A wise man showed a prince a set of three small dolls. “This is a gift for a future king,” said the wise man. “If you look carefully, you’ll see a hole in one of the ears of each doll.” The wise man handed the prince a piece of string（线）. “Pass it through each doll,” he said.

The prince picked up the first doll and put the string into the ear with a hole. It came out from the other ear. “This is one type of person,” said the wise man. “Whatever you tell him comes out from the other ear. He doesn’t keep anything.”

The prince put the string into the second doll. It came out from the mouth. “This is one type of person,” said the wise man. “Whatever you tell him, he tells everybody else.”

The prince picked up the third doll and repeated the process. The string did not come out. “This is the third type of person,” said the man. “Whatever you tell him is locked up within him, it never comes out.”

“What is the best type of person?” asked the prince. The wise man handed him a fourth doll. When the prince put the string into the doll, it came out from the other ear. “Do it again.” said the wise man. The prince repeated the process. This time the string came out from the mouth. When he put the string into the doll for a third time, it did not come out at all.

“This is the best type of person,” said the wise man. “To be trustworthy（值得信赖的）a man must know when not to listen, when to speak out and when to keep silent.”

【小题1】How many dolls did the wise man show the prince in all?

A．3.

B．4.

C．5.

D．6.

【小题2】What happened when the prince put the string into the third doll?

A．The string didn’t come out at all.

B．The string came out from the mouth.

C．The string came out from the ear first, and then from the mouth.

D．The string came out from the other ear.

【小题3】What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 5 refer to?

A．The ear of the last doll.	B．The best type of the person.
C．Handing the prince a doll.	D．Putting the string into the doll.

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The third type of person is the most trustworthy according to the wise man.

B．When the prince put the string into the second doll, it came out from the ear.

C．The prince passed the string three times through the last doll’s ear.

D．The first doll stands for the type of person who keeps everything to himself.

【小题5】Why did the wise man show the dolls to the prince?

A．He wanted to give a gift to the future king.

B．He thought passing strings into dolls was an interesting game.

C．He wanted to show the prince how to tell different types of person.

D．He wanted the prince to know what the best type of person is.