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!
A．hole B．worm C．tall D．snake
A．it B．it’s C．itself D．its
A．decided B．asked C．showed D．ordered
A．afraid B．interested C．surprised D．grateful
A．slimmer B．bigger C．shorter D．smaller
A．touched B．sounded C．looked D．smelt
A．wings B．feet C．eyes D．head
A．success B．excitement C．kindness D．humor
A．get B．getting C．to get D．got
A．ready B．quiet C．glad D．used
A．Somewhere B．Something C．Some time D．Sometimes
A．as helpful B．as weak C．as strong D．as creative
A．repeats B．recommends C．requires D．represents
A．happiness B．difficulties C．pleasure D．hope
A．served with B．growing into C．bringing in D．faced with
These days，cars are designed using computers．Let’s look at how a new car is created．
First，several 16 talk about the new car and any good ideas that they have．Then they sit down at their computers and 17 many sketches．The best two or three drawings are chosen and then more detailed drawings of 18 are developed on the computer．You can change the size，shape or color of any part on the computer to see 19 the car would look and then you can choose the best design．
Both the inside and the outside of the car have to be designed．Part of the inside of the car is 20 so that the designers can sit in it．They can feel if there is enough 21 inside and if they can reach 22 ．Then some cars are built-there are more than 15，000 parts of a car to 23 ．
When everything is known to be 24 ，the cars are made in the factory．Again，computers are used to make sure that all the parts are 25 as they are needed．The factory
usually stays open all through the night so that the car production never stops．
A．drivers B．designers C．workers D．salesmen
A．draw B．order C．type D．enjoy
A．bicycles B．trains C．cars D．buses
A．how B．if C．what D．that
A．covered B．painted C．locked D．built
A．metal B．glass C．leather D．room
A．nothing B．somebody C．everything D．nobody
A．choose B．test C．show D．repair
A．safe B．easy C．cheap D．fast
A．rare B．electronic C．comfortable D．ready
When people find something valuable and return it to its owner, they are often given a reward. This is because the person not only found what was lost but also spent time 46 its owner or taking it to the police station.
There was once a young boy 47 found a woman’s purse in a shopping centre. Inside the purse there 48 some money and the woman’s driving license. Her name and 49 were printed on the license, so the boy knew where she lived. That evening he went to her house and 50 her door. When she opened it, he said, “ I found your purse,” and handed it to her.
“Thank you very much,” she said. She opened her purse and took out all the money. She wanted to give the boy a small reward, 51 there were only bills of ＄20 in the purse and she thought that $ 20 was too 52 to give the boy. “ I’m sorry,” she said, “ but I don’t have any small 53 to give you.”
The boy said, “That’s all right,” and he went away.
A few days later he found 54 woman’s purse. It also had her driving license in it, so he knew where she lived. He went to her house and said “ I found your purse,” and handed it to her.
“Thank you very much, “ she said. She opened her purse and took out all her money.
“That’s 55 ” , she said, “ Before I lost my purse I had a $100 bill and a $20 bill in it. Now I have a $100 bill, a $10 bill and two $5 bills.”
“Yes,” the boy said, and smiled.A. to find B. finding C. find
A. who B. whose C. which
A. is B. were C. was
A. e-mail B. address C.age
A.cut down B. knocked on C. broke into
A. so B. but C. or
A. little B. few C. much
A. change B. menu C. purse
A .another B. the other C. other
A interesting B. exciting C. strange
When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For “weeks my mother had helped me practise my lines. But once on the stage, every word 11 from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator (解说者) for the play. 12 I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my 13 and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions (蒲公英) popping (炸开) 14 the grass in bunches (束). I watched my mother bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I’ll dig up (挖光) all these weeds (野草),” she said. “From now on, we’ll 15 have roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,” I protested(抗议). “All flowers are 16 —even dandelions !”
My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is 17 of people, too,” she added.
When I 18 that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a wonderful narrator,” she said, 19 me of how much I loved to read stories’ aloud.
Thanks to my mother’s encouragement, I got to know everybody had his or her own 20 in the world. I felt proud of the role in the play.
A．developed B．left C．failed D．disappeared
A．If B．Because C．Though D．Since
A．difficulty B．mistake C．danger D．unhappiness
A．through B．past C．beyond D．behind
A．hardly B．only C．still D．also
A．harmless B．healthy C．beautiful D．fresh
A．true B．kind C．same D．clever
A．remembered B．realized C．explained D．promised
A．representing B．complaining C．recommending D．reminding
A．honor B．progress C．value D．interest
The Japanese Macaca monkey has been studied in the wild for over 50 years. In 1952, on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some 36 dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked their taste, but they found the dirt 37 .
One clever 18-month-old monkey 38 the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river, She taught this to her mother. Her 39 also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.
All the younger monkeys 40 learned to wash the dirty sweet potatoes to make them 40 to eat. But many found it very hard to learn this and still ate the 42 sweet optatoes.
Then something very 43 . In the autumn of 1958, scientists found that the monkeys on other nearby 44 began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don’t fully understand how this knowledge was 45 from one island to another.
A．sweet potatoes B．green plants C．hard stones D．fresh nuts
A．beautiful B．terrible C．difficult D．interesting
A．find B．reach C．solve D．understand
A．children B．brothers C．sisters D．friends
A．quietly B．esily C．angrily D．awfully
A．nicer B．smaller C．lighter D．drier
A．small B．large C．new D．dirty
A．took on B．took off C．took place D．took away
A．trees B．islands C．beaches D．rivers
A．lost B．dropped C．passed D．left
My friend, David Smith, kept birds. One day he phoned and 26 me he would be away for a week. He asked me to feed the bird 27 him and said he would leave his key in my mailbox.
Unfortunately, I did not remember to feed the birds 28 the night before David was going to return. I rushed out of my house and it was already dark when I arrived at 29 house. I soon found the key he gave me could unlock neither the front door 30 the back door! I kept 31 of what David would say when came back.
Then I noticed 32 one bedroom window was open. I found a big tone and pushed it under the window 33 the stone was very heavy. I of niose. But in the end, I managed to climb up.
I had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 34 a torch(电筒)up at me. I looked down and saw 35 policeman and an old lady, one of David’s neighbours. “What are you doing up there?” Said the policeman. Feeling like a fool, I replied, “I was just going to feed Mr. Smith’s birds.”
A．tell B．tells C．told D．had told
A．with B．to C．for D．at
A．until B．before C．as D．since
A．her B．his C．their D．our
A．and B．but C．or D．nor
A．to think B．think C．thinking D．thought
A．how B．that C．what D．why
A．If B．Because C．When D．Whether
A．is shinning B．was shone C．shines D．was shining
A．a B．the C．an D．/
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