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There is a wonderful fable about a young orphan girl who had no family and no one to love her. One day,
feeling particularly
1 , she was walking through a meadow
2 she noticed a small butterfly
3 in a thorn
bush. The more the butterfly
4 to free itself, the
5 the thorns cut into its body. The young orphan girl
carefully
6 the butterfly from its captivity (围困).
7 flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful
fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in
8 .
"For your
9 kindness," the good fairy said to the girl, "I will grant (给予) you any
10 you would like."
The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, "I want to be
11 !" The fairy said, "Very well," and
leaned toward her,
12 in her ear. Then the good fairy disappeared.
13 the little girl grew up, there was no
one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her the
14 of her happiness. She would only answer, "It is
that I
15 a good fairy when I was a little girl."
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her,
16 that her fabulous
secret of happiness would die with her. "Tell us, please," they
17 , "Tell us what the good fairy said."
The lovely old woman
18 and said, "She told me that everyone, no matter how
19 they seemed, no matter
how old or young, how rich or poor, had
20 of me. If I would be loved, love and be lovable."
( )1. A. mean
( )2. A. while
( )3. A. stayed
( )4. A. expected
( )5. A. more
( )6. A. released
( )7. A. In spite of
( )8. A. despair
( )9. A. wonderful
( )10. A. promise
( )11. A. happy
( )12. A. gossiping
( )13. A. Once
( )14. A. purpose
( )15. A. listened to
( )16. A. confused
( )17. A. urged
( )18. A. relaxed
( )19. A. secure
( )20. A. memory |
B. unfit
B. when
B. lying
B. struggled
B. bigger
B. approached
B. Owing to
B. relief
B. generous
B. fortune
B. famous
B. whispering
B. Before
B. incident
B. heard from
B. certain
B. begged
B. smiled
B. anxious
B. sympathy |
C. comfortable
C. though
C. caught
C. hoped
C. more painful
C. helped
C. As for
C. disbelief
C. brave
C. wish
C. rich
C. telling
C. As
C. cause
C. dreamt of
C. doubtful
C. shouted
C. wept
C. unsafe
C. confidence |
D. lonely
D. as
D. playing
D. managed
D. deeper
D. assisted
D. Instead of
D. admiration
D. magical
D. belief
D. powerful
D. shouting
D. Until
D. secret
D. relied on
D. afraid
D. informed
D. sighed
D. wealthy
D. need |