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 crawls 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___ as 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!
【小题1】
A.hole B.worm C.tall D.snake
【小题2】
A.it B.it’s C.itself D.its
【小题3】
A.decided B.asked C.showed D.ordered
【小题4】
A.afraid B.interestedC.surprised D.grateful
【小题5】
A.slimmer B.bigger C.shorter D.smaller
【小题6】
A.touched B.sounded C.looked D.smelt
【小题7】
A.wings B.feet C.eyes D.head
【小题8】
A.success B.excitement C.kindness D.humor
【小题9】
A.get B.getting C.to get D.got
【小题10】
A.ready B.quiet C.glad D.used
【小题11】
A.SomewhereB.SomethingC.Some timeD.Sometimes
【小题12】
A.as helpful B.as weak C.as strong D.as creative
【小题13】
A.repeats B.recommends C.requires D.represents
【小题14】
A.happiness B.difficulties C.pleasure D.hope
【小题15】
A.served withB.growing intoC.bringing inD.faced with

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don ’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship .This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸)deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand . Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China ,we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends .It is opposite in America , Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes , the welcome will be full , warm and real. For Americans , it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality(好客)at home and enjoy your visit in America!
【小题1】The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.
A.keep outB.give upC.pay no attention toD.continue
【小题2】Which of the following is the typical (典型的)way of  American hospitality?
A.Treating friends at home.
B.Taking days off to be with friends.
C.Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.
D.Sharing everything they have.
【小题3】Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
A.Americans are always generous with their time.
B.Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C.Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D.Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

Feeling left out?
A reader wrote in to say that she was feeling lonely at break because her best friend wasn’t around.Here’s our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes. It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because she moved to a different school or a different class.You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime.You want to have new friends.But how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has their friends.But remember, there’s always room for more friends.
Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to play with at break.Look for chances to say hi to them,smile,and be friendly.Offer to share something or express your appreciation(欣赏)to them.Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom.When you’re at break,walk over to kids you want to play with.Act friendly,and say “Hi,can I play, too?” or just join in.
If you have trouble doing this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make  new friends.Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends.The best way to make friends is to be a friend.Be kind,be friendly,share,say nice things,offer to help—and pretty soon,you’ ll have one,or two,or even more new friends. You might still miss that special best friend.But when you see each other, you can share something you didn’t have before she left:You can introduce her to your new friends!
【小题1】This text is written for ________ .
A.teachersB.parentsC.studentsD.visitors
【小题2】According to the writer, some kids feel lonely at break because they  ________  .
A.have trouble with their studies
B.don’t have their best friends around
C.need their parents to be with them
D.are too young to look after themselves
【小题3】The underlined words in Paragraph 4 refers to ________  .
A.sharing your ideasB.talking before many people
C.studying better at schoolD.developing new friendship
【小题4】Some kids need help from teachers to make friends because  ________   .
A.they miss their old friends a lot
B.they have no time to stay with others
C.teachers know who wants a new friend
D.they are shy or not good at making friends
【小题5】The expression “feeling left out'’ means“ _______    ” in Chinese.
A.受冷落    8.被调侃    C.挨批评    D.遭攻击
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