Question

One day, a boy found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 35 in the cocoon. He sat and 36 for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make its body through that little hole. Suddenly it 37  .

So the boy decided to help the butterfly.He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole bigger.The butterfly came out 38 , but it looked a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin 39 . The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, it has to spend the rest of its life crawling (爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.

The boy acted with 40 but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of getting out of the cocoon 41 the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 42 to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never 43 the fluid and it can never fly.

Sometimes struggles are what we need in our lives. 44 we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be as 45 as what we could have been. We would never fly.

In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even means growth, without it, there’s no way of life. We can’t 46  difficulties or problems. So, next time you are faced with a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly.

Struggle a little—then fly!

1.A. snake            B. insect               C. wall                     D. hole

2.A. read              B. listened            C. watched          D. found

3.A. stopped        B. began             C. continued            D. moved

4.A. quietly      B. easily          C. naturally       D excitedly

5.A. wings            B. head                  C. feet                 D. eyes

6.A. kindness         B. excitement         C. success               D. humour

7.A. lets         B. keeps          C. makes           D. asks

8.A. ready             B. sorry                C. glad                 D. kind

9.A. put          B. refuse          C. give            D. get

10.A. When       B. As                C. Since             D. If

11.A. wise           B. quiet              C. strong              D. patient

12.A. cause          B. avoid            C. face              D. have

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要通过一只蝴蝶经过小男孩的帮助从茧里出来的故事。告诉我们一个道理：当我们遇到问题或困难时，多挣扎一下，就能起飞。

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考点：故事类阅读。