When Mencius(孟子)was a small boy, his father died．So Mencius and his mother were quite poor．One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth(布)．It was very beautiful and expert-sive．
“How much of your book have you read today?”Mencius' mother asked him．Mencius threw down his book．“I haven't read any of it,”he replied,“I played with some friends of mine in the fields．”
When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors(剪刀)and cut the cloth．
“Why have you cut your cloth?”Mencius asked．“It was so beautiful and now you've wasted(浪费)it．”“You have wasted your time,”his mother said．“Now I have wasted mine．Look at the terrible thing we have done．”
Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson．After that, he always studied hard．
(1)
When did this story happen?
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A．
Not long before liberation(解放)．
B．
More than 2,000 years ago．
C．
About 400 years ago．
D．
In the 18th century．
(2)
Mencius and his mother were quite poor because ________．
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A．
they had to spend a lot of money on beautiful and ex-pensive cloth
B．
Mencius was young and he couldn't work
C．
his father died when Mencius was a child
D．
Mencius' schooling cost them much money
(3)
What was Mencius doing while his mother was cutting the cloth?
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A．
He was reading his book．
B．
He was playing in the fields．
C．
He was trying to help her．
D．
He was watching strangely(奇怪地)．
(4)
When the mother knew Mencius had played in the fields, she was ________．
