We're fortunate to live along a monarch butterfly migration(霸王蝶迁徙) path.Every fall,thousands of them fly through our backyard,heading south for the winter.We always thought that a butterfly with a broken wing was a sad sight,but we could do nothing about it.We were wrong!Jeannette Brandt was riding a bike near Hadley,in the southern Adirondacks of New York,a few weeks ago when she saw an injured monarch butterfly and took it home in an empty water bottle.Brandt and her partner,Mike Parwana,fed the butterfly pears and water sweetened with honey.The butterfly survived.But what to do about the broken wing?
The couple found an online video showing butterfly wing repair which was posted by Live Monarch Foundation of Boca Raton,Florida.The couple managed to repair the butterfly's wings.In another week,the butterfly was flying at the couple's home.But by then,it was too cold in New York to release(释放) the monarch into the wild.Monarchs are known for their 3,000mile migration from Central Canada to Mexico.But this migration is usually finished by the end of October,and it was mid-November
Then,the couple put the monarch in a shoebox and went to Scotty's,a truck stop north of Albany,NY.Finally,a good-natured trucker from Alabama,who was headed to Florida,volunteered to transport the monarch to the Sunshine State.Last Tuesday,the trucker called.The butterfly with the mended wing had been released in Florida,now free to join the millions of other monarch butterflies migrating south to the mountains of central Mexico.
42.The underlined word"survived"probably means"___".
A.died
B.kept alive
C.was thrown away
D.flew away
43.Florida is___.
A.in the north of the US
B.warm with sunshine in winter
C.the place where the couple live
D.cold all year round
44.The couple did all these EXCEPT___.
A.took care of the butterfly
B.repai