One day a man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly. But neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬) around with a heavy body and small wings. It was never able to fly.
The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid(流体) from its body must be forced into its wings, and then it would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle (拼搏) to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been; we could never fly.
【小题1】What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story ?

One day a rich man meets Tom. The rich man asks, “People say you are very clever(聪明的) and nothing is difficult(困难的) for you. Can you tell my why you are so clever? ” Tom answers with a smile, “Oh, I’m not clever. Instead(反而) , you are too foolish.” The rich man becomes very very angry.

Tom says, “Sir, please don’t be angry. If you don’t believe me, now let me ask you a very easy question: If you have a group（群）of sheep(绵羊), I send you another group. Then, you say, how many groups of sheep do you have?”

“Why! That’s the easiest question in the world. One and one is two. Anybody knows that. I have two groups of sheep , of course.”

Tom laughs and says, “You are wrong , Sir. Two groups of sheep put together is still one group. That’s the easiest question in the world , isn’t it?”

1.People say Tom_____________.

A．is very clever                          B．has good eyes

C．is very strong                          D．is very helpful

2.The underline word “foolish” means “_____________”.

A．矮小的           B．愚蠢的           C．性急的           D．高傲的

3. The rich man becomes angry because ___________.

A．he is hungry

B．Tom is not friendly to him

C．Tom hits(打) him

D．he loses a sheep

4.The underline word “that” in Paragraph 3 refers to _____________.

A．the rich man

B．Tom is very clever

C．the easiest question in the world

D．one and one is two

5. From the story we know that______________.

A．the rich man is very clever, too.

B．one and one is always two.

C．in fact one and one is not always two

D．Tom is as clever as the rich man

    One day a rich（有钱的）man met Sam. The rich man asked, “I hear you are very clever and nothing is difficult to you. Can you tell me why you are so clever?”
Sam answered with a smile, “ Oh, I am not clever. Instead you are too foolish（愚蠢的）.” The rich man became very angry.

【小题1】One day____ met Sam.

    One day a rich（有钱的）man met Sam. The rich man asked, “I hear you are very clever and nothing is difficult to you. Can you tell me why you are so clever?”

Sam answered with a smile, “ Oh, I am not clever. Instead you are too foolish（愚蠢的）.” The rich man became very angry.

1.One day____ met Sam.

A. a rich man         B. a poor man       C. a young man       D. an old man

2.The rich man became angry because_______.

A. Sam said he was clever            B. Sam said he was foolish.

C. Sam was foolish.                 D. Sam wasn’t clever

3.Sam thinks he asked the rich man ________question.

A. an easy        B. a difficult       C. an interesting     D. a good

4.Two groups of sheep put together is________.

A. one group      B. two groups      C. Many groups     D. Many sheep

5.Sam is ________.

A. foolish        B. rich             C. clever          D. Not rich