一个小儿醒目地站立在象征宗祠的屋顶下，这便是汉字的“字”（见下图）。“字”的造字意图

One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small ___16___in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make ___17___body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy ___18___to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be ___19___. He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole ___20___. The butterfly came out of the cocoon, but it ___21___a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin ___22___. 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___23___but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawl out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of ___24___out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be ___25___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.
___26___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 ___27___ we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even ___28___ growth, without it, there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid ___29___ or problems. So, next time you are ___30___ a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little–then fly!

小题1:	A．hole B．worm C．tail 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．interested C．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．humour

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．Somewhere B．Something C．Some time D．Sometimes

小题12:

A．as helpful as B．as weak as C．as strong as D．as creative as

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 with B．growing into C．bringing in D．faced with