11.If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say,"Hey,Butterfly Man,"his face would break into a smile.The title suits him.And he loves it.
Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly(蝴蝶),once thought to have died out.Today the butterfly is coming back-thanks to him.But years ago if you'd told him this was what he'd be doing someday,he would have laughed,"You're crazy."As a boy,he used to be"a little tough guy on the streets".At age thirteen,he was caught by police stealing.At eighteen,he landed in prison for shooting a man.
"I knew it had hurt my mom,"Bonner said after he got out of prison."So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again."
One day he met Professor Mattoni,who was working to rebuild the habitat(棲息地) for an endangered butterfly called El Segundo blue.
"I saw the sign‘Butterfly Habitat'and asked,‘How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?'"Bonner recalls."Dr.Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass(放大鏡),‘Look at the leaves.'I could see all these caterpillars(蝴蝶的幼蟲) on the plant.Dr Mattoni explained,‘Without the plant,there are no butterflies.'"
Weeks later,Bonner received a call from Dr.Mattoni,who told him there was a butterfly that needed help.That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue.Since then he's been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back.He grows astragalus (紫云英),the only plant the butterfly eats.He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs.Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.
The butterfly's population,once almost zero,is now up to 900.For their work,Bonner and Dr.Mattoni received lots of awards.But for Bonner,he earned something more:he turned his life around.
For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison.While he's bringing back the Palos Verdes blue,the butterfly has helped bring him back,too.
64.When he was young,Arthur BonnerA.
A.broke the law and ended up in prison
B.was fond of shooting and hurt his mom
C.often laughed at people on the streets
D.often caught butterflies and took them home
65.From the last sentence of the text,we learn that raising butterflies hasB.
A.made Bonner famous
B.changed Bonner's life
C.brought Bonner wealth
D.enriched Bonner's knowledge
66.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A
A.A Man Saved by Butterflies
B.A Promise to Mom
C.A Story of Butterflies
D.A Job Offered by Dr.Mattoni.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了Arthur Bonner在年輕人因為無違法而蹲進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄,后來通過飼養(yǎng)蝴蝶而改變了生活,是蝴蝶挽救了他.
解答 64.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段中"At eighteen,he landed in prison for shooting a man."可判斷出你Arthur Bonner年輕時因為違法被關(guān)進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄;故選A.
65.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)短文最后一句話"For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison.While he's bringing back the Palos Verdes blue,the butterfly has helped bring him back,too."可推斷出六年來Bonner遵守著自己遠(yuǎn)離監(jiān)獄的諾言,所以飼養(yǎng)蝴蝶改變了Arthur Bonner的生活;故選B.
66.A.推理判斷題.這篇短文講述了Arthur Bonner在年輕人因為無違法而蹲進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄,后來通過飼養(yǎng)蝴蝶而改變了生活,是蝴蝶挽救了他.因此最好的題目是:A Man Saved by Butterflies;故選A.
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.