One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 36 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make 37 body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped. So the boy 38 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 39 .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole 40 .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it 41 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin 42 .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent 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 43 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 44 out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 45 to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
46 struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be 47 we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even 48 growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid 49 or problems. So, next time you are 50 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!
| 小题1: | | A．hole | B．worm | C．tall | D．snake |
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| 小题3: | | A．decided | B．asked | C．showed | D．ordered |
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| 小题4: | | A．afraid | B．interested | C．surprised | D．grateful |
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| 小题5: | | A．slimmer | B．bigger | C．shorter | D．smaller |
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| 小题6: | | A．touched | B．sounded | C．looked | D．smelt |
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| 小题7: | | A．wings | B．feet | C．eyes | D．head |
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| 小题8: | | A．success | B．excitement | C．kindness | D．humour |
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| 小题9: | | A．get | B．getting | C．to get | D．got |
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| 小题10: | | A．ready | B．quiet | C．glad | D．used |
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| 小题11: | | A．Somewhere | B．Something | C．Some time | D．Sometimes |
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| 小题12: | | A．as helpful as | B．as weak as | C．as strong as | D．as creative as |
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| 小题13: | | A．repeats | B．recommends | C．requires | D．represents |
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| 小题14: | | A．happiness | B．difficulties | C．pleasure | D．hope |
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| 小题15: | | A．served with | B．growing into | C．bringing in | D．faced with |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:D |
试题分析：小题1:根据上下文意思，本句的句意是：那小男孩发现茧子上有一个小洞。又根据下文的“through that little hole”。所以本题选A。
小题2: 考查代词的用法。本句意思是：让它的身体通过那个小洞。在这里要修饰“body”，用形容词性物主代词。所以本题选D。
小题3:本句意思是：它停止了，因此小男孩决定帮助它。根据后一句：他拿出剪刀剪开洞。故选A。
小题4:本句意思是：小男孩决定帮助它，他认为蝴蝶会感激他。故选D。
小题5:因为一开始那洞太小，蝴蝶才半天没爬出来，所以小男孩用剪刀把洞剪大来。
小题6:本句意思是：蝴蝶出来了，它看起来有点不同。“It had a weak body and small, thin”都是用眼睛看出来的。故选C。
小题7:根据后一句“a weak body and thin wings”，前后照应。故选A。
小题8:本句意思是：虽然小男孩不理解为何会这样，但他还是用好心行动。故选C。
小题9: work of中“of”是介词，介词后加动名词。故选B。
小题10: 根据上下文意思：努力地离开茧子让蝴蝶身体的液体进入他的翅膀。它帮助蝴蝶准备飞行。be ready to “准备”，故选A。
小题11:本句意思是：有的时候奋斗/挣扎是我们生活中必须的。some time 表示"一些时间"或“一段时间”，可以用作名词或副词短语。sometimes用作副词，表示“有的时候”，可以把它放在句首，句尾或句中。故选D。
小题12:根据句意：我们将没有原本有的强大，我们将永远不会飞。上下文：如果我们挣扎了，我们就会有原本的能力，没有挣扎，反倒落后了。故选C。
小题13:本句意思是：疼痛和苦难是所有窗户的钥匙，有时，甚至代表着成长。没有它，生活没有路。repeat“重复”， recommend“介绍，推荐”， require“要求”， represent“象征，代表”。所以本题选D。
小题14:根据下一行“problem or difficulty”，故选B。
小题15:本句意思是：下次你面对一个难题或困难时，记得那只蝴蝶。根据意思，故选D。
点评：本文通过一只蝴蝶遇到困难时少挣扎了一点，而是通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。本文考查的比较全面，但大部分题目是根据文章的意思进行单词辨析，选择合适的选项。这就需要认真阅读文章，熟悉文章的意思。 |
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[详细]举一反三
Zhang Lili, a young teacher from Heilongjiang, has been given the honor “the most
beautiful teacher”. She risked her life to save 2 students from a high-speed bus in
May.2012. She was badly injured in the accident. Her good deed(事迹) and brave
acts have won great admiration from across the country. Many people have sent best
wishes to her and donated a lot of money for her treatment(治疗).
| Zhu Zhiwen was born in Shandong in 1969. A year ago, he was an unknown farmer. But now he is very famous because of his great voice. He won the first prize in the program of “I’m a Big Star”. That day, he won an old green overcoat, so people called him “Overcoat Brother”.
He studied singing by listening to the radio. And he keeps practicing singing every morning for nearly 30 years.
| Lin Shuhao is known to people because of his high skill of playing basketball. Since February 4, 2011, he has led his team to win many games. Now he is so popular on the Internet that the videos about him are being crazy spread.
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小题1:Zhang Lili has been given the honor “the most beautiful teacher” because__________.| A．she was badly injured | | B．she risked her life to save two students | | C．she has a lot of money | | D．She was good at teaching. |
小题2:What’s the meaning of the word “admiration” in the passage?小题3:Where is Zhu Zhiwen from?| A．Heilongjiang | B．California | C．Shandong | D．Da Lian |
小题4:Lin Shuhao is _______.| A．an America teacher | B．a farmer singer | C．a basketball player | D．a runner |
小题5:From the passage we can know _______.| A．people have donated a lot of money for two students’ treatment | | B．Zhu Zhiwen studied singing by professional training | | C．Lin Shuhao was born in China | | D．Lin Shuhao is known to people because he is good at playing basketball. |
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Willam Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth .He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter .Later they had twins. In1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind .No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays .He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world..
小题1:Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except（除了） __________.| A．Hamlet | B．Macbeth | | C．Romeo and Juliet | D．Man and Superman |
小题2:Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _____.小题3:In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ____.| A．with his wife | B．with his daughter | | C．with his wife and children | D．alone |
小题4:Shakespeare got much money from ______.| A．writing. | B．plays | C．acting | D．retirement |
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?| A．Shakespeare had two children. | | B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems. | | C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre. | | D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages. |
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One day, my wife and I went shopping. We took the car as we had a lot of things to buy because my brother and his family were going to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later we came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. We could not open the car door. “Oh, dear,” said my wife. “What are we going to do?” “Let’s ask that policeman,” I said. The policeman was very kind and glad to help us. Soon he got the door open. Just at that moment an angry man came up and shouted. “What are you doing with my car?” We looked at the number of the car, and our faces turned very red.
小题1:The husband and the wife went shopping _________.| A．by bus | B．in their car | C．by bike | D．on foot |
小题2:They spent _________ in the shop doing their shopping.| A．half an hour | B．four hours | C．one hour | D．eight hours |
小题3:The _________ opened the car door in the end.| A．husband | B．wife | C．policeman | D．owner of the car |
小题4:The owner of the car was very angry to see _________.| A．someone had opened his car door | B．the policeman standing by the car | | C．his car was not there | D．that there was a trouble |
小题5:They didn’t know it was the wrong car until they looked at the _____ of the car.| A．color | B．owner | C．door | D．number |
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Two strangers were sitting together in a plane . They were on a long journey . One of the men was a teacher . The other was a farmer .
They sat without talking for a while , then the farmer said , “ Let’s do something to pass the time .”
“ What do you want to do ?” the teacher asked .
“ We can ask each other riddles (谜语 ),” the farmer said, “ You start.”
“ Let’s make the rules first ,” the teacher said . “ And to make the game more interesting , let’s play it for money . If we don’t know the answer to the riddle , we have to pay a dollar .”
The farmer thought about this for a while , then he said , “ That’s not fair（公平 . You are a teacher , an educated ( 受过教育的) man . You know more things than I do . I am just a farmer .”
“ That’s true ,” the teacher said , “ What do you think we should do ?”
The farmer said , “ If you don’t know the answer to a riddle ,you pay me 100 dollars .If I don’t know the answer to the riddle , I’ll pay you 50 dollars.”
The teacher thought for a while , then he said , “ OK. That’s fair . Who’ll go first ?”
“I will ,” the farmer said . “ Here’s my riddle . What has three legs when it walks , but only two legs when it flies ?”
The teacher thought and thought , “ What has three legs when it walks, but only two when it flies ?” Then he said , “ That’s a good one . I don’t know the answer .” He gave the farmer 100 dollars and said , “ Tell me the answer . What is it ?”
“ I don’t know , either .” The farmer said , and gave him 50 dollars .
小题1:At first the two men sat there without talking because ________ .| A．the farmer didn’t like the teacher | B．the teacher didn’t like the farmer | | C．the farmer liked to tell jokes | D．they didn’t know each other |
小题2:The farmer wanted to __________ .| A．make the journey interesting . | B．see if the teacher was lucky | | C．know if the teacher was clever . | D．make friends with the teacher . |
小题3:The teacher thought at first that the farmer __________ .| A．would fail the game | B．knew more then he. | | C．could answer any riddles . | D．would win the game . |
小题4:From the short story we know that __________ .| A．the teacher was cleverer than the farmer . | | B．an educated man is not always clever. | | C．both of the two men could know the answer | | D．Neither of the two men was clever. |
小题5:The best title of this story is __________ .| A．How to Answer Riddles . | B．A Rich Teacher. | | C．A Way of Getting Money. | D．A Clever Farmer. |
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Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.
“I’ll do ___1___ to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is dangerous.”And he told the truth. He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to 2 it.
His wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always 3 .” I’ll travel for my work, not for 4 ,” he told her, “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have 5 to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to 6 , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good 7 or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t 8 , “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”
Denny did not say anything, but he 9 about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come toAfrica with me if you want to. I’ll go to take photos of wild 10 there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.” His wife was very 11 .
When they got to Africa, the first day she had a very enjoyable time. The next day Denny went 12 to find some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but soon they became separated (分开). She walked down one path while he walked down the other.
Suddenly, Denny heard her 13 . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.
Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and 14 it at his wife and the lion. Then he shouted, “ 15 , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”
| 小题1: | | A．anything | B．nothing | C．something | D．none |
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| 小题2: | | A．advise | B．read | C．write | D．photo |
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| 小题3: | | A．allowed | B．refused | C．failed | D．joked |
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| 小题4: | | A．wealth | B．prize | C．pleasure | D．luck |
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| 小题5: | | A．money | B．time | C．interest | D．ability |
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| 小题7: | | A．meal | B．picnic | C．room | D．party |
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| 小题8: | | A．agree | B．understand | C．reply | D．complain |
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| 小题9: | | A．worried | B．forgot | C．asked | D．thought |
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| 小题10: | | A．land | B．flowers | C．animals | D．people |
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| 小题11: | | A．confused | B．excited | C．surprised | D．disappointed |
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| 小题13: | | A．singing | B．crying | C．laughing | D．cheering |
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| 小题14: | | A．threw | B．fired | C．showed | D．pointed |
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| 小题15: | | A．Hurry up | B．Look out | C．Slow down | D．Go ahead |
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