20.A.study          B.exercise        C.rest           D.think

 (E)

Long, long ago,human beings used to walk barefooted.A king happened to travel  1  into the countryside.He was greatly troubled by the rugged (崎岖的)  2   where gravel (碎石) and broken stones pricked (使刺痛) and numbed (使麻木) his __3  .When he returned to his palace he issued an order that all the roads be  4  with cattle hide (牛皮).He thought it was  5  not only to himself but also to the people and  6   walking would no longer be a painful thing.

     But  7   all cattle in the kingdom were killed there  8   not be enough hide to get the work done.Evidently it was a stupid  9  .As it was an imperial order people could do nothing but shake their heads and  10  .At this juncture a clever servant in the palace  11   to make a suggestion."Your Majesty,why don’t take an easier way? You don’t have to mobilize so many people,to have so many oxen killed,nor so much money  12  .What you have to do is simply to cover each of your feet with a piece of hide."Surprised and  13  ,the king immediately changed his mind and adopted the  14 

  This is  15   to be the origin of using leather to make shoes.Though it sounds  16   and strange,it inspires us to think.It is much easier to change  17   than to change the world.So it will be much better for one to change oneself before one  18   an attempt to change the outer world.Why don’t try to put yourself on the  19   of the person you deal with? You will find it easier to solve a problem  20   you change your way of thinking.

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