五、完形填空。
Once a farmer had a fight with his neighbour. During the fight, the farmer got so angry that he said many bad and
1 words to his neighbour.
After some time, the farmer realized his mistake and wanted
2 his words back but he didn't know
3 to do. Just then, he got to know that a wise man was
4 his village. So, he decided to go to the wise man and ask for
5.
He went to the wise man and told him
6. He asked the wise man to tell him a
7 to take his words back. The wise man said to the farmer, “First, go and collect a lot of feathers. Put them into a(n)
8 basket and then place it in the middle of the village and go home.”
The farmer did as he was told. The next day, he went to see the wise man again.
The wise man said, “Now go and bring those feathers to me.” The farmer went to get those feathers, but when he got there, all the feathers had flown away because of
9.
The farmer returned to the wise man with his hands
10 and told him, “I couldn't bring back those feathers because there were none left in the
11. They were all blown away by wind.”
The wise man told him, “The same thing
12 to the words spoken by you. You can
13 say them but cannot take them back even if you want to. Before
14 something bad to someone in anger, you should always remember that your words cannot be taken back. Therefore, it is better
15 silent in the situation.”
Words can hurt others too. So always think before you speak.
(
D
)1. A. serious B. special C. important D. impolite
(
B
)2. A. take B. to take C. forget D. to forget
(
A
)3. A. what B. when C. where D. how
(
C
)4. A. searching B. checking C. visiting D. changing
(
A
)5. A. help B. excuse C. exercise D. example
(
B
)6. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
(
D
)7. A. path B. key C. road D. way
(
C
)8. A. closed B. locked C. open D. old
(
B
)9. A. rain B. wind C. snow D. basket
(
D
)10. A. full B. dirty C. tired D. empty(空的)
(
A
)11. A. basket B. village C. room D. pocket
(
C
)12. A. agrees B. helps C. happens D. decides
(
B
)13. A. carefully B. easily C. slowly D. correctly
(
D
)14. A. say B. to say C. said D. saying
(
C
)15. A. keep B. kept C. to keep D. keeping