One day a man found a cocoon(茧)of a butterfly in the forest．He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly．Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole．Then it seemed to stop making any progress．It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further．
So the man decided to help the butterfly．He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come our easily．But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon．
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly．But neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬)around with a heavy body and small wings．It was never bale to fly．
The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules．Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid(流体)from its body must be forced into its wings, and then it would be ready for flying．It must have a hard struggle(拼搏)to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon．
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life．If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail．We would not be as strong as we could have been; we could never fly．
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(1)
What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story?
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A．
It was trying to make a cocoon for itself．
B．
It was struggling to get out of its cocoon．
C．
It was flying among the trees in the forest．
D．
It was crawling around quietly on the ground．
(2)
The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon ________．
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A．
to take the butterfly home
B．
to help the butterlfy come out easily
C．
to kill the butterfly
D．
to stop the butterfly growing bigger
(3)
What do you think of the man?
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A．
Patient but cruel．
B．
Careful and wise．
C．
Kind but unwise．
D．
Brave and funny．
(4)
What does the last paragraph(段落)tell us?
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A．
Struggles are sometimes necessary in our life．
B．
Nothing is difficult if we put our heart into it．
C．
Every good deed will come back with good result．
D．
The greatest happiness in the world is to help others．
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
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