When l was about five years old, I lived with my family in Enterprise, Alabama. What makes Enterprise, Alabama especially memorable is a 41 monument they have in the middle of town. The monument is a 42 to the boll weevil(象鼻虫),which is a particularly ugly-looking creature. It's probably the only monument in the world erected(矗立) 43 an insect. It certainly wasn't done because of its aesthetic(美的)value. 44 ,it was erected because of the damage the boll weevil caused to the 45 crops of the surrounding area! Why did they 46 this pest? Well, had it not been for the boll weevil, the local economy would have 47 its unchangeable dependence on its one-crop, one-product economy. Until then, 48 depended entirely on cotton. When the boll weevil came, the farmers and all the other businesses that were reliant on the cotton farmers were forced to 49 the need to diversify. In the long 50 ,they saw that the boll weevil had, in fact, done them a favour by 51 their crops. No longer were their 52 a11 in one cotton basket. They 53 raising pigs, peanuts and other cash crops, and the entire area was 54 off for it. Too often, we see difficult times as something to 55 ,something only to endure. We usually don't see the benefit 56 much later at all. If we 57 the things in our lives that were the most 58 ,we have to 59 that there was value in it. Remember, it's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that makes the 60 in the quality of our lives. I believe that everything that happens can be a lesson. 41.A.strange B. beautiful C. solid D. simple 42.A.painting B. picture C. statue D. shape 43.A.in favour of B. in memory of C. in need of D. in praise of 44.A.Accidentally B. Surprisingly C. Hopefully D. Fortunately 45.A.cash B. corn C. cotton D. wheat 46.A.reward B. praise C. hate D. honor 47.A.continued B. started C. stopped D. hated 48.A.something B. none C. everything D. nothing 49.A.seize B. recognize C. create D. grasp 50. A. run B. direction C. period D. sense 51. A. fertilizing B. changing C. destroying D. covering 52. A. plans B. eggs C. wealth D. seeds 53. A. started B. ended C. kept D. preferred 54. A. wider B. richer C. worse D. better 55. A. remember B. avoid C. pass D. test 56. A. until B. when C. though D. unless 57. A. look back at B. turn over C. speak of D. look forward to 58. A. tiring B. trying C. promising D. interesting 59. A. consider B. understand C. prove D. admit 60. A. mark B. difference C. point D. influence
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