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 crawl 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!
| 小题1: | | A．hole | B．worm | C．tail | D．snake |
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| 小题3: | | A．decided | B．asked | C．showed | D．ordered |
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| 小题4: | | A．afraid | B．interested | C．surprised | D．grateful |
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| 小题5: | | A．slimmer | B．bigger | C．shorter | D．smaller |
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| 小题6: | | A．touched | B．sounded | C．looked | D．smelt |
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| 小题7: | | A．wings | B．feet | C．eyes | D．head |
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| 小题8: | | A．success | B．excitement | C．kindness | D．humour |
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| 小题9: | | A．get | B．getting | C．to get | D．got |
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| 小题10: | | A．ready | B．quiet | C．glad | D．used |
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| 小题11: | | A．Somewhere | B．Something | C．Some time | D．Sometimes |
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| 小题12: | | A．as helpful as | B．as weak as | C．as strong as | D．as creative as |
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| 小题13: | | A．repeats | B．recommends | C．requires | D．represents |
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| 小题14: | | A．happiness | B．difficulties | C．pleasure | D．hope |
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| 小题15: | | A．served with | B．growing into | C．bringing in | D．faced with |
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