Don’t shoot butterflies with guns.
Can you
36 someone running after a butterfly with a gun in his hands? Won’t such stupidity make you burst out laughing? But wait. Stop and consider how often you might have done something
37 .
A hen, Henny-Penny, lived in a forest with many other animals and birds. One fine, sunny morning, she was busy looking for
38 in the ground. Suddenly she let out a frightened cackle (咯咯叫) with wings flapping
39 . A dry leaf had fallen down on her, and she went
40 at whoever she met, “Run, run for your lives; the sky is falling.” The other creatures stopped whatever they were doing. Some ran behind Henny-Penny, screaming warnings with her, while others
41 the unfounded story that the sky was falling.
We all have
42 people like this hen. The rest of us are like the other foolish creatures who didn’t stop to verify (证实) the
43 for themselves. They shoot butterflies with guns. They just will not think for themselves. Why don’t people think for themselves? Often because of laziness, or because they don’t want to be
44 for their way of thinking.
Walking through life
45 is more dangerous than crossing a busy road with eyes closed. Our thoughts should lead us towards the light of wisdom and sense. Our thinking should be high,
46 us to the ranks of the sensible. We have been blessed with reasoning, sensitive minds. Let us make use of them and be
47 of our own minds. Don’t let your mind be enslaved by someone else. Stop, think and then go ahead.
小题1:.
| A．suggest | B．imagine | C．recall | D．prevent |
小题2:.
| A．different | B．extraordinary | C．unusual | D．similar |
| 小题3: | | A．trees | B．worms | C．nests | D．leaves |
|
小题4:.
| A．in delight | B．in cheer | C．in fear | D．in amazement |
小题5:.
| A．screaming | B．staring | C．praising | D．criticizing |
小题6:.
| A．recite | B．edit | C．spread | D．print |
小题7:.
| A．come across | B．searched for | C．looked after | D．cared about |
小题8:.
| A．impact | B．process | C．advantage | D．truth |
| 小题9: | | A．desperate | B．good | C．regretful | D．responsible |
|
小题10:.
| A．speechlessly | B．hopelessly | C．mindlessly | D．homelessly |
| 小题11: | | A．declining | B．raising | C．wiping | D．smoothing |
|
小题12:.
| A．masters | B．slaves | C．authors | D．employees |
