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【題目】Many of us know that a beautiful and colourful butterfly comes from an ugly worm! Here is the story of a butterfly that was never able to live its life as a normal butterfly.

One day, a man saw a cocoon(蠶繭). He loved butterflies and had a craze for its wonderful colours. In fact, he spent a lot of time around butterflies. He knew how a butterfly would struggle(掙扎,奮斗) to turn into a beautiful one from an ugly caterpillar.

He saw the cocoon with a tiny opening. It meant that the butterfly was trying to make its way out to enjoy the world. He decided to watch how the butterfly would come out of the cocoon. He was watching the butterfly struggling to break the shell for several hours. He spent almost more than 10 hours with the cocoon and the butterfly. The butterfly had been struggling very hard for hours to come out through the tiny opening. Unfortunately, even after it continuously tried for several hours, there was no progress. It seemed that the butterfly had tried its best and could not give any more try.

The man, who had a passion and love for butterflies, decided to help the butterfly. He got a pair of scissors and tweaked the cocoon to make larger opening for the butterfly and removed the remaining cocoon. The butterfly came out without any struggle!

Unfortunately, the butterfly looked no longer beautiful and had a swollen body with small and withered(凋謝的) wings.

The man was happy that he had made the butterfly come out of the cocoon without any more struggles. He continued to watch the butterfly and was quite eager to see it fly with its beautiful wings. He thought that at any time, the butterfly might spread its wings, shrink(收縮) the body and the wings could support the body. Unfortunately, _____________ 91_______________

Instead, the butterfly just crawled around with withered wings and a huge body. It was never able to fly. Although the man did it with a good intention(意圖), he did not know that only by going through struggles the butterfly can come out to be beautiful, with strong wings.

The continuous effort from the butterfly to come out of its cocoon would let the liquid stored in the body be turned into wings. Thus, the body would become lighter and smaller, and the wings would be beautiful and large.

If we don’t want to undergo any struggle, we won’t be able to fly! Life is difficult, but struggles make us shine!

【1】Why was the man crazy about the butterflies?

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【2】The butterfly didn’t come out of the cocoon successfully by itself, did it?

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【3】How did the man help the butterfly?

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【4】What can be filled in the blank in the sixth paragraph？

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【5】Why did the normal butterfly have a small body but large wings?

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【6】How do you understand the last sentence “Life is difficult, butstruggles make us shine!”?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because he had a craze for its wonderful colours.

【2】Noit didn’t

【3】He tweaked the cocoon to make larger opening for the butterfly and removed the remaining cocoon.

【4】Unfortunately, neither did the wings expand nor the swollen body reduce. / Unfortunately, it failed

【5】Because the liquid stored in the body would be turned into wings.

【6】Struggles are not easy and we may meet with all kinds of difficulties. If we don’t give up, struggles will make us stronger and promise us a good future. (Any reasonable answer is accepted.)

【解析】這篇短文給我們講述了一個(gè)故事：一個(gè)男人非常喜歡美麗的蝴蝶，一次他看到了一個(gè)繭，里面的蝴蝶正在努力掙扎想要出來，但是很長時(shí)間都沒有出來。于是這個(gè)人就拿剪刀幫助蝴蝶從繭里出來。但是沒想到他好心的幫忙卻使出來的蝴蝶不能飛翔。通過這個(gè)故事作者告訴我們只有通過努力才能成功。

【1】根據(jù)短文中He loved butterflies and had a craze for its wonderful colours可知，這個(gè)人非常喜歡蝴蝶，他對蝴蝶美麗的顏色感到瘋狂。由此可知答案。

【2】根據(jù)短文中Unfortunately, even after it continuously tried for several hours, there was no progress. It seemed that the butterfly had tried its best and could not give any more try.可知，盡管蝴蝶使勁掙扎，盡了它最大的努力，但是它還是沒有從繭里出來，故回答No, it didn’t.是的，它沒有。

【3】根據(jù)短文中He got a pair of scissors and tweaked the cocoon to make larger opening for the butterfly and removed the remaining cocoon可知，這個(gè)男人拿來一把剪刀，給繭剪開了一個(gè)更大的口，并把剩下的繭剪掉了。由此可知答案。

【4】根據(jù)上句話He thought that at any time, the butterfly might spread its wings, shrink(收縮) the body and the wings could support the body.可知，這個(gè)人以為蝴蝶能伸展它的翅膀，收縮它的身體。而這句話開頭用了Unfortunately，不幸的是，說明這個(gè)人所想的沒有實(shí)現(xiàn)，故這里應(yīng)填Unfortunately, neither did the wings expand nor the swollen body reduce.。

【5】根據(jù)短文中The continuous effort from the butterfly to come out of its cocoon would let the liquid stored in the body be turned into wings. Thus, the body would become lighter and smaller, and the wings would be beautiful and large.可知，蝴蝶努力掙扎從繭里出來的過程會(huì)讓存在身體里的液體變成翅膀，這樣它的身體才能變輕、變小，翅膀會(huì)又大又漂亮。由此可知答案。

【6】作者講述這個(gè)故事是想告訴我們，只有通過努力，我們才能成功。Struggles are not easy and we may meet with all kinds of difficulties. If we don’t give up, struggles will make us stronger and promise us a good future.意為：奮斗是不容易的，我們可能會(huì)遇到各種各樣的困難。如果我們不放棄，奮斗會(huì)使我們更強(qiáng)壯，我們的未來會(huì)更美好。其他能表達(dá)這個(gè)意思的答案也可以。