A woman repeated a bit of gossip（流言） about a neighbor. Within a few days, the whole village knew the story. The person she talked about was deeply hurt and angry.
Later, the woman spreading the rumor（謠言） learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
"Go to the marketplace," he said, "buy a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pick its feathers and drop them one by one along the road." Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, "Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."
The woman followed the same road, but she was so
discouraged when she found the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
"You see," said the wise man, "it's easy to drop them, but it is impossible to get them all back. So it is the same with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never completely undo（ 彌補(bǔ)） the wrong."
小題1:Why did the the woman feel sorry ?
| A．She didn’t know the story. |
| B．She hurt her neighbor deeply. |
| C．She was hurt deeply. |
| D．She was told an untrue story. |
小題2:What did the wise man tell the women to do?
| A．Kill a chicken. |
| B．Drop the feathers of a chicken. |
| C．Collect the feathers of a chicken. |
| D．All above. |
小題3:The underlined word “discouraged” might mean
.
| A．surprised | B．excited | C．upset | D．pleased |
小題4:Which of the following statements is true?
| A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all. |
| B．The wise man was not kind enough. |
| C．All the feathers had been blown away. |
| D．The woman was given a lesson. |
小題5:What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase______.
| A．覆水難收 | B．欲速不達(dá) | C．無(wú)中生有 | D．得道多助 |
