One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small
in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make
body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped. So the boy
to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be
.He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole
.The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it
a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin
. 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
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
out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be
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.
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
we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even
growth, without it , there's no way of life. We can't avoid
or problems. So, next time you are
a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!
| 小题1: | | A．hole | B．worm | C．tall | D．snake |
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| 小题2: | | A．it | B．it's | C．itself | D．its |
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| 小题3: | | A．decided | B．asked | C．showed | D．ordered |
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| 小题4: | | A．afraid | B．interested | C．surprised | D．grateful |
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| 小题5: | | A．slimmer | B．bigger | C．shorter | D．smaller |
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| 小题6: | | A．touched | B．sounded | C．looked | D．smelt |
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| 小题7: | | A．wings | B．feet | C．eyes | D．head |
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| 小题8: | | A．success | B．excitement | C．kindness | D．humour |
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| 小题9: | | A．get | B．getting | C．to get | D．got |
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| 小题10: | | A．ready | B．quiet | C．glad | D．used |
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| 小题11: | | A．Somewhere | B．Something | C．Some time | D．Sometimes |
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| 小题12: | | A．as helpful as | B．as weak as | C．as strong as | D．as creative as |
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| 小题13: | | A．repeats | B．recommends | C．requires | D．represents |
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| 小题14: | | A．happiness | B．difficulties | C．pleasure | D．hope |
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| 小题15: | | A．served with | B．growing into | C．bringing in | D．faced with |
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