If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say,“Hey,Butterfly Man, his face wou

If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner andsay,“Hey,Butterfly Man,”his face would break into a smile.The title suitshim.And he loves it.

Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdesblue 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 bedoing someday,he would have laughed,“You’re crazy.”As a boy,he used to be “a little tough guy on the streets”.At agethirteen,he was caught by police for stealing.At eighteen,he landed in prisonfor shooting a man.

“I knew it had hurt my mom,”Bonner said after hegot out of prison.“So I told myself I would not put my mom through that painagain.”

One day he met Professor Mattoni,who wasworking to rebuild the habitat(栖息地) for an endangered butterfly called EI Segundo blue.

“I saw the sign‘ButterflyHabitat’and asked,‘How can youhave a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?’”Bonner recalls,“Dr.Mattoni laughed andhanded me a magnifying glass(放大镜),‘Look at the leaves.’I could see all thesecaterpillars(蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant.Dr.Mattoniexplained,‘Without the plant,there are no butterflies.’”

Weeks later,Bonner received a call fromDr.Mattoni,who told him there was a butterfly that needed help.That was how hemet the Palos Verdes blue.Since then he’s been working for four years to helpbring the butterfly back.He grows astragalus,the only plant the butterflyeats.He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs.Then heputs new butterflies into the habitat.

The butterfly’s population,once almostzero,is now up to 900.For their work,Bonner and Dr.Mattoni received lots ofawards.But for Bonner,he earned something more:he turned his life around.

For six years now Bonner has kept hispromise to stay out of prison.While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdesblue,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 themhome

2.Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blueafter 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 alab

3.From the last sentence of the text,welearn that raising butterflies has _______.

A.made Bonner famous

B.changed Bonner’s life

C.brought Bonner wealth

D.enriched Bonner’s knowledge

4.Which of the following would be the besttitle 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

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

解析:这是一道细节题。根据第二段中“Ateighteen,he landed in prison for shooting a man.”可判断出你ArthurBonner年轻时因为违法被关进了监狱。

2.C

解析:这是一道细节题。根据倒数第三段中的“Weekslater,Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni,who told him there was abutterfly needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue.”可判断出当Arthur Bonner遇到Dr. Mattoni后知道了the Palos Verdes。

3.B

解析:这是一道细节推断题。根据短文最后一句话“Forsix years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he’sbringing back the Palos Verdes blue,the butterfly has helped bring himback,too.”可推断出六年来Bonner遵守着自己远离监狱的诺言，所以饲养蝴蝶改变了Arthur Bonner的生活。

4.B

解析:这是一道标题选择题。这篇短文讲述了ArthurBonner在年轻人因为无违法而蹲进了监狱，后来通过饲养蝴蝶而改变了生活，是蝴蝶挽救了他。因此最好的题目是：AMan Saved by Butterflies。