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One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 16 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make 17 body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy 18 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 19 .He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole 20 .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it 21
a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin 22 .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 23 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 24 out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 25 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.
26 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 __27__ we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even 28 growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid 29 or problems. So, next time you are 30 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!
16. A. hole B. worm C. tall D. snake
17. A. it B. it’s C. itself D. its
18. A. decided B. asked C. showed D. ordered
19. A. afraid B. interested C. surprised D. grateful
20. A. slimmer B. bigger C. shorter D. smaller
21. A. touched B. sounded C. looked D. smelt
22. A. wings B. feet C. eyes D. head
23. A. success B. excitement C. kindness D. humour
24. A. get B. getting C. to get D. got
25. A. ready B. quiet C. glad D. used
26. A. Somewhere B. Something C. Some time D. Sometimes
27. A. as helpful as B. as weak as C. as strong as D. as creative as
28. A. repeats B. recommends C. requires D. represents
29. A. happiness B. difficulties C. pleasure D. hope
30. A. served with B. growing into C. bringing in D. faced with
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A. wears a glass B. puts on a pair of glasses
C. wears a pair of glasses D. puts on a glass
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Afel was only a small boy when he first saw snow in a picture book．In the pictures he saw a lot of children(1)________(play)in the snow．
Afel didn't understand what snow was．But he dreamed about snow all the time．He dreamed of being able(2)________(fly)across the snow．
One day when he was twelve, Afel(3)________(watch)TV at his uncle's house．The program was full of snow．Not only snow-there were people flying across the snow．
“Look! They(4)________(fly)!” he shouted excitedly．
The snow, and the people… It was just like one of his dreams．
“They're skiing．It needs snow,” said his uncle, “it's the Winter Olympics．It(5)________(hold)every four years．”
Afel(6)________(find)out that the next Winter Olympics would be in Sochi, Russia in 2014．
“Perfect,” he thought．“Enough time for me to become a good skier．I(7)________(go)to the Winter Olympics, and win the gold medal for skiing．”
“But there's no snow here!” people told him．“Where are you going to ski?”
Afel made himself a pair of skis and skied across the sand．At first he couldn't move, but he practised and practised until he could move quite quickly．
“How will you go to the Winter Olympics?” people asked him．“Our country(8)________(not, have)a team at all．Why(9)________(not, do)athletics(田径)instead? We have lots of good runners．And we(10)________(win)lots of medals at the Olympics．”
Now Afel is practising skiing down sand dunes(沙丘)．He dreams that the yellow sand and brown earth of the desert(沙漠)is the white snow．