11．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 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（栖息地） 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 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 （紫云英），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．
64．When he was young，Arthur BonnerA．
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
65．From the last sentence of the text，we learn that raising butterflies hasB．
A．made Bonner famous
B．changed Bonner's life
C．brought Bonner wealth
D．enriched Bonner's knowledge
66．Which of the following would be the best title for the text？A
A．A Man Saved by Butterflies
B．A Promise to Mom
C．A Story of Butterflies
D．A Job Offered by Dr．Mattoni．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了Arthur Bonner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．
解答 64．A．细节理解题．根据第二段中"At eighteen，he landed in prison for shooting a man．"可判断出你Arthur Bonner年轻时因为违法被关进了监狱；故选A．
65．B．细节理解题．根据短文最后一句话"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；故选B．
66．A．推理判断题．这篇短文讲述了Arthur Bonner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：A Man Saved by Butterflies；故选A．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
