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Moths are very ugly creatures．At least that is what I always thought until a reliable source told me otherwise．My brother Joseph and I once stayed overnight at our Aunt Linda’s house, our favorite relative．She spoke to us like adults, and she always had the best  21 ．Joseph was only four and still afraid of the dark．Just as I dozed off to sleep, he woke me up and asked, “Jennie, what are those ugly things near the light?” He was pointing to the moths fluttering around the hall light．“They’re just moths, go to sleep,” I told him． He wasn’t  22  with that answer, so the next time my Aunt walked by the door he asked her to make the ugly moths go away．When she asked why, he said  23  , “Because they’re ugly and scary!” She laughed, rubbing his head, and asked, “Do you know why moths are brown?” Joe just shook his head． “  24  , moths were the most beautiful animals in the animal kingdom．They have always been helpful, kind, and  25  creatures．One day the angels up in heaven were crying．They were sad because it was cloudy and they couldn’t  26  the people on earth．Their tears fell down to the earth as  27  raindrops．Now that the sweet little moths  28  to see everyone so sad, they decided to make a rainbow．The moths  29  that if they asked their cousins, the butterflies, to help, they could all give up just a little bit of their colors and  30  , make a beautiful rainbow． One of the littlest moths flew to ask the queen of the butterflies for help．31  , the butterflies were too vain and selfish to give up any of their colors for neither the people nor the angels．So, the moths decided to make the rainbow themselves．They  32  their wings very hard and the powder on them formed little clouds．They kept giving a little more and more  33  the rainbow stretched all the way across the sky．They had given away all their colors except brown, which didn’t  34  their beautiful rainbow． Now the once colorful moths were  35  and brown．At the rainbow, the angels up in heaven became joyous．They smiled and the  36  of their smiles shone down on the earth as sunshine．It made the people on earth cheerful and they smiled, too．Now every time it rains the baby moths, who still have their colors, spread them  37  the sky to make more rainbows．” My brother sank into deep  38  with that story and hasn’t feared moths  39  ．The story my aunt told us had been gathering  40  in the back corners of my brain for years． 21．A．jokes                     B．editions                  C．stories                   D．memories 22．A．familiar                  B．content                  C．impressed              D．confirmed 23．A．cautiously              B．casually                  C．simply                   D．anxiously 24．A．By all means           B．In any circumstance C．To be honest         D．At one time 25．A．generous                B．aggressive              C．considerate            D．faithful 26．A．hang out with         B．show concern for   C．take control of        D．look down upon 27．A．constant                 B．endless                   C．occasional              D．permanent 28．A．hesitated                B．declined                 C．intended                 D．hated 29．A．clarified                 B．figured                   C．recommended        D．predicted 30．A．moreover               B．therefore                C．meanwhile             D．instead 31．A．Unexpectedly          B．Obviously               C．Eventually              D．Strangely 32．A．expanded               B．struck                    C．beat                       D．stretched 33．A．until                       B．before                    C．while                     D．after 34．A．adapt to                 B．bring out                C．make up                D．fit into 35．A．ordinary                 B．common                C．plain                      D．awful 36．A．warmth                  B．strength                 C．truth                      D．wealth 37．A．beyond                  B．through                  C．under                    D．across 38．A．thought                  B．dream                    C．sleep                     D．curiosity 39．A．though                   B．since                      C．anyway                 D．later 40．A．powder                  B．rainbows                C．dust                      D．shadows 答案：CBCDA DADBB ACADC ADCBC

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