Question

完形填空，阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a _________old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects…

One day_________ walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly. He __________ it home. A few days later, a small _________ appeared；he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours _________ it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to _________making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go _________farther.

Then the old man decided to help the __________________, so he took a pair of scissors and__________ the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then came out __________.

_________ it had a swollen body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings. The old man __________to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would___________ to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened ! _________ , the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to ___________.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting __________ and the struggle required for the butterfly to __________ the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing fluid(液体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its __________ from the cocoon.

Sometimes _________ are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any challenges, it would weaken us. We would not be as __________ as what we could have been. And we could never fly.

1.A. cold B. kind C. polite D. tiresome

2.A. unless B. if C. while D. because

3.A. took B. moved C. circulated D. dashed

4.A. sign B. shadow C. shade D. opening

5.A. and B. until C. as D. then

6.A. stop B. prevent C. appeal D. adapt

7.A. any B. more C. no D. much

8.A. cocoon B. butterfly C. animal D. insect

9.A. take down B. take apart C. cut down D. cut open

10.A. greedily B. easily C. hardly D. quickly

11.A. Generally B. Even C. So D. But

12.A. sought B. lasted C. continued D. began

13.A. enlarge B. shorten C. tighten D. darken

14.A. In conclusion B. In time C. In fact D. In particular

15.A. walk B. fly C. flee D. run

16.A. wing B. tale C. subject D. cocoon

17.A. get out B. get through C. get away D. get down

18.A. freedom B. outcome C. balance D. reliability

19.A. struggles B. passions C. manners D. spirits

20.A. weak B. intelligent C. gifted D. strong

Answer 1