One day, a boy found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small
35 in the cocoon. He sat and 36 for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make its body through that little hole. Suddenly it
37 .
So the boy decided to help the butterfly.He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole bigger.The butterfly came out
38 , but it looked a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin
39 . The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, it has to spend 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
40 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 getting out of the cocoon
41 the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be
42 to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never
43 the fluid and it can never fly.
Sometimes struggles are what we need in our lives.
44 we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be as
45 as what we could have been. We would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even means growth, without it, there’s no way of life. We can’t
46 difficulties or problems. So, next time you are faced with a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly.
Struggle a little—then fly!
| 小题1: | | A．snake | B．insect | C．wall | D．hole |
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| 小题2: | | A．read | B．listened | C．watched | D．found |
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| 小题3: | | A．stopped | B．began | C．continued | D．moved |
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小题4:A. quietly B. easily C. naturally D excitedly
| 小题5: | | A．wings | B．head | C．feet | D．eyes |
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| 小题6: | | A．kindness | B．excitement | C．success | D．humour |
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| 小题7: | | A．lets | B．keeps | C．makes | D．asks |
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| 小题8: | | A．ready | B．sorry | C．glad | D．kind |
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| 小题11: | | A．wise | B．quiet | C．strong | D．patient |
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| 小题12: | | A．cause | B．avoid | C．face | D．have |
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