Question

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(蝴蝶), 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 for 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(棲息地) 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(放大鏡) , ‘Look at the leaves.’ I could see all these caterpillars(蝴蝶的幼蟲) 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 astragalus, 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.

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

Answer 1

41---44   ACBB   

解析:

41. A

解析:這是一道細節題。根據第二段中“At eighteen,he landed in prison for shooting a man.”可判斷出你Arthur Bonner年輕時因為違法被關進了監獄。

42. C

解析:這是一道細節題。根據倒數第三段中的“Weeks later,Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni,who told him there was a butterfly needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue.”可判斷出當Arthur Bonner遇到Dr. Mattoni后知道了the Palos Verdes。

43. B

解析:這是一道細節推斷題。根據短文最后一句話“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.”可推斷出六年來Bonner遵守著自己遠離監獄的諾言，所以飼養蝴蝶改變了Arthur Bonner的生活。

44. B

解析:這是一道標題選擇題。這篇短文講述了Arthur Bonner在年輕人因為無違法而蹲進了監獄，后來通過飼養蝴蝶而改變了生活，是蝴蝶挽救了他。因此最好的題目是：A Man Saved by Butterflies。