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, 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 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 which 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.

1.When he was young, Arthur Bonner _______.

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

2.Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _______.

A. found the butterfly had died out       

B. won many prizes from his professor

C. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biology 

D. collected butterflies and put them into a lab

3. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has ________.

A. made Bonner famous              B. changed Bonner’s life

C. brought Bonner wealth             D. enriched Bonner’s knowledge

4.What does the underlined phrase “put through” mean in the 3rd paragraph?

A. hurt                         B. recall                  C. remember                    D. experience

5.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. A Promise to Mom                B. A Man Saved by Butterflies

C. A Story of Butterflies              D. A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni

   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, 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 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 which 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.

1.When he was young, Arthur Bonner _______.

  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

2.Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _______.

  A．found the butterfly had died out       

  B．won many prizes from his professor

  C．met Dr．Mattoni, a professor of biology  

  D．collected butterflies and put them into a lab

3.From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has ________.

  A．made Bonner famous                 B．changed Bonner’s life

  C．brought Bonner wealth               D．enriched Bonner’s knowledge

4.What does the underlined phrase “put through” mean in the 3rd paragraph?

  A．hurt                    B．recall                   C．remember            D．experience

5.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

  A．A Promise to Mom                   B．A Man Saved by Butterflies

  C．A Story of Butterflies                 D．A Job Offered by Dr．Mattoni

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　　Did you know that all the people of Hawaii live on volcanoes? Hawaii is a chain of 1 in the South Seas. 2 of these islands grew up from the 3 of the ocean.

　　Twenty－five million years 4 , Hawaii didn't exist. 5 , thousands of feet 6 the water's surface, the floor of the ocean cracked open. A volcano that had 7 its way out from the 8 centre of the earth had 9 its way through the earth's crust. Molten(熔化的) rock called lava flowed from the crack. When the lava met the 10 water of the sea, it 11 . As the lava continued to flow, layer upon layer of hardened rock was 12 the ocean floor. Slowly, the volcano built a mountain 13 to break through the surface of the 14 . An island was 15 . Many other volcanic islands grew up near it.

　　Over time, rain 16 the rock of the islands to form soil. Seeds 17 the wind took roots and grew until the islands became 18 with plants.

　　This took thousands of years. Today, Hawaii is 19 growing. Its active volcanoes have 20 added several hundred square kilometers to its area.

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There have been a number of robberies in the world. Some of them come off(成功) by a fluke(侥幸) ;many more, inevitably(必然地) , are ___1____ failures. The following two robberies can be said to be among the most __2__ ones.

Two men drove up to a bank , jumped out of their car, ran into the bank, __ 3___ the cashier, took a suitcase full of money from him, and ran out of the bank ___4___ to find that someone had stolen their __5__ car.
In 1975, three men tried to___ 6___ the Royal Bank of Scotland in Rothesay. Their first problem was that they got ___7___ in the revolving( 旋转的) door of the bank. They ___8___ to ask the bank staff to free them. When they were free, they thanked the staff for their help and ___9 __. A few minutes later they returned. This time they got ___10 __the revolving doors and told the bank staff to ____11___ on the floor. The bank staff just laughed at them and __12__ their work.
The leader of the three ___13__ $ 5, 000. When no one paid any attention to him he asked for $ 500 and __14__ $5.
The chief cashier of the bank thought that was so ___15___, and burst out laughing. __16 ___ now , the leader of the three leapt over the counter at the cashier. He __17__ his foot on the top of the counter and fell to the ground, __18 __his ankle.
The other two members __19__ to get away ___20__something else went wrong , but they got stuck again in he revolving doors.
1. A. possible B. obvious C. important D. total
2. A. unhappy B. dangerous C. stupid　 D. terrible
3. A. held up B. took away C. broke up　 D. put up
4. A. surely B. only C. even　 D accidentally
5. A. expensive B. fast C. getaway　 D. stolen
6. A. steal B. break into C. enter　 D. rob
7. A. hurt B. away C. arrested　 D stuck
8. A. wanted B. refused C. had　 D. pretended
9. A. went out B. got in C. disappeared　 D. gave up
10. A. across B. off’ C. through　 D. into
11. A. lie B. stand　 C. sit　 D. stay
12. A. stopped B. continued with C. left D. started
13. A. Look away B. found out C. wanted D. demanded
14. A. then B. finally C. even D. later
15. A. strange B. troubled C. funny D. exciting
16. A. Angry B. Excited C. Interested D. Disappointed
17. A. landed B. slipped C. injured D. caught
18. A. breaking B. losing C. hitting D. dropping
19. A. managed B. refused C. had D. decided
20. A. when B. while C. because D. before