One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butte...

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 stoped.

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 like crawling 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 from the butterfly’s body into its wings It helps the butterfly be________to fly If the butterfly never has squeeze 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 difficult ,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 well 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

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One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.

We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.

I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird flied about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.

I had left the cage out, and on the second day my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.

The following morning when I went to see how my bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.

Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in cage.”

Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.

1.Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?

2.The mockingbird died because it ______.

3.An ornithologist probably means ______.

4.What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?

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One day, an American Indian found an eagle’s egg and put it into the nest of a chicken. The little eagle hatched with the chickens and grew up with them.

All its life, the eagle thought it was a chicken and did what the chickens did. It searched in the dirt for seeds and insects to eat. It could only fly no more than a few feet off the ground. After all, that’s how chickens were supposed to fly. The eagle never noticed that it was different from the chickens.

Years passed. And the eagle grew very old. One day, it saw a magnificent bird far above in the cloudless sky. It flew high and fast in the sky with its strong golden wings. Even the powerful winds could not stop it.

“What a beautiful bird!” said the eagle to its neighbor, “What is it?”

“That’s an eagle-the master of the birds,” the neighbor told the eagle.

“It’s extraordinary! I want to fly as high as it does,” said the eagle.

“Don’t give it a second thought. You are just a chicken. You could never be like it,” said the neighbor.

So the eagle never gave it a second and it died thinking it was a chicken.

Do you feel sympathetic towards the eagle? If so, give a second thought for who you are and who you want to be. Never let your life pass without realizing your full potential（潜力）and pursuing your dream.

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Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed that the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked, Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history that he was having a lot of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

Mark went home after leaving Bill at his house. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school, where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long-awaited senior year came. Three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide(自杀). But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”

1.What happened to Bill on his way home from school?

A．Bill almost killed himself.

B．Bill was caught on something and almost fell down.

C．Bill was sleepy from the sleeping pills.

D．Bill noticed Mark following him home.

2.After Bill got home, ________.

A．he missed his friend Mark very much

B．he decided to break up with his girlfriend

C．he intended to kill himself immediately

D．he thought of the friendliness of Mark

3.Mark saved Bill from committing suicide by________ .

A．helping Bill pick up the fallen books on the ground

B．saying something comfortable and friendly to Bill

C．persuading Bill not to leave a mess for other people

D．being friendly to Bill in trouble

4.Bill cleared his locker in order to ________.

A．store away some of his mother’s sleeping pills

B．prepare for the next school year of high school

C．leave the world without troubling others

D．help his mother do some housework the last time

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Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of him fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman（随身听）. Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, and then Mark went home. They often saw each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”

1.When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going _______.

A. to have a basketball game        B. to his classroom

C. to see Mark                     D. back home

2. From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he _______.

A. was a good student               B. liked sports and music

C. liked all the subjects in school D. was a good friend

3.Mark and Bill _______.

A. were in the same middle school and high school

B. were in the same middle school but not in the same high school

C. often had lunch together at school

D. had known each other before they began to study in middle school

4.In this passage, the phrase “break up” means _______.

A. 相处很好   B. 和好如初    C. 关系破裂    D. 保持联系

5.When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he _______.

A. knew he could save Bill’s life

B. knew who Bill was and wanted to help him

C. didn’t know why he was going to help him

D. didn’t know what he was doing was very important to Bill

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One day in winter, a couple of good friends headed for a frozen lake nearby to skate on ice. The boys were between five and ten years old. When they were skating, one of the boys headed deeper into the lake, but _____ he found himself skating on very _____ ice. Before he could _____ it, he had fallen through the ice into the icy water below. Having seen this, his friends _____ towards him but could not get him out of the lake _____ the ice layer had formed back and the boy was _____ under the transparent layer. They could see him _____ but could do nothing to help him. Then one of his friends _____ to see a tree in the distance. He skated to it as fast as he could, _____ a branch and then with all his ______ he started digging into the ice. His work proved ______ and he managed to make a hole ______enough to pull his friend out.

By the time the ambulance arrived, a small crowd had gathered. They were all ______ the rescuer for his ______and calmness. However, they were all surprised as well, and ______ how a young boy could break such a big branch. ______， the branch was bigger and heavier than what a person of that age group could carry, drag it to the spot and ______ it again and again to hammer a hole in the ice. It looked like a superhuman ______. How? How did he manage to do it? It was impossible! During the ______， an old man spoke up, “I know how he did it.” Everybody looked at him in ______. The old man said, “He could do it because there was nobody around him who said he couldn't！”

1.A. unfortunately　　 B. probably　　 C. unfairly　　 D. hardly

2.A. cold　　 B. heavy　　 C. light　　 D. thin

3.A. stand　　 B. realize　　 C. clear　　 D. protect

4.A. shouted　　 B. laughed　　 C. rushed　　 D. waved

5.A. because　　 B. though　　 C. if　　 D. unless

6.A. sent　　 B. pushed　　 C. trapped　　 D. seated

7.A. shaking　　 B. struggling　　 C. trying　　 D. breathing

8.A. seemed　　 B. continued　　 C. wanted　　 D. happened

9.A. borrowed　　 B. touched　　 C. broke　　 D. climbed

10.A. strength　　 B. wealth　　 C. interest　　 D. freedom

11.A. true　　 B. successful　　 C. attractive　　 D. risky

12.A. bright　　 B. deep　　 C. large　　 D. round

13.A. praising　　 B. comforting　　 C. encouraging　　 D. advising

14.A. honesty　　 B. bravery　　 C. generosity　　 D. knowledge

15.A. imagined　　 B. replied　　 C. imitated　　 D. wondered

16.A. Obviously　　 B. Hopefully　　 C. Delightfully　　 D. Occasionally

17.A. throw　　 B. raise　　 C. turn　　 D. knock

18.A. sign　　 B. lesson　　 C. effort　　 D. idea

19.A. performance　　 B. break　　 C. meeting　　 D. discussion

20.A. advance　　 B. silence　　 C. despair　　 D. belief

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He found it no pleasure ____ himself of the habit of playing computer games day and night.

A. ridding      B. getting rid          C. changing     D. defending

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He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage workers that they called him "Our baby". In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave, carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.

But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On November 5 , this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. "This is our baby," says Magda Schleifer,68,a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children----including a 13-month-old boy named Eino--from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea." says Schleifer.

Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby's grave, scientists have compared the DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now the family see no need for a new grave. "he belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer. “ They've taken care of him for 90 years.”

Adapted from people,November 25 ,2002

1.The baby traveled on the Titanic with his________.

A．mother           B．parents           C．aunt             D．relatives

2.What is probably the boy's last name?

A．Schleifer          B．Eino              C．Magad            D．Panula

3.Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child'grave on November 5 ,_____.

A．1912             B．1954             C．2002             D．2004

4.This text is mainly about how__________.

A．the unknown baby'body was taken from the north Atlantic

B．the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia

C．people found out who the unknown baby was

D．people took care of the unknown baby for 90 years

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The koala(考拉) is possibly one of the best known Australian animals, and is found in four states: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The word “koala” comes from an Australian aboriginal word meaning “no drink”.

Sometimes people call them “koala bears” but koala is not a bear. It belongs to a special group of Australian mammals, called marsupial(有袋类). Female marsupials have a pouch where the baby animals live after they are born.

Koalas have soft, thick, grey or brown fur on their backs. The fur on the stomach is white. Koala that live in the south have thicker fur than those in the north because of the cold winters, whereas the koalas in the northern part of the country live in warm to hot weather most of the year so have thinner fur. A koala has a large hairless nose and round ears. Koalas don’t have tails. Adult koalas measure between 7 and 14 kilograms.

Koalas spend nearly all their time in the trees using their sharp, curved claws and long toes to climb about and to hold on to the tree branches. They sleep most of the day, and feed and move from tree to tree mainly at night.

The reason koala sleep for much of the day is because their food eucalyptus(桉树) leaves are very tough so they use a lot of energy to digest. Sleeping saves energy. Eucalyptus leaves are poisonous to almost every other animal. Koalas rarely drink water; they get water from the leaves they eat.

Each koala has a home range made up of several trees that they visit regularly. They normally do not visit another koala’s home trees except that a male is looking for a female to mate with.

1.Which of the following statements is NOT true about the name “koala bear”?

A．The name was given by the native in Australia

B．The word “koala” is an original English word

C．The name describes one of its living habits

D．The name is partly false

2.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “punch”？

A．House            B．Cave             C．Pocket            D．Nest

3.Why do the koalas live in the south have thicker fur than those in the north?

A．The thicker fur can protect them from the colder weather

B．It’s always hot in summer in the north

C．It’s always cold in the winter in the south

D．They have to move to the north in the winter

4.Why do koalas sleep much in the day?

A．Their foods are poisonous

B．They want to save energy for the activities at night

C．They can’t get enough energy from their tough foods

D．They can’t get enough water from their leaves

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The koala(考拉) is possibly one of the best known Australian animals, and is found in four states: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The word “koala” comes from an Australian aboriginal word meaning “no drink”.

Sometimes people call them “koala bears” but koala is not a bear. It belongs to a special group of Australian mammals, called marsupial(有袋类). Female marsupials have a pouch where the baby animals live after they are born.

Koalas have soft, thick, grey or brown fur on their backs. The fur on the stomach is white. Koala that live in the south have thicker fur than those in the north because of the cold winters, whereas the koalas in the northern part of the country live in warm to hot weather most of the year so have thinner fur. A koala has a large hairless nose and round ears. Koalas don’t have tails. Adult koalas measure between 7 and 14 kilograms.

Koalas spend nearly all their time in the trees using their sharp, curved claws and long toes to climb about and to hold on to the tree branches. They sleep most of the day, and feed and move from tree to tree mainly at night.

The reason koala sleep for much of the day is because their food eucalyptus(桉树) leaves are very tough so they use a lot of energy to digest. Sleeping saves energy. Eucalyptus leaves are poisonous to almost every other animal. Koalas rarely drink water; they get water from the leaves they eat.

Each koala has a home range made up of several trees that they visit regularly. They normally do not visit another koala’s home trees except that a male is looking for a female to mate with.

1.Which of the following statements is NOT true about the name “koala bear”?

A．The name was given by the native in Australia

B．The word “koala” is an original English word

C．The name describes one of its living habits

D．The name is partly false

2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “punch”？

A．House            B．Cave             C．Pocket            D．Nest

3.Why do the koalas live in the south have thicker fur than those in the north?

A．The thicker fur can protect them from the colder weather

B．It’s always hot in summer in the north

C．It’s always cold in the winter in the south

D．They have to move to the north in the winter

4. Why do koalas sleep much in the day?

A．Their foods are poisonous

B．They want to save energy for the activities at night

C．They can’t get enough energy from their tough foods

D．They can’t get enough water from their leaves

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