I angled 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 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 (缘故), 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 always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge barriers
facing me.
B. To look over the bad situation.
C. To escape a sudden attack.
D. To avoid getting his shoes dirty.
B. Being attacked by a butterfly.
C. Being stepped on by his mate.
D. Discovering the energetic butterfly.
B. people should show sympathy to the weak
C. how he should deal with attacks
D. people should protect butterflies
B. Amusing.
C. Courageous.
D. Aggressive.
young divorcee (离了婚的人) who lived there, was waiting by the roadside. She said that she had a 2 to
tell me.
About six months 3 it seemed that I had 4 a letter to her which had her street 5 on it but was
addressed to another house with the 6 number on a different street in her neighborhood. She decided to
drop off the letter to the correct house.
It turned out that the letter had been 7 for Johnson, who happened to be 8 . They talked for a little
while and later on he 9 . Then they started dating (约会) and had been going 10 together ever since.
I felt sorry for delivering the letter wrong, but I was 11 that I had brought these nice people together. A
few months later a(n) 12 sign went up in Christy"s yard, and then the wedding 13 were sent out. Soon the
house was sold, the wedding happened, 14 Christy, with her kids, moved into Johnson"s house.
A few months later, I saw a For Sale sign in 15 yard. I feared the 16 might be in trouble, so I made up
a(n) 17 to go to their door and check on them.
Christy opened the door, smiled broadly, and 18 to her huge stomach "We are having twins!" she said,
"This house won"t be big enough, so we have to 19 ."
I suddenly realized that my one 20 letter was now giving two little yet-to-be-born people a shot at life.
Great!
( )1. A. telephone | B. mailbox B. notice B. earlier B. written B. sign B. wrong B. prepared B. single B. invited B. in B. pleased B. At Sales B. preparations B. and B. his B. connection B. trouble B. attended B. settle B. misdelivered | C. school C. fact C. later C. delivered C. board C. same C. inferred C. lonely C. called C. away C. surprised C. On Sale C. invitations C. while C. my C. marriage C. excuse C. contributed C. separate C. lost | D. shop D. message D. before D. given D. number D. different D. intended D. free D. introduced D. off D. interested D. For Sale D. announcements D. until D. their D. wedding D. regret D. tried D. move D. delayed | |||||||||||
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Once there was an 11-year-old boy who went fishing with his father in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day before bass (巴斯鱼) season opened, they were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms. Then the boy tied on a small silver lure (鱼饵) and put it into the lake. Suddenly he felt that something very big pulling on the lure. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank. Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass. The boy and his father looked at the big fish. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 p.m.-two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. "You"ll have to put it back, son," he said. "Dad!" cried the boy. "There will be other fish," said his father. "Not as big as this one," cried the boy. He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were in sight in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father"s voice that the decision couldn"t be changed. He threw the huge bass into the black water. The big fish disappeared. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish. That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place. And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish... again and again... every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. For, as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. | ||||||||||||||
1. What happened when the big fish turned out to be a bass? | ||||||||||||||
A. The boy and his father discussed what to do with the big fish. B. The boy threw the bass back into the water willingly. C. The father lit a match in order to check the time. D. They worried other fishermen may discover what they had done. | ||||||||||||||
2. From the text we know that the father _____. | ||||||||||||||
A. didn"t love his son B. always disagreed with his son C. disliked the huge fish D. was firm and stubborn decisions. | ||||||||||||||
3. The successful architect went fishing with his children at the same place because ______. | ||||||||||||||
A. they might catch a big fish there B. he was taught a moral lesson there C. it was a most popular fishing spot D. their children enjoyed fishing there | ||||||||||||||
4. What does the story imply? | ||||||||||||||
A. It is easy to say something, but difficult to do. B. An ethical decision is always easy to make. C. It"s hard to tell right from wrong sometimes. D. Fishing can help one to make right | ||||||||||||||
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