A man found the cocoon (茧) of a moth (蛾). He took it home so that he could
1 the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small
2 appeared. He sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to
3 the body through that little hole. Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had
4 as far as it could and it could go no further. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the
5___ bit of the cocoon. The
6 then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven (无用的) wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and
7 to be able to support the
8 , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life
9 around with a swollen body and shriven wings. It was
10 able to fly.
What the man in his kindness
11 was that the small cocoon and the
12__of the moth to get through the
13 opening was a way to push fluid (液体)
14 the body of moth
15 its wings so that it would be ready to fly
16 it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and
17 would come only after the struggle. By taking the struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we were to
18 our lives without any difficulties, we would become disabled. We would not be as
19 as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance. Leave no room for
20 .
| 小题1: | | A．help | B．protect | C．watch | D．see |
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| 小题2: | | A．opening | B．line | C．moth | D．butterfly |
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| 小题3: | | A．push | B．draw | C．make | D．force |
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| 小题4: | | A．got | B．done | C．tried | D．struggled |
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| 小题5: | | A．covering | B．remaining | C．shell | D．skin |
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| 小题6: | | A．moth | B．butterfly | C．cocoon | D．worm |
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| 小题7: | | A．lessen | B．widen | C．expand | D．shorten |
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| 小题8: | | A．standing | B．flight | C．themselves | D．body |
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| 小题9: | | A．flying | B．crawling | C．walking | D．lying |
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| 小题10: | | A．already | B．certainly | C．never | D．seldom |
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| 小题11: | | A．shouldn’t do | B．thought | C．did | D．didn’t understand |
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| 小题12: | | A．crawling | B．struggle | C．fight | D．force |
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| 小题13: | | A．tiny | B．beginning | C．right | D．above |
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| 小题16: | | A．after | B．once | C．before | D．until |
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| 小题17: | | A．courage | B．hope | C．flight | D．survival |
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| 小题18: | | A．stand on | B．get on | C．go through | D．live |
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| 小题19: | | A．great | B．determined | C．brave | D．strong |
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| 小题20: | | A．regrets | B．death | C．failure | D．wishes |
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