HonestladybirdsAstrangelegendhasitthatladybirdsforgivebutdon'tforget.Apparentlyatfirsttheydidn'thavetheirtypicalblackspots.Theladybirdshadbeenpushedtotheedgeofextinctionbecausetheirfamousguidedisappearedintothefloodandthefewladybirdswhosurvivedhadtochooseanewguide.TheydecidedthattheirnewguidewouldbethefirstladybirdtosuccessfullytravelsouthtotheGreatLakeandreturntodescribeit.
Manyyoungladybirdseagerlylaunchedthemselvesintothisadventure.Onebyonetheyreturnedandtoldofhowbeautifulthesouthernlakewas.Howeverthelastoftheladybirdswaslateingettingback.Whenhefinallyreturnedhewassadandembarrassed.Hehadn'tmanagedtoreachthelake.
Followingtheirnewguidetheyspentamorningwalkingnorthwardsuntiltheyreachedsometallthickgrasslandwheretheystoppedastonished.InfrontofthemwastheGreatLake!Butitwasnotbeautiful.Theheavyrainhadturneditintoahugegreenpoolsurroundedbymud.
Everyoneunderstoodwhathadhappened.Withoutrealizingittheyhadbeensweptbeyondthelakebytheflood.Whentheladybirdshadgoneoutloo?kingforthelaketheyhadgoneinthewrongdirection.Nowtheycouldseethatapartfromthatonelateladybirdtheyhadallliedtogetwhattheywanted.
AndsothelatelittleladybirdtheonlyonewhotheynowreallytrustedwasmadetheGreatGuide.Theyalsodecidedthateverytimeoneofthemwasdiscoveredlyingtheywouldpaintablackspotonthatladybird'sbackandthere'dbenowaytoeraseit.Fromthenonwhenaladybirdlooksatanother'sbackitcantellwhetherthatladybirdistrustworthy.
Likewisewhenpeopleshowthemselvestobedishonestotherpeoplepaintspotsontheirimpressionsofthem.
1.Accordingtothepassagewhywouldtheladybirdsbeextinct?
A.Afighthappenedamongtheladybirds.
B.Theclimatewasn'tfitfortheladybirds.
C.Thediseasespreadamongtheladybirds.
D.Theirfamousguidedisappeared.
2.Whowouldbeanewguideoftheladybirds?
A.Theonewhosuccessfullyflewsouth.
B.TheonewhodescribedtheGreatLakeindetail.
C.Theonetravellingtothenorthernlakeandreturning.
D.Thefirstonetrave