Question

Long long ago, there lived a wise master in the mountains. He was considered to be the cleverest man in the world. One day, an unhappy young man came to an old master and told him that he had a very sad life and asked for a solution.

The old Master ordered the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.

“How does it taste?” the Master asked.

“Terrible,” the young man answered, with a painful expression.

The Master then asked the Youngman to take another handful of salt and held it in his hand. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and the young man was asked to put his handful of salt into the lake.

The old man said, “Now drink from the lake.”

As the water went down through the young man’s throat, the Master asked, “How does it taste?”

“Good!” said the young man, in a pleased voice.

“Do you taste the salt?” asked the Master.

“No.”

The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said, “The pain of life is pure salt, no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the pain depends on the container we put it into. So when you are in pain, the key thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a lake.”

1.Why did the young man come to the old master?

A. Because he wanted to learn some living skills.

B. Because he wanted to ask for some advice.

C. Because he wanted to make friends with the master.

D. Because he lived close to the old master.

2.What did the master ask the man to do at first?

A. To put a handful salt in the lake.

B. To drink the salty water in the glass.

C. To taste the water in the lake.

D. To put some salt in the glass.

3.How did the man feel after he drank water from the lake?

A. He felt the water was terrible.

B. He felt unhappy.

C. He felt the water was OK.

D. He felt puzzled.

4.What does the underlined word “container” mean?

A. 条件 B. 容器 C. 结果 D. 集装箱

5.What’s the best title?

A. Salty water! B. Have a taste! C. Be a lake! D. No more, no less!

Answer 1