A woman was waiting for her flight(航班) at an airport.

She bought a bag of cookies, found a place to sit and took out her _____. She started to read and _____ noticed that a man, sitting beside her, took a cookie from her _____. She just tried not to see this. So she ate the cookies quickly and at the same time watched how the shameless _____ was stealing her cookies. She thought to herself, “If I wasn't such a nice person, I would hit him in the eye.”

When only one cookie was left, she looked with interest and _____ what he would do. He smiled, took the _____ cookie and broke it in half. She thought, “This guy is so impolite; he didn't even show any _____!”

After her flight was called, the woman collected her baggage(行李) and headed to the gate. She took her seat in the _____, and started to look for her book, which was almost complete. As she reached her baggage, she gasped(喘气) with _____, as there was an unopened bag of cookies. A terrible thought crossed her mind, “If my cookie bag is here, the other one was his and he just tried to share.” She realized that she was the ______ one, but it was too late to say sorry to him.

1.A. book B. phone C. ticket D. wallet

2.A. proudly B. hardly C. really D. suddenly

3.A. box B. hand C. bag D. seat

4.A. pilot B. worker C. thief D. waiter

5.A. planned B. asked C. found D. wondered

6.A. big B. first C. small D. last

7.A. interest B. thanks C. courage D. pleasure

8.A. hall B. airport C. plane D. car

9.A. surprise B. happiness C. sadness D. pain

10.A. polite B. impolite C. direct D. indirect

Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly(蝴蝶). The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis(蛹). Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t struggle(挣扎) to leave the chrysalis, it can’t fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly.

When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father’s death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and over came them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.

Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock-climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful, it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.

1.From the story we know that the butterfly can’t fly because ________.

A. it gets out by itself B. the man feels sorry for it

C. it tries to challenge itself D. the man helps it come out

2.Dennis’s example shows that successful people should ________.

A. overcome the difficulties B. take up business early

C. become the leaders of tomorrow D. sell clothes from door to door

3.The meaning of the underlined word “mature” in the passage is “________”.

A. wake up B. give up C. grow up D. bring up

4.What is the writer trying to do in this passage?

A. Describe where a butterfly comes from.

B. Encourage young people to face challenges.

C. Suggest how to become a successful businessman.

D. Explain what will happen if a person fails the exam.

5.What is the best title for this passage?

A. Successful People Have a Sense of Achievement

B. Young People Must Develop Their Energy Actively

C. Countries Should Continue to Become Successful

D. Challenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People

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