题目
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smile. The title suits him, And he loves it.
Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, 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 room through that pain again."
One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat 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 (放大镜), "Look at the
leaves." I could see all these caterpillars (蝴蝶的幼虫) 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 astragals, 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.
B. was fond of shooting and hurt his morn
C. often offered necessary help to other people
D. often caught butterflies and took them home
B. won many prizes from his professor
C. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor
D. collected butterflies and put them into a lab
B. changed Bonner"s life
C. brought Bonner wealth
D. enriched Bonner"s knowledge
B. A Man Saved by Butterflies
C. A Story of Butterflies
D. A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni
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试题【阅读理解。 If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, "Hey, Butterfly Man,"】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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rainstorm, with no cars on the road. The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet
ahead of him. Suddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop. The man, without thinking about it, got
in the car and closed the door and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the steering wheel
(方向盘)!
The car started to move very slowly. The man looked at the road and saw a curve (拐弯处) coming his
way. Terrified, he started to pray, begging for his life. He had not come out of shock when, just before the
car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel. The man, paralyzed
with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curve. Finally, although
terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky car. Without looking back, the man
ran through the storm all the way to the nearest town. In a state of complete horror, the man walked into a
nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whisky.
Then, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just
went through in the spooky car. Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened, with hair
standing on end, when they realized the man was telling the truth because he was crying and he was certainly
not drunk!
About half an hour later, two other young men walked into the same bar and one said to the other, "Hey,
there"s a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it!"
B. was extremely frightened
C. cried for help
D. remained as calm as possible
B. His vivid description.
C. His plain appearance.
D. His honest attitude.
B. the man was telling a lie to his listeners
C. the car probably broke down on the way
D. the two young men were familiar with the man
any cigarettes, which had 1 their search. I found 2 and because of my shaking hands, I could 3 get it
to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked 4 the bars at my jailer (看守监狱的人). He
did not make eye contact with me. I 5 to him "Have you got a light?" He looked at me, shrugged and came
over to light my cigarette. 6 he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently (无意中) locked with
mine. At that moment, I 7 . I don"t know why I did that. Perhaps it was 8 , perhaps it was because, when
you get very close, one to another, it is very 9 not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was 10
a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn"t want to, but
my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but 11 , looking at me
directly in the eye and continuing to smile.
I 12 smiling at him, now aware of him as a (n) 13 and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to
have a new 14 too. "Do you have kids?" he asked. "Yes, here, here." I took out my wallet and nervously
fumbled for the 15 of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans
and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I"d never see my family again, never have
the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too. 16 without another word, he 17 my cell (牢房)
and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town,
he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.
"My life was 18 by a smile." Yes, the smile-the unaffected, unplanned, 19 connection between people. I
really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could 20 each other, we wouldn"t be enemies. We
couldn"t have hate or envy or fear.
| ( )1. A. lost ( )2. A. them ( )3. A. barely ( )4. A. on ( )5. A. gave out ( )6. A. As ( )7. A. cried ( )8. A. anger ( )9. A. easy ( )10. A. even though ( )11. A. went away ( )12. A. kept ( )13. A. stranger ( )14. A. dimension ( )15. A. cigarettes ( )16. A. Intentionally ( )17. A. unfolded ( )18. A. misled ( )19. A. surprising ( )20. A. like | B. given B. it B. quickly B. through B. let out B. Before B. shook B. nervousness B. hard B. as well as B. dropped out B. stopped B. enemy B. suggestion B. bags B. Unconsciously B. unlocked B. destroyed B. natural B. expect | C. escaped C. that C. possibly C. at C. called out C. After C. refused C. bitterness C. glad C. as though C. stayed far C. began C. opponent C. impression C. pictures C. Unwillingly C. uncontrolled C. saved C. different C. notice | D. reached D. one D. likely D. up D. screamed out D. Until D. smiled D. sympathy D. embarrassed D. as long as D. stayed near D. forgot D. person D. concept D. wallet D. Suddenly D. undefended D. ignored D. frequent D. recognize | ||||||||||||||
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| It was a cold winter morning. Half asleep at the train station, I stared into the distance, 1 for the train to take me to my 2 in Boston. The world was quiet. The very few people on the street kept to themselves, 3 their steaming cups of coffee. Reaching into my pocket as the 4 was approaching, my numb hand searched for the $20 bill to pay my fare. The pocket was 5 ! I searched through my bag and then I felt 6 . Unless the money dropped from the sky, I"d be 7 there. "What" s the matter?" A short, elderly man stood before me. "Oh, nothing...Well, I 8 my money and now I can"t pay for the ticket. I"m going to 9 my match class, and the train is leaving." "Here, use this." The man held a $20 bill. I looked up, 10 . People just didn"t do that anymore. Everyone worried about their own 11 , rarely stopping to think about others, especially teenage strangers. "Thank you, but no, I can"t." " 12 it-go!" The man pushed me 13 the train. I bought a round-trip ticket, and he refused the change I 14 to give him back. I did not know what to say-a million thoughts raced through my mind, yet I stood 15 . For the train ride I was silent. I began to see the world through 16 eyes. That man made a difference with such a simple 17 . A week later I was at the train station again, with an extra $20 18 I saw the man. And there he was. "Excuse me, sir, I believe I owe you this." I 19 the money into his hand. Failing to refuse, he said, "Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes someday." I smiled, content. The elderly man is my hero. For many, heroes are famous, but my hero is a 20 stranger who taught me a lesson in life. I will never forget his kindness. | |||||||||||||||||
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