Question

Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked!

Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!

Having stopped laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn't sure what to do. After all, it’s just not every day that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying.

Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate’s sake, even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life. Should I have been careless enough to step on her? His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate’s safety seemed admirable. I couldn’t do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.

Since then, I’ve used that butterfly’s courage as an inspiration and to remind myself that good things are worth fighting for.

1.The writer changed his direction while walking down a path because he wanted_______.

A. to get close to a butterfly

B. to escape a sudden attack

C. to look over the bad situation

D. to avoid getting his shoes dirty

2.From the passage we can learn that the attacker _________.

A. struck the author four or five times and made him badly hurt

B. paused until the author took a step backwards

C. thought it was the author who caused the death of his mate

D. attacked the author for his mate’s safety and to accompany her for the last moments of life

3. From this experience the man learned_____.

A. butterflies are brave insects

B. the small can defeat the large

C. how to deal with challenges in his life

D. people should try their best to fight for everything

4.Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?

A. caringB. ambitious

C. courageousD. aggressive

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析: 文章講述了一只勇敢的蝴蝶為了保護(hù)奄奄一息的同伴而奮起攻擊人的故事。它這種為了愛，為了同伴而英勇拼搏的行為不僅感動(dòng)了作者使他繞道而行，而且也給了作者深刻的啟示，并且激發(fā)了他為了目標(biāo)而奮斗的決心。

1.推理判斷題。從文章首段I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud.可知作者繞道是為了避免把鞋子上沾上水或者泥，所以D選項(xiàng)正確。

2.推理判斷題。從文章第四段He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate’s sake, 。。。He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life.可知蝴蝶攻擊作者只是為了不讓作者踩到它的同伴，能在生命的最后時(shí)刻陪在伙伴身邊，所以選D。

3.推理判斷題。從文章最后一段I’ve used that butterfly’s courage as an inspiration and to remind myself that good things are worth fighting for.可知作者受到了啟發(fā)，感悟到了任何美好的事物都是值得我們努力去爭取的 故C選項(xiàng) 。

4.推理判斷題。從作者講述的蝴蝶襲擊他的過程以及文中His courage in attacking something 和I’ve used that butterfly’s courage as等句子中多次出現(xiàn)的courage可知C選項(xiàng)正確。

考點(diǎn)：教育類閱讀。