Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I adjusted my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked!
Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!
Having stopped laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn't sure what to do. After all, it's just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate(伙伴) and she was dying.
Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate's sake(利益), even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate's safety seemed admirable. I couldn't do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.
Since then, I've used that butterfly’s courage as an inspiration and to remind myself that good things are worth fighting for.
56. The writer changed his direction while walking down a path because he wanted________.
A. to get close to a butterfly. B. to escape a sudden attack.
C. to look over the bad situation. D. to avoid getting his shoes dirty.
57. What made the man feel funny?
A. Making the attacker pause. B. Being stepped on by his mate.
C. Being attacked by a butterfly. D. Discovering the angry butterfly.
58. Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?
A. careless B. amusing C. aggressive D. courageous
59. From this experience the man learned_____.
A. how he should deal with attacks B. how to deal with challenges in his life
C. people should protect butterflies D. people should show sympathy to the weak
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Hannibal was a general from Carthage, a city on the northern coast of Africa. He thought the ancient Romans and won great battles at a time when the Romans were the most powerful people in the world. His army was small, but it was made up of soldiers from many countries that didn’t want to be ruled by the Romans.
before Hannibal could fight the Romans always had thought would protect them from enemy armies. When winter came, the Romans did not think Hannibal could possibly cross the mountains. Hannibal surprised them. With some of his soldiers riding huge strong elephants—where no elephants had to walk slowly without resting through the mountain snow-storms and howling(怒号)winds. The enemies rolled rocks down to try to stop them. Even raging rivers couldn’t stop them. Hannibal’s soldiers built rafts(木排)strong enough to carry the elephants across. At last, half of them never reached the end of their journey. But the other half of the army and some of the elephants did finish the journey.
1. From the passage, Hannibal might live in ____.
A. Algeria B. Italy C. Turkey D. Iraq
2. Hannibal knew that he ____.
A. must have a powerful army to beat the Romans
B. must cross the Alps to win the battle
C. was sure to beat the Romans before crossing the Alps
D. had to break away from the Romans to cross the Alps
3. Which of the following is not true?
A. Before Hannibal’s army crossed the Alps, the Romans were the most powerful people in
the world.
B. The Romans thought it impossible for Hannibal to cross the Alps.
C. Hannibal used the elephant to help cross the Alps because the elephants were good at
walking on mountain paths.
D. Hannibal managed to cross the Alps after all with his army.
4. After reading this passage, we can easily remember a saying____.
A. Where there’s a will, there’s a way
B. Strike while the iron is still hot
C. He who doesn’t reach the Great Wall is not a true man
D. Failure is the mother of success
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Hannibal was a general from Carthage, a city on the northern coast of Africa. He thought the ancient Romans and won great battles at a time when the Romans were the most powerful people in the world. His army was small, but it was made up of soldiers from many countries that didn’t want to be ruled by the Romans.
before Hannibal could fight the Romans always had thought would protect them from enemy armies. When winter came, the Romans did not think Hannibal could possibly cross the mountains. Hannibal surprised them. With some of his soldiers riding huge strong elephants—where no elephants had to walk slowly without resting through the mountain snow-storms and howling(怒号)winds. The enemies rolled rocks down to try to stop them. Even raging rivers couldn’t stop them. Hannibal’s soldiers built rafts(木排)strong enough to carry the elephants across. At last, half of them never reached the end of their journey. But the other half of the army and some of the elephants did finish the journey.
1. From the passage, Hannibal might live in ____.
A. Algeria B. Italy C. Turkey D. Iraq
2. Hannibal knew that he ____.
A. must have a powerful army to beat the Romans
B. must cross the Alps to win the battle
C. was sure to beat the Romans before crossing the Alps
D. had to break away from the Romans to cross the Alps
3. Which of the following is not true?
A. Before Hannibal’s army crossed the Alps, the Romans were the most powerful people in
the world.
B. The Romans thought it impossible for Hannibal to cross the Alps.
C. Hannibal used the elephant to help cross the Alps because the elephants were good at
walking on mountain paths.
D. Hannibal managed to cross the Alps after all with his army.
4. After reading this passage, we can easily remember a saying____.
A. Where there’s a will, there’s a way
B. Strike while the iron is still hot
C. He who doesn’t reach the Great Wall is not a true man
D. Failure is the mother of success
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Firstly, don't fasten your shoes too tightly. Try wearing loose shoes 51 walking bare-footed at home. When traveling, try wearing cloth shoes to make blood circulation (循环) easier.
52 , walking on tiptoes(脚尖) will help improve one's eyesight and prevent near-sightedness. Figures show that few ballet performers are near-sighted.
Thirdly, rope skipping also does good 53 one's eyesight. When skipping the rope, one has to react quickly, 54 excites the brain and the eyes. 55 foot exercises, it's good to pull one's ears. Pulling the ears 20 times is found to be an effective way to reduce the pressure on one's eyes.
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