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One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small ___31___ in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make ___32___ body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy ___33___ to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be___34___  .He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole ___35___  .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it ___36___ a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin ___37___  .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___38___  but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of ___39___  out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be___40___ 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.___41___ 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 ___42___ as we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even ___43___ growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid ___44___  or problems. So, next time you are ___45___ a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little----then fly!
【小题1】
A.hole B.worm C.tall D.snake
【小题2】
A.it B.it’s C.itself D.its
【小题3】
A.decided B.asked C.showed D.ordered
【小题4】
A.afraid B.interestedC.surprised D.grateful
【小题5】
A.slimmer B.bigger C.shorter D.smaller
【小题6】
A.touched B.sounded C.looked D.smelt
【小题7】
A.wings B.feet C.eyes D.head
【小题8】
A.success B.excitement C.kindness D.humor
【小题9】
A.get B.getting C.to get D.got
【小题10】
A.ready B.quiet C.glad D.used
【小题11】
A.SomewhereB.SomethingC.Some timeD.Sometimes
【小题12】
A.as helpful B.as weak C.as strong D.as creative
【小题13】
A.repeats B.recommends C.requires D.represents
【小题14】
A.happiness B.difficulties C.pleasure D.hope
【小题15】
A.served withB.growing intoC.bringing inD.faced with

【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】D
【小题5】B
【小题6】C
【小题7】A
【小题8】C
【小题9】B
【小题10】A
【小题11】D
【小题12】C
【小题13】D
【小题14】B
【小题15】D解析:
本文是一则寓理于事
【小题1】根据题目中的描述,可知答案为B,表示的是虫的意思。故选B
【小题2】因为后接的词为名词,因而用物主代词,故选D
【小题3】根据上文的意思,可选A,同时decide 后街to do sth
【小题4】根据上文的内容,可知,小男孩认为他自己帮助了蝴蝶,蝴蝶应该感激。故选D
【小题5】根据上文可知,将小洞剪大点,符合题意,故选B
【小题6】根据文章的理解,这个蝴蝶看上去很虚弱,故选C
【小题7】本题根据下文可知,说的是他的翅膀,故选A
【小题8】根据上下文,可知,小朋友的心肠很好,故选C
【小题9】从全文来看,本文主要讲的是过去时,因而选B
【小题10】固定词组搭配,be ready to do sth,故选A
【小题11】根据上下文的内容,可知,应该用有时,故选D
【小题12】本句子的固定结构为:not so +adj/adv +as,故选C
【小题13】根据句子的意思,在此选D,表示代表的意思。
【小题14】根据上下文可知答案为B
【小题15】本题中的face是面对的意思,符合题意。
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