Question

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 crawl 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___ 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!

31. A. hole             B. worm              C. tail                 D. snake

32. A. it               B. it’s             C. itself               D. its

33. A. decided          B. asked             C. showed               D. ordered

34. A. afraid           B. interested        C. surprised            D. grateful

35. A. slimmer          B. bigger            C. shorter              D. smaller

36. A. touched          B. sounded           C. looked               D. smelt

37. A. wings            B. feet              C. eyes                 D. head

38. A. success          B. excitement        C. kindness             D. humour

39. A. get               B. getting           C. to get           D. got

40. A. ready             B. quiet             C. glad             D. used

41. A. Somewhere         B. Something           C. Some time            D. Sometimes

42. A. as helpful as     B. as weak as           C. as strong as        D. as creative as

43. A. repeats             B. recommends         C. requires              D. represents

44. A. happiness          B. difficulties        C. pleasure              D. hope

45. A. served with        B. growing into       C. bringing in          D. faced with

Answer 1

31—35 A D A D B  36—40 C A C B A  41—45  D C D B D