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Once upon a time in a land far far away there was a 1 old man who loved everything. Animals spiders insects...

One day 2 walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly. He 3 it home.

A few days later a small 4 appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours 5 it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to 6 making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go 7 farther.

Then the man decided to help the 8 so he took a pair of scissors and 9 the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then came out 10 .

 11 it had a swollen (浮肿的) body and small shriveled (枯萎的) wings. The man 12 to watch the butterfly because he expected that at any moment the wings would 13 to be able to support the body which would contract in time. Neither happened! 14 the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.

It never was able to 15.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting (限制的) 16 and the struggle required for the butterfly to 17 the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid (液体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its 18 from the cocoon.

Sometimes 19 are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any challenges it would weaken us. We would not be as 20 as what we could have been.

And we could never fly.

1.A. cold   B. kind   C. polite    D. tiresome

2. A. unless  B. if  C. while   D. because

3.A. took  B. moved  C. circulated  D. dashed

4.A. sign   B. fly   C. shade   D. opening

5.A. and  B. until   C. as   D. then

6.A. stop  B. prevent  C. appeal  D. adapt

7.A. any   B. more  C. no   D. much

8.A. bug  B. butterfly  C. animal   D. fly

9.A. take down  B. take apart   C. cut down   D. cut open

10.A. greedily   B. easily  C. hardly  D. quickly

11.A. Generally   B. Even  C. So   D. But

12.A. sought  B. lasted  C. continued  D. began

13.A. enlarge  B. shorten  C. tighten   D. darken

14.A. In conclusion  B. In time  C. In fact  D. In particular

15.A. walk  B. fly  C. flee  D. run

16.A. wing  B. tale  C. subject  D. cocoon

17.A. get out  B. get through  C. get away  D. get down

18.A. freedom  B. outcome  C. balance  D. reliability

19.A. struggles  B. passion  C. manners  D. spirits

20A. weak B. intelligent  C. gifted   D. strong

Answer 1

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