阅读下面的短文,从短文后所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
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(剪刀) 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 crawl 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!
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A.hole |
B.worm |
C.tail |
D.snake |
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A.it |
B.it’s |
C.itself |
D.its |
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A.decided |
B.asked |
C.showed |
D.ordered |
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A.afraid |
B.interested |
C.surprised |
D.grateful |
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A.slimmer |
B.bigger |
C.shorter |
D.smaller |
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A.touched |
B.sounded |
C.looked |
D.smelt |
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A.wings |
B.feet |
C.eyes |
D.head |
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A.success |
B.excitement |
C.kindness |
D.humour |
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A.get |
B.getting |
C.to get |
D.got |
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A.ready |
B.quiet |
C.glad |
D.used |
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A.Somewhere |
B.Something |
C.Some time |
D.Sometimes |
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A.as helpful as |
B.as weak as |
C.as strong as |
D.as creative as |
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A.repeats |
B.recommends |
C.requires |
D.represents |
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A.happiness |
B.difficulties |
C.pleasure |
D.hope |
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A.served with |
B.growing into |
C.bringing in |
D.faced with |
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