文章大意:本文讲述了一个小男孩将一只毛毛虫喂养成蝴蝶之后,小男孩想要将它放飞,但是每次蝴蝶都会自己回来。因此,作者感悟到人类和动物一样,都不愿意离开妈妈温暖舒适的怀抱。但是,如果我们不改变环境就不会见到新鲜的事物。
My 4-year-old son, Justin found a caterpillar (毛毛虫) and put it in a box. Each day, he ________ it fresh grass and leaves. In a few weeks, the caterpillar became fat and was ready to sleep. One morning we found it had ________ a cocoon (茧).
Justin was ________. He knew a moth (飞蛾) or butterfly was about to be born.
“Dad! ________ is happening. Come and look!” He shouted happily. We could clearly see the wings ________. A few days later, a beautiful black moth broke free from its cocoon.
The next day, Justin took the box outside, opened it, and the little moth flew out. It flew around the yard twice, ________, and landed on Justin’s arm. He picked it up and threw it in the air, ________ the moth came back again. He tried over and over to set it free, but each time it would return to his arm. It was afraid to ________ comfortable places and situations. It wanted to stay with something familiar and was afraid to move on and experience new things.
I was once that little moth. My cocoon was my mother’s love which made me comfortable like the moth, I didn’t want to fly too far from it. When my first job required me to move to a new city, I was afraid but later I chose to move there. And finally, I found I was happy about my ________.
Humans are animals of habit. We ________ change. However, if we don’t move, we won’t experience many new things. So spread your wings and fly.
11. A.caught | B.gave | C.carried | D.found |
12. A.become | B.eaten | C.caught | D.reached |
13. A.sad | B.scared | C.excited | D.bored |
14. A.Anything | B.Nothing | C.Everything | D.Something |
15. A.indoor | B.outdoor | C.inside | D.outside |
16. A.came up | B.came back | C.gave back | D.paid back |
17. 18. A.stay | B.feel | C.develop | D.leave |
19. A.decision | B.job | C.city | D.success |
20. A.enjoy | B.hate | C.plan | D.love |