Awisemanwaswalkingfromonetowntoanotherwithafewofhisfollowersandtheyhappenedtopassalake.Sotheystoppedthereto 1 forawhileandthewisemansaidtooneofhisfollowers“Iamvery 2.Couldyouplease 3 mesomewaterfromthelake?”
Thefollowerwalkedtothelake 4 thewisemanrequested.Somepeoplewerewashingclothesinthewaterandrightatthatmomentseveralcarts(手推车)startedcrossingthelake. 5 thewaterbecameverymuddy.
Thenhewentbackandtoldthewisemanthatthewaterwasverymuddyandnot 6 todrink.
Aftertheyhadrestedforabouthalfanhourthewisemanagainaskedthe 7 followertogobacktothelakeandgethimsomewatertodrink.Asrequestedthefollowerwenttothelake.Thistimehefoundthatallthemudhad 8 tothebottom.Thewaterwasvery 9andlookedfittodrink.Sohe 10 hiswaterbottleandtookittothewiseman.
Thewisemantookthewaterbottleanddrankthenlookedupatthefollower.“Seewhatyoudid 11 thewaterclean?”hesaid.“Youletitbeforawhileandthemudsettleddownonitsown 12 youcouldgetsomecleardrinkingwater.Yourmindcanalsobelikethatlakewhenitis 13 bysomething.Ifyoujustletitbeandgiveitalittletimeitwillmostlikelysettledownonitsown 14 beingputinanyeffortatallto 15 it.”
1. A．rest B．look C．watch D．see
2. A．hungry B．thirsty C．happy D．sad
3. A．get B．give C．takeD．bring
4. A．while B．before C．as D．until
5. A．However B．Instead C．InadditionD．Asaresult
6. A．fit B．able C．importantD．interesting
7.A.different Bsame C.other D.left
8. A．gone B．been C．settled D．lived
9. A．dirty B．clear C．freshD．sweet
10. A．got B．finished C．reached D．filled
11. A．making B．tomake C．madeD．hadmade
12. A．sothat
