The nature is full of mysteries. When autumn arrives in the United States and Canada, you can see one of nature’s, greatest scenes—the yearly migration (迁徙) of the monarch butterflies (帝王蝶).

No other butterfly in the world migrates like the orange and black monarch butterflies of North America. (A) They cannot live for long periods in cold weather. So each autumn around October, the butterflies travel up to 3,000 kilometers south to (B) ________. Some even fly to the mountains of Mexico. Plenty of monarch butterflies almost block out the sky. And you can hear their wings beating.

The butterflies usually spend two months reaching Mexico. After five months of stay, they head back north in spring. But not one butterfly finishes the whole round-trip. They (C) ________ eggs along the way and die. Three generations of butterflies will live and die during the spring journey alone. The fourth and final generations of the year are born in early autumn. But the butterflies hardly rest before starting the long journey south again to Mexico. The most amazing thing about these monarch butterflies is that they always return to the (D) ________ trees in Mexico that their great-great-grandparents used the winter before.

What mysterious monarch butterflies! They remind us of our nation. Millions of people, generation after generation use their blood and lives to build up our happy life. So as teenagers, we should (E) ________.

阅读短文，根据题目要求完成下列任务。

(1). 用英文写出文中(A)处They所指代的内容。______________

(2). 为文中(B)处选择一个适合的短语，使句意完整：________________________

A. see natural scenes

B. enjoy the warm sunshine

C. spend winter in warmer places

(3). 在文中(C)处和(D)处各填上一个适当的词，使文章的意思完整。

(C) ____________________ (D) ____________________

(4). 在文中找出一个与所给英文释义相匹配的单词。

___________________: all the members of a family of about the same age

(5). Complete (E) after you read the passage. ________________

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