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【题目】 One day a man found a cocoon（茧）of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched it. Suddenly a small worm ______ , and it tried its best to ______ its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to make no progress. So the man decided to ______ the worm. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that it could come out ______.

But to his surprise, the worm got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon. He continued to watch it, because he expected that its wings would be ______ enough to support the body and fly up in time.

Unluckily, the flight never happened. In fact, the worm kept crawling(爬) around with a heavy body and small wings until it died. It was never able to ______.

The man was in his surprise because he did not understand the ______ of nature. Before the worm came out of the cocoon, fluid(液体) from its body must be forced into its______, which is the necessary preparation for its flying. As for becoming a beautiful ______, it must have a hard struggle to get out of the small opening by itself.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we go through our life without difficulties, we would not be as ______ as we could have been. We could never fly.

【1】A.cameB.wentC.flewD.appeared

【2】A.startB.forceC.stopD.make

【3】A.helpB.saveC.injureD.attack

【4】A.happilyB.easilyC.carefullyD.peacefully

【5】A.bigB.fastC.smallD.tall

【6】A.climbB.flyC.jumpD.walk

【7】A.hobbiesB.habitsC.rulesD.customs

【8】A.bodyB.heartC.legsD.wings

【9】A.cocoonB.wormC.butterflyD.bird

【10】A.strongB.talentedC.ordinaryD.important

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

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】句意：突然一个小蠕虫出现了。

A. came来；B. went去；C. flew飞； D. appeared出现。根据上文One day a man found a cocoon（茧）of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched it.可知这里是说一个小蠕虫出现了。根据句意，故选D。

【2】句意：它尽力迫使自己的身体穿过那个小洞。

A. start开始；B. force强迫；C. stop停止；D. make使，制作。根据its body through that little hole.可知这里是说尽力迫使自己的身体穿过那个小洞。根据句意，故选B。

【3】句意：所以这个人决定帮助蠕虫。

A. help帮助；B. save节省；C. injure受伤；D. attack袭击。根据上文Then it seemed to make no progress.可知这里是那个人决定帮助那个蠕虫。根据句意，

故选A。

【4】句意：他把茧的剩余部分剪掉，这样茧就可以很容易地出来了。

A. happily高兴地；B. easily 容易地；C. carefully小心地；D. peacefully和平地。根据上文He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon可知下文是说很容易出来了。根据句意，故选B。

【5】句意：因为他预计它的翅膀会大到足以支撑身体并及时飞起来。

A. big大的；B. fast快的；C. small小的；D. tall高的。根据下文to support the body and fly up in time.可知这里是说足够大。根据句意，故选A。

【6】句意：它永远飞不起来。

A. climb爬；B. fly飞；C. jump跳；D. walk走。根据上文Unluckily, the flight never happened. In fact, the worm kept crawling(爬) around with a heavy body and small wings until it died. 事实上，这只虫子一直用沉重的身体和小翅膀爬行（爬），直到死。可知下文是不能再飞起来。根据句意，故选B。

【7】句意：这个人很惊讶，因为他不懂自然规律。

A. hobbies爱好；B. habits习惯；C. rules规则，规律；D. customs风俗。根据下文Before the worm came out of the cocoon, fluid(液体) from its body must be forced into its___8___,可知这里是自然规律。根据句意，故选C。

【8】句意：在虫子从茧里出来之前，它身体里的液体必须被强迫进入翅膀，这是它飞行的必要准备。

A. body身体；B. heart心脏；C. legs腿；D. wings翅膀。根据fluid(液体) from its body可知这里是身体的液体必须被迫进入翅膀。根据句意，故选D。

【9】句意：要想成为一只美丽的蝴蝶，它必须要经过艰苦的努力才能从小小的开口中独立出来。

A. cocoon茧；B. worm蠕虫；C. butterfly蝴蝶；D. bird鸟。根据下文it must have a hard struggle to get out of the small opening by itself.可知这里是成为一只美丽的蝴蝶。根据句意，故选C。

【10】句意：如果我们生活中没有困难，我们就不会像以前那样坚强。我们永远飞不起来。

A. strong强壮的； B. talented有才能的；C. ordinary普通的，平常的；D. important重要的；根据上文If we go through our life without difficulties,可知，这里是说和我们一样坚强。根据题意，故选A。