One day, a boy found a cocoon(繭) 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(液體) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be  42  to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(擠壓) 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!

小題1:
A．snakeB．insectC．wallD．hole
小題2:
A．readB．listenedC．watchedD．found
小題3:
A．stoppedB．beganC．continuedD．moved
小題4:A. quietly      B. easily          C. naturally       D excitedly
小題5:
A．wingsB．headC．feetD．eyes
小題6:
A．kindnessB．excitementC．successD．humour
小題7:
A．letsB．keepsC．makesD．a(chǎn)sks
小題8:
A．readyB．sorryC．gladD．kind
小題9:
A．putB．refuseC．giveD．get
小題10:
A．WhenB．AsC．SinceD．If
小題11:
A．wiseB．quietC．strongD．patient
小題12:
A．causeB．a(chǎn)voidC．faceD．have

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:A
小題6:A
小題7:C
小題8:A
小題9:D
小題10:D
小題11:C
小題12:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要通過一只蝴蝶經(jīng)過小男孩的幫助從繭里出來的故事。告訴我們一個道理：當我們遇到問題或困難時，多掙扎一下，就能起飛。
小題1:考查名詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)上下文意思，句意：那小男孩發(fā)現(xiàn)繭子上有一個小洞。以及第一段的最后一行“through that little hole”。故選D。
小題2:考查動詞及語境的理解。 A. read   讀； B. listened   聽； C. watched 觀察，看；D. found 發(fā)現(xiàn)。根據(jù)句子意思，及上下文，他坐著觀察了幾個小時。故選C。
小題3:考查動詞及語境的理解。 A. stopped 停止； B. began   開始  ；C. continued   繼續(xù)；D. moved移動。根據(jù)下文男孩想幫助一下蝴蝶，可知它突然停止了。故選A。
小題4:考查副詞及語境的理解。A. quietly 靜靜地； B. easily 容易地；C. naturally 自然地；D excitedly興奮地。根據(jù)上文，他用剪刀把洞剪得比較大。蝴蝶比較容易地出來了。故選B。
小題5:考查名詞及語境的理解。A. wings     翅膀；B.head 頭；C. feet  腳； D. eyes眼睛。根據(jù)The butterfly didn’t start to fly.它不能開始飛，可知它有很薄的翅膀。故選A。
小題6:考查名詞及語境的理，A. kindness   善良；   B. excitement   興奮；C. success   成功；D. humour 榮譽。句子意思，男孩好心做了這件事，但他不理解為什么是這樣的。故選A。
小題7:考查動詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)上下文意思：努力地離開繭子使蝴蝶身體的液體進入他的翅膀。make 使，讓。故選C。
小題8:考查固定短語及語境的理解。根據(jù)上下文意思：努力地離開繭子讓蝴蝶身體的液體進入他的翅膀。它幫助蝴蝶準備飛行。be ready to “準備”，故選A。
小題9:考查動詞及語境的理解。它的翅膀?qū)⒂肋h不能得到液體，并且永遠不能飛。get 得到，獲得。故選D。
小題10:考查復合句及語境的理解。句子意思，假如我們生活沒有任何困難，我們將永遠不會成長。If假如，如果。故選D。
小題11:考查動詞及語境的理解。A. wise  聰明的B. quiet  安靜的；C. strong   強壯的；D. patient 有耐心的。 根據(jù)句意：我們將沒有原本有的強大，我們將永遠不會飛。故選C。
小題12:考查介詞及語境的理解。A. cause   引起； B. avoid  避免；C. face  面對；D. have有。我們不能避免困難。故選B。
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