There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.
One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.” The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her the secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, believing that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
36. Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl _______.
A. helped the butterfly escape from the thorn
B. felt sad, but she didn′t go up to help it
C. fell down on it too
D. failed to help it release from the thorn
37. The butterfly _________ after it was saved by the little girl.
A. flew away B. still died
C. changed into a fairy D. was more beautiful than before
38. The only thing that the little girl wanted was_________.
A. to be rich B. to have her own parents
C. to have a lot of friends D. to be happy
39. The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because ______.
A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn′t want her to die
B. the woman had lots of money to be shared after she died
C. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness
D. they wanted to pray for her after her death