One day at the end of the class, a wise teacher told each of her students to   1  a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.
The next day she told her students: “From today on, for every person you don't like in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person's name and the date   2  it and then put it in the plastic bag.” Day after day, some of the students' bags were very   3 . They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere they went for a week. They would put it inside their quilts 4  , on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at school. The days carrying the bag around with them   5  students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to it all the time   6  they wouldn't forget it. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and   7  nasty(恶心). They all tired to get rid of them.
Too often we think of tolerance（宽容）as a gift to   8  people, and it clearly is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred（仇恨）in our   9 , we will have to
carry them around all our lives.
Do you think you have got   10  from the wise teacher and what she asked her students
to do?

【小题1】

A．take B．bring C．put D．show

【小题2】

A．in B．at C．on D．with

【小题3】

A．heave B．strong C．light D．big

【小题4】

A．in the morning B．in the afternoon C．during the day D．at night

【小题5】

A．kept B．made C．asked D．allowed

【小题6】

A．as soon as B．since C．so that D．until

【小题7】

A．sounded B．tasted C．smelt D．felt

【小题8】

A．another B．other C．the other D．others

【小题9】

A．hands B．eyes C．stomachs D．hearts

【小题10】

A．anything B．nothing C．somebody D．Anybody

An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the   16  got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌).
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you   17  I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the   18  of reading it?”
The grandfather said, “Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the   19  and bring me back a basket of water.”
The boy did as his grandfather   20  ,but all the water ran   21  he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.”
This time the boy   22  faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was   23  to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, “I just want a basket of water. You’re not   24  hard enough.”
The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the   25  into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said   26  ,“Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”
“Watch the basket.” said the grandfather.
For the first time the boy   27  the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a   28  one, inside and out.
“Boy, you might not understand or remember   29  when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be   30  ,inside and out. That’s what you got from it.”

【小题1】

A．son B．father C．grandfather D．grandmother

【小题2】

A．so B．but C．or D．and

【小题3】

A．time B．place C．use D．habit

【小题4】

A．house B．beach C．lake D．river

【小题5】

A．said B．saw C．liked D．did

【小题6】

A．as B．after C．until D．before

【小题7】

A．ran B．rode C．drove D．flew

【小题8】

A．difficult B．interesting C．impossible D．unimportant

【小题9】

A．hitting B．trying C．holding D．studying

【小题10】

A．hand B．bottle C．basket D．coal

【小题11】

A．sadly B．hopefully C．excitedly D．happily

【小题12】

A．forgot B．realized C．believed D．remembered

【小题13】

A．white B．clean C．new D．black

【小题14】

A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything

【小题15】

A．different B．relaxed C．curious D．worried