Question

阅读下列短文, 从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

One day a man found a cocoon(蚕) 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(努力) 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.（那个蛹好象忘记了它该怎样做, 也好象停止了挣扎）.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly would 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 didn’t understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid(液体) from its body must be forced into its wings, and then would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle(拼搏) 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 it self.

B. It was crawling around quietly on the ground.

C. It was flying among the trees in the forest.

D. It was struggling to get out of its cocoon.

2. The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon in order to __________.

A. take the butterfly home

B. help the butterfly come out easily

C. kill the butterfly

D. stop the butterfly growing bigger

3. What do you think of the man?

A. Patient but cruel     B. Careful and wise

C. Kind but unwise       D. Brave and funny

4. What does the last paragraph (段落) 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 good result.

D. The greatest happiness in the world is to help others.

5. What is the best title of the story?

A. The Love for the Cocoon.

B. The Joy of Helping Each Other.

C. The Lesson of the Cocoon.

D. The Expectation (期待) for the Butterfly

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲了一个好心人帮助蝴蝶破茧，结果蝴蝶不如自己出来的强壮的故事，从而也告诉了我们一个哲理，人也是一样，要想成功变强大，必须遭受磨难，这也是自然规律。

1.细节理解题 根据这句话Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole.可知这只蝴蝶正努力从它的茧里面出来，故选D。

2.细节理解题 根据这句话He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily.可知答案，故选B。

3.细节理解题 根据这句话The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules.及上下文意思，故选C。

4.细节理解题 根据最后一段Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life及下文意思，可知故选A

5.细节理解题 这篇短文中好心的人帮助一只正在破茧的蝴蝶，结果最终却害了这只蝴蝶，从而告诉了一个深刻的人生哲理。故选C，一只茧子的教训。

考点：人生百味类阅读