WhenIwasaboutsixyearsold,mybrotherDavidandIvisitedouraunt,Mary.Westayedinherhouseforanight.Davidwasonly4yearsold,andwasstill(31)___ofthedark,soMaryleftthehalllightonwhenweslept.However,David
WhenIwasaboutsixyearsold,mybrotherDavidandIvisitedouraunt,Mary.Westayedinherhouseforanight.Davidwasonly4yearsold,andwasstill(31)___ofthedark,soMaryleftthehalllightonwhenweslept.
However,David(32)___thegreymoths(蛾)flyingaroundthehalllight.HeaskedMarytomakethemothsgoaway.Whensheasked (33)___,shesimplysaid,“Becausetheyareuglyandscary,Idon’tlikethem.”Marylaughedandsaid,“Beinguglyoutsidedoesn’t(34)___notbeingbeautifulinside.Infact,mothsareoneofthemostbeautifulanimalsintheanimalworld.
“Once,theangels(天使)were (35)___.Theyweresadbecauseitwasrainingheavily.The(36)___littlemothshatedtoseeotherssosad.Theydecidedtomakearainbow(彩虹)tocheeruptheangels.Theythoughtifthebutterflies(蝴蝶) (37)___,theycouldmakeabeautifulrainbowtogether.
“Thenoneofthemothswenttoaskthebutterfliesforhelp.Butthebutterfliesdidn’twantto (38)___anyoftheircolors,sothemothsdecidedtomakearainbowthemselves.Theybeattheirwingsveryhardandthecolorsonthemmadearainbow.Theykeptgivingalittlemoreandalittlemore (39)___therainbowwentacrossthesky.Theyhadgivenawayalltheircolorsexceptgrey,whichdidn’tmatchthebeautifulrainbow.
“Thentheonce-colorfulmothsbecame (40)___.Theanglessawtherainbowandsmiled…”Mybrotherwenttosleepwiththatstoryandhasn’tfearedmonthssincethen.
31.A.afraid B.sure C.proud D.happy
32.A.liked B.hated C.let D.killed
33.A.how B.what C.when D.why
34.A.mean B.make C.know D.hope
35.A.laughing B.playing C.crying D.talking
36.A.kind B.angry C.ugly D.sad
37.A.refused B.advised C.helped D.left
38.A.giveup B.pickup C.turnup D.lookup
39.A.unless B.until C.after D.since
40.A.red B.yellow C.green D.grey.