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