do you think of the man?
- A.patient but cruel
- B.careful and wise
- C.kind but unwise
- D.brave and funny
- A.
- 4.
What does the last paragraph tell us?
- A.Struggles are sometimes necessary in our life
- B.Nothing is difficult if we put our heart into it
- C.Every good deed will come back with a good result
- D.The greatest happiness in the world is to help others
- A.
- 5.
What is the best title for the story?
- A.The love for the cocoon
- B.The joy of helping each other
- C.The lesson of the cocoon
- D.The expectation for the butterfly
- A.
一只蝴蝶用了很长的时间才破了茧的一个小洞,有个人帮助它轻松地从茧里爬出来,结果蝴蝶再也没有飞起来,因为他的身体很胖翅膀很短。这个故事告诉我们:只有拼搏才会让我们成长、成功。
1.细节理解题。根据第一段的介绍可知,一只蝴蝶正努力从茧里往外爬。好几个小时才开了一个小洞。故选B。
2.细节理解题。根据so that the butterfly could come out easily.可知,他想帮助蝴蝶破茧。故选B。
3.推理判断题。根据The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules.那人很有耐心但是不残忍,他想帮助蝴蝶,应该是很善良但是他不懂自然界的法则。故选C。
4.段落归纳题。根据最后一段的第一句话可知,奋斗是我们生活中所需要的。故选A。
5.主题归纳题。根据破茧的教训,这是我们一定要经历的,只有挣扎才会强壮,否则永远都飞不起来。故选C。
考点:故事类阅读。
I don’t want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated (controlled) by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space, time and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics(天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens (镜片) of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations (挑衅) : I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.
【小题1】Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
| A.She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination (歧视). |
| B.She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields. |
| C.She is not good at telling stories of the kind. |
| D.She finds space research more important. |
| A.the burden she bears in a male-dominated society |
| B.her involvement in gender politics |
| C.her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist |
| D.the very fact that she is a woman |
A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.
C. People’s fixed attitude toward female scientists.
D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.
【小题4】What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
| A.Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation. |
| B.Women can balance a career in science and having a family. |
| C.Women have more barriers on their way to academic success. |
| D.Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career. |