One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small ___31___ in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make ___32___ body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy ___33___ to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be___34___ .He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole ___35___ .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it ___36___ a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin ___37___ .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with___38___ but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of ___39___ out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be___40___ to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.___41___ struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be ___42___ as we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even ___43___ growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid ___44___ or problems. So, next time you are ___45___ a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little----then fly!
小题1: | A.hole | B.worm | C.tall | D.snake |
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小题2: | A.it | B.it’s | C.itself | D.its |
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小题3: | A.decided | B.asked | C.showed | D.ordered |
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小题4: | A.afraid | B.interested | C.surprised | D.grateful |
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小题5: | A.slimmer | B.bigger | C.shorter | D.smaller |
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小题6: | A.touched | B.sounded | C.looked | D.smelt |
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小题7: | A.wings | B.feet | C.eyes | D.head |
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小题8: | A.success | B.excitement | C.kindness | D.humor |
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小题9: | A.get | B.getting | C.to get | D.got |
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小题10: | A.ready | B.quiet | C.glad | D.used |
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小题11: | A.Somewhere | B.Something | C.Some time | D.Sometimes |
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小题12: | A.as helpful | B.as weak | C.as strong | D.as creative |
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小题13: | A.repeats | B.recommends | C.requires | D.represents |
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小题14: | A.happiness | B.difficulties | C.pleasure | D.hope |
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小题15: | A.served with | B.growing into | C.bringing in | D.faced with |
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