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【题目】Many of us know that a beautiful and colourful butterfly comes from an ugly worm! Here is the story of a butterfly that was never able to live its life as a normal butterfly.

One day, a man saw a cocoon(蚕茧). He loved butterflies and had a craze for its wonderful colours. In fact, he spent a lot of time around butterflies. He knew how a butterfly would struggle(挣扎,奋斗) to turn into a beautiful one from an ugly caterpillar.

He saw the cocoon with a tiny opening. It meant that the butterfly was trying to make its way out to enjoy the world. He decided to watch how the butterfly would come out of the cocoon. He was watching the butterfly struggling to break the shell for several hours. He spent almost more than 10 hours with the cocoon and the butterfly. The butterfly had been struggling very hard for hours to come out through the tiny opening. Unfortunately, even after it continuously tried for several hours, there was no progress. It seemed that the butterfly had tried its best and could not give any more try.

The man, who had a passion and love for butterflies, decided to help the butterfly. He got a pair of scissors and tweaked the cocoon to make larger opening for the butterfly and removed the remaining cocoon. The butterfly came out without any struggle!

Unfortunately, the butterfly looked no longer beautiful and had a swollen body with small and withered(凋谢的) wings.

The man was happy that he had made the butterfly come out of the cocoon without any more struggles. He continued to watch the butterfly and was quite eager to see it fly with its beautiful wings. He thought that at any time, the butterfly might spread its wings, shrink(收缩) the body and the wings could support the body. Unfortunately, _____________ 91_______________

Instead, the butterfly just crawled around with withered wings and a huge body. It was never able to fly. Although the man did it with a good intention(意图), he did not know that only by going through struggles the butterfly can come out to be beautiful, with strong wings.

The continuous effort from the butterfly to come out of its cocoon would let the liquid stored in the body be turned into wings. Thus, the body would become lighter and smaller, and the wings would be beautiful and large.

If we don’t want to undergo any struggle, we won’t be able to fly! Life is difficult, but struggles make us shine!

【1】Why was the man crazy about the butterflies?

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【2】The butterfly didn’t come out of the cocoon successfully by itself, did it?

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【3】How did the man help the butterfly?

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【4】What can be filled in the blank in the sixth paragraph？

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【5】Why did the normal butterfly have a small body but large wings?

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【6】How do you understand the last sentence “Life is difficult, butstruggles make us shine!”?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because he had a craze for its wonderful colours.

【2】Noit didn’t

【3】He tweaked the cocoon to make larger opening for the butterfly and removed the remaining cocoon.

【4】Unfortunately, neither did the wings expand nor the swollen body reduce. / Unfortunately, it failed

【5】Because the liquid stored in the body would be turned into wings.

【6】Struggles are not easy and we may meet with all kinds of difficulties. If we don’t give up, struggles will make us stronger and promise us a good future. (Any reasonable answer is accepted.)

【解析】这篇短文给我们讲述了一个故事：一个男人非常喜欢美丽的蝴蝶，一次他看到了一个茧，里面的蝴蝶正在努力挣扎想要出来，但是很长时间都没有出来。于是这个人就拿剪刀帮助蝴蝶从茧里出来。但是没想到他好心的帮忙却使出来的蝴蝶不能飞翔。通过这个故事作者告诉我们只有通过努力才能成功。

【1】根据短文中He loved butterflies and had a craze for its wonderful colours可知，这个人非常喜欢蝴蝶，他对蝴蝶美丽的颜色感到疯狂。由此可知答案。

【2】根据短文中Unfortunately, even after it continuously tried for several hours, there was no progress. It seemed that the butterfly had tried its best and could not give any more try.可知，尽管蝴蝶使劲挣扎，尽了它最大的努力，但是它还是没有从茧里出来，故回答No, it didn’t.是的，它没有。

【3】根据短文中He got a pair of scissors and tweaked the cocoon to make larger opening for the butterfly and removed the remaining cocoon可知，这个男人拿来一把剪刀，给茧剪开了一个更大的口，并把剩下的茧剪掉了。由此可知答案。

【4】根据上句话He thought that at any time, the butterfly might spread its wings, shrink(收缩) the body and the wings could support the body.可知，这个人以为蝴蝶能伸展它的翅膀，收缩它的身体。而这句话开头用了Unfortunately，不幸的是，说明这个人所想的没有实现，故这里应填Unfortunately, neither did the wings expand nor the swollen body reduce.。

【5】根据短文中The continuous effort from the butterfly to come out of its cocoon would let the liquid stored in the body be turned into wings. Thus, the body would become lighter and smaller, and the wings would be beautiful and large.可知，蝴蝶努力挣扎从茧里出来的过程会让存在身体里的液体变成翅膀，这样它的身体才能变轻、变小，翅膀会又大又漂亮。由此可知答案。

【6】作者讲述这个故事是想告诉我们，只有通过努力，我们才能成功。Struggles are not easy and we may meet with all kinds of difficulties. If we don’t give up, struggles will make us stronger and promise us a good future.意为：奋斗是不容易的，我们可能会遇到各种各样的困难。如果我们不放弃，奋斗会使我们更强壮，我们的未来会更美好。其他能表达这个意思的答案也可以。