Question

A young man went to visit a sage（智者）living deep in the mountains for the wisdom（智慧）of life. “Excuse me! Could you please tell me what is the most important day in our lives?” the young man asked. “The most important day in our lives is today,” the sage replied calmly.

“Why?” The young man felt more than surprised. “Is it because today is a great festival or there was a great event happening?” “No. Nothing special has happened today. Today is very important because today is the only thing we own. No matter how memorable（值得怀念的）yesterday is, it went away, no matter how bright tomorrow may be, it is yet to come, but no matter how simple today is, it is really at our hands. So work hard to celebrate the greatest festival in life. It is: Today!”

The young man still wanted to ask something, but the sage stopped him and said, “When we are talking about the meaning of today, we have missed a lot of it.” The young man agreed and then went down the mountain.

Actually today is the only time and luck we have. Therefore, what we should do now is to forget yesterday and tomorrow to celebrate the greatest festival by holding today!

1.The young man went to visit the sage to know .

A. when he was born B. if he would die on an important day

C. what the most important day in life was D. when was the most important festival

2.Why is today the most important day? Because .

A. today is a great festival B. there was a great event happening today

C. nothing special happened today D. today is the only thing we own

3.When we are talking too much without doing anything, we are .

A. having much fun B. missing too much of life

C. having the true meaning of time D. going to be a success

4.The best title of this passage is .

A. Today Is the Greatest Day in Life B. Yesterday Went Away

C. Tomorrow May Be Bright D. The Young Man and the Sage

Answer 1