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.”
1.A.
son B.
father C.
grandfather
D. grandmother
2.A.
so B.
but
C.
or
D. and
3.A.
time B.
place
C.
use
D. habit
4.A. house B.
beach C.
lake
D. river
5.A.
said B.
saw
C.
liked
D. did
6.A.
as B.
after
C.
until
D. before
7.A.
ran B.
rode C.
drove
D. flew
8.A.
difficult B.
interesting C.
impossible
D. unimportant
9. A.
hitting B.
trying C.
holding
D. studying
10.A.
hand B.
bottle C.
basket
D. coal
11.A.
sadly B.
hopefully C.
excitedly
D. happily
12. A.
forgot B.
realized C.
believed
D. remembered
13. A.
white B.
clean C.
new D.
black
14.A.
nothing B.
something C.
anything
D. everything
15.A.
different B.
relaxed C.
curious
D. worried