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A man found a cocoon(茧)of a butterfly.He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as________ it struggled to its body through that little hole.Then it seemed to stop making any________.It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther.Then the man decided to help the butterfly,so he took a pair of scissors and cut off the________bit of the cocoon.The butterfly then emerged ________ .But it had a big body and small,shriveled(皱缩的) wings.The man ________ to watch the butterfly because he expected that,at any moment,the wings would ________ and expand to be able to________the body,which would contract in time.________ happened! In fact,the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a big body and shriveled wings.It never was able to fly.

What the man in his ________ and hurry did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the________ required for the butterfly.To ________ the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing liquid from the body of the butterfly into its wings,so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its ________ from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.If nature allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles,we would not be as strong as what we could have been.And we could never________

1.A.find B.pull C.drag D.force

2.A.progress B.sense C.change D.fun

3.A.vacant B.left C.additional D.remaining

4.A.closely B.easily C.steadily D.quietly

5.A.paused B.turned C.continued D.urged

6.A.enlarge B.lengthen C.stick D.twist

7.A.wrap B.press C.support D.shelter

8.A.Everything B.All C.Neither D.Something

9.A.regret B.comfort C.favor D.pride

10.A.struggle B.energy C.experience D.help

11.A.look through B.get through C.1ive through D.pull through

12.A.dream B.victory C.purpose D.freedom

13.A.fly B.jump C.walk D.stand

Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic(经济的)boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn’t pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango(探戈舞)came into being.

At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets . At that time there many fewer women than men, so if a man didn’t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women .Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.

In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning .The interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞) to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters of the Paris theaters .After tango dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public and they performed their exiting dance in cafes. Though not everyone approved of the new dance ,saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

The popularity(流行)of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America. It reached Japan in 1926,and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.

1.The origin of the tango is associated with .

A. Belly dances B. American soldiers

C. Spanish city D. the capital of Argentina

2.Which of the following is true about the tango?

A. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.

B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most

C. It was often danced by two male in the beginning

D.A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.

3.Before World War I, the tango spread to .

A. America B. Japan C. France D. South Korea

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. How to Dance the Tango

B. The History of the Tango

C. How to Promote the Tango

D. The Modern Tango Boom

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