A man found a cocoon of a moth. He took it home so that he could
31 the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small
32 appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to
33 the body through that little hole.
Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had
34 as far as it could and it could go no farther. 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
35 bit of the cocoon. The
36 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
37 to be able to support the
38 , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life
39 around with a small, swollen body and shriveled wings. It was
40 able to fly.
What the man in his kindness
41 was that the small cocoon and the
42 of the moth to get through the
43 opening was a way to push fluid(液体)
44 the body of moth
45 its wings so that it would be ready to fly
46 it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and
47 would come only after the struggle. By taking the moth of a struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to
48 our lives without any difficulties, we would be disabled. We would not be as
49 as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for
50 .
1
| A, help
| B. protect
| C. watch
| D. see
|
2
| A. opening
| B. line
| C. moth
| D. butterfly
|
3
| A. push
| B. draw
| C. make
| D. force
|
4
| A. got
| B. done
| C. tried
| D. struggled
|
5
| A. covering
| B. remaining
| C. shell
| D. skin
|
6
| A. moth
| B. butterfly
| C. cocoon
| D. worm
|
7
| A. lessen
| B. widen
| C. expand
| D. shorten
|
8
| A standing
| B. flight
| C. themselves
| D. body
|
9
| A flying
| B. crawling
| C. walking
| D. lying
|
0
| A already
| B. certainly
| C. never
| D. seldom
|
11
| A shouldn’t do
| B. thought
| C. did
| D. didn’t understand
|
12
| A crawling
| B. struggle
| C. fight
| D. force
|
13
| A tiny
| B. beginning
| C. right
| D. above
|
14
| A in
| B. on
| C. by
| D. from
|
15
| A into
| B. to
| C. in
| D. onto
|
16
| A after
| B. once
| C. before
| D. until
|
17
| A courage
| B. hope
| C. flight
| D. survival
|
18
| A stand on
| B. get on
| C. go through
| D. live
|
19
| A great
| B. determined
| C. brave
| D. strong
|
20
| A regrets
| B. death
| C. failure
| D. wishes
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