Question

Once upon a time , there was a saint . In his final years, someone asked him about teachers from whom he had learned all wisdom, so the saint told him three stories:

One day, I visited a village. It was late and no one was outside. At last, I saw a man who was trying to make a hole in a wall. I asked him if I could find a place to stay. He replied that I could stay with him if I didn’t mind staying with a thief. I stayed with him for a month. Every night, he would go out to “work.” Mary times, he would come back with nothing. However, He never lost hope and said, “Tomorrow I will try again.” In the past years, there were many moments when I became so hopeless that I just wanted to give up what I was doing. And then suddenly, I would recollect the words of the thief.

There was another day when I was walking along the bank of a river. I saw a dog who was very thirsty and wanted to drink water from the river. However, he was afraid of his own image reflected in the water. He looked into the river, barked and then ran away. He did this several times. Finally, he managed to take a drink from the river despite his fears.

I met a little boy the other day in a small town. He was carrying a lighted candle with him. I

asked him , “Did you light the candle by yourself?” He said yes. I asked him again, “Then can you tell me where the light came from?” The boy laughed. He blew out the candle and asked me, “You see, I just put out the candle. Could you tell me where the light has gone?” I couldn’t answer and he told me, “It has returned to where it came from. “Since then, I have dropped all conceit(自责).

I have had no teachers, but it doesn’t mean that I have nowhere to learn the wisdom of life.

1.What did the saint learn from the thief?

A. Never lose hope B. Never stay with a thief

C. Never steal things D. Never make a hole in a wall

2.Why didn’t the dog drink water from the river at first?

A. Because he was afraid of falling into the river.

B. Because there was another dog barking at him

C. Because he didn’t think the water was clean enough

D. Because he was scared by his own image in the river

3.What’s the probably meaning of the underlined phrase “put out”?

A. Put down B. Go out C. Take out D. Give away

4.What can you learn from the stories?

A. People shouldn’t look down upon children

B. It was not easy to be a saint in ancient time

C. It was great to overcome the fear in the bean

D. The wisdom of life is from many different people

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. How to become a saint B. The wisdom of life

C. The saint and his teachers D. The road to be a saint

Answer 1