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Cloze 4 (2015江苏徐州)

       A wise man was walking from one town lo another with a few of his followers and they happened to pass a lake.So they stopped there to 1  for a while and the wise man said to one of his followers I am very 2  . Could you please get me some water from the lake?

       The follower walked to the 3  as the wise man requested. Some people were washing clothes in the water and right at that mo?ment several bikes started crossing the lake. 4  the water became very muddy at once.

      Then the follower 5  He told the wise man that the water was very muddy and not 6  to drink.

      After they had rested for about half an hour the wise man again asked the 7  follower to go back to the lake and get him some wa?ter to drink.As requested the follower went to the lake.This time he found that all the mud had gone down to the 8  . The water in the lake was very clear and looked fit to drink. So he 9  his water bottle and took it to the wise man.

      The wise man took the water bottle and drank then looked up at the follower. ⁴⁴ See what you did to make the water 10  ?”he said “ You let it be for a 11   and the mud settled down on its own —12 you could get some clear drinking water. Your mind can also be like that lake when it is 13  by something. If you just let it be and give 14   a little time it will most likely settle down on its own 15  putting in any effort at all to calm it."

      So we should find some time to calm down when we are stressed or angry next time.

   1.A. rest   B. look   C. watch   D. see

   2 .A. hungry   B. thirsty   C. happy   D. sad

   3.A. lake   B. town   C. bottle   D. bikes

   4.A. However   B. Instead   C. In addition   D. As a result

   5.A. refused   B. required   C. returned L) . replied

   6.A. fit   B. able   C. important   D. interesting

   7.A. different B .same   C. other   D. left

   8.A. top   B. left   C. bottom   D. right

   9.A. got   B. finished   C. reached   D. filled

   10.A. dirty   B. clear   C. fresh   D. sweet

   11. A. year   B. month   C. day   D. while

   12. A. so that  B. even though  C. because  D .when

   13.A. broken  B. left  C. disturbed   D. given

   14.A. him   B. it   C. me   D. us

   15.A. without   B. through   C. after   D. like

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1. A 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. B 11. D 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. ACloze 4[语篇解读]这是一篇哲理短文。一日，智者与他的追随者出行。经过一个湖泊时，他让一名追随者从湖里取水喝。当时恰...