One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small   36  in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make   37  body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped. So the boy   38  to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be   39 .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole   40  .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it   41 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin   42  .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   43  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   44  out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be   45  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.

  46   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  47   we could have been and we would never fly.

In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even  48   growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid   49  or problems. So, next time you are   50 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!

1.                A．hole           B．worm          C．tall  D．snake

 

2.                A．it             B．it’s           C．itself D．its

 

3.                A．decided        B．asked          C．showed   D．ordered

 

4.                A．afraid          B．interested       C．surprised D．grateful

 

5.                A．slimmer        B．bigger          C．shorter   D．smaller

 

6.                A．touched        B．sounded        C．looked   D．smelt

 

7.                A．wings          B．feet            C．eyes D．head

 

8.                A．success         B．excitement      C．kindness  D．humour

 

9.                A．get            B．getting         C．to get    D．got

 

10.               A．ready          B．quiet           C．glad  D．used

 

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

 

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

 

13.               A．repeats        B．recommends    C．requires   D．represents

 

14.               A．happiness       B．difficulties      C．pleasure   D．hope

 

15.               A．served with     B．growing into     C．bringing in D．faced with

 

 

I was 15 months old, a happy and carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I ____ on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. From then on, my ugly, sightless, cloudy grey eye lived on ____ me.

    Sometimes people asked me embarrassing (使人难堪的) questions. Whenever the kids played ____, I was the "monster". I was always imagining that everyone looked down on me.

    Yet mum would say to me, "Hold your head up high and face the world." I began to depend on that ____.

    As a child, I thought mum meant, "Be careful, or you will fall down or run into something ____ because you are not looking." As a teenager, I usually looked down to ____ my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, people liked me.

    In high school I even became the ____, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would ____ to my mum and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is ____ instead of your appearance (外貌).”

    My mum's love was the ____ that made me bright. I had faced hard times, and learned not only to be ____ but also to have deep compassion (同情) for others.

    “Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. I tell ____ to my children. The gift my mum gave me will live on.  286

1.A. stood                   B. landed                     C. found                      D. worked

2.A. for                       B. like                           C. by                   D. with

3.A. games                           B. jokes                        C. toys                          D. sports

4.A. glass                     B. topic                        C. reply                        D. saying

5.A. immediately                 B. accidentally            C.continuously  D. expectedly

6.A. show                    B. meet                        C. behave                    D. hide

7.A. president            B. teacher                   C. teenager                 D. adult

8.A. write                    B. add                          C. cry                           D. face

9.A. beside                           B. outside          C. inside                      D. alongside

10.A. suggestion                 B. experience            C. sunshine                 D. introduction

11.A. confident                   B. unusual                   C. similar                     D. ordinary

12.A. it                                  B. them                        C. that                          D. those

 

James and Harry came to London and stayed in the same hotel.
James came in in a great hurry one evening．A friend had offered him a ticket for a play. He saw a 1etter on the hall table．“That will keep till I get back，”he thought，“no time to lose now．”And he went off．
Harry came in a minute after James．There was a letter for him，too，which he opened at once．It was from the secretary(秘书)of a company，offering him a post(职位)in their office. He Was told to be there at 10 a．m．the next morning，as there were others who wanted the job.
James got back from the play at midnight．He was sleepy．“That letter can be opened in the morning，”he thought．The next morning when he woke up，he at once jumped out of bed，tore(撕)it open-his face fell .It was a similar letter to the one Harry had received the night before. But James’ chance was gone .It was five to ten, and he could never be at the office in time.
【小题1】One evening James came in in a great hurry because       .

A．he knew there was a letter on the hall table

B．he had to tell someone to keep his letter until he got back

C．he was afraid he would be late for the play

D．his friend was waiting for him outside the hotel

【小题2】As soon as he woke up，James        .

A．wondered where Harry had gone

B．was eager(急切的)to know the time

C．knew he could never be at the office in time

D．remembered the letter from the company

【小题3】The underlined sentence “his face fell” in the passage means“      ”.

A．he knew there was something wrong with his face

B．he felt very sorry for missing the chance

C．he fell down on his face

D．he realized that he had lost his face

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 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__ 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!

1.A. hole             B. worm               C. tall               D. snake

2.A. it        B. it’s                 C. itself              D. its

3.A. decided  B. asked               C. showed            D. ordered

4.A. afraid   B. interested             C. surprised          D. grateful

5.A. slimmer  B. bigger              C. shorter             D. smaller

6.A. touched   B. sounded             C. looked             D. smelt

7.A. wings    B. feet          C. eyes               D. head

8.A. success    B. excitement           C. kindness           D. humour

9.A. get        B. getting       C. to get              D. got

10.A. ready      B. quiet         C. glad              D. used

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

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

13.A. repeats B. recommends   C. requires           D. represents

14.A. happiness        B. difficulties      C. pleasure          D. hope

15.A. served with    B. growing into       C. bringing in    D. faced with

 

One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”
No answer.
I tried again, “Why don’t you come out of there?”
Again, no answer.
So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of （一摞）cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”
An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest. Tommy thinks I’m silly and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”
Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”
There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of cards wrote on a torn paper cup. “Thanks.”
I wrote back “For what?” it returned to me with “Loving me” on it.
Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”
【小题1】The underlined word “yucky” most probably means ____.

A．upset

B．exciting

C．terrible

D．amazing

【小题2】What could be the reason that Kevin’s Dad doesn’t like him?

A．Kevin is not as clever as his brother.

B．He is neither the youngest nor the oldest.

C．Kevin doesn’t like to make friends with others.

D．Kevin is not good at playing basketball.

【小题3】What do we know about the writer?

A．She has two children in her family.

B．She didn’t pay enough attention to Kevin before.

C．She used to show her love to Kevin.

D．She has a closer relationship with Tommy after that.

【小题4】What does the writer want to tell us?

A．Everyone should show how they love their family members.

B．It’s hard to get on well with family members.

C．It’s important to keep peace in the family.

D．We should try our best to stop our children from fighting.