On a farm lived a father and a son. The father always got up early and read books by the stove. One morning, the son came up to him and said, “Dad, I read books at night but forget most of them the next morning. What’s the good of reading? "
The father didn’t reply to his question at once. He passed him a basket that was used to carry coal. He said, “Get some water from the river with the basket and then I’ll tell you the answer.”
The son felt surprised but he did as his father said. He tried many times but every time the water leaked (漏掉) from the basket.
An hour later, the son came back with the empty basket and told his father it was impossible to hold water with the basket. The father said with a smile, “Yes, you are right, my son. The basket can't hold water. But did you notice the basket was different?” The son found the dirty basket had become clean. The father continued, “Reading is like holding water with the basket. Although we can't remember all we read, we have changed while reading.”
【小题1】The father was used to reading ________.
| A．at night | B．by the stove | C．with his son | D．in the library |
【小题2】The father asked his son to get ________with the basket.
| A．books | B．stoves | C．coal | D．water |
【小题3】The father and the son lived ________.
| A．in the city | B．with their relatives | C．on a farm | D．by the river |
【小题4】The basket had ________after the son used it to get water from the river.
| A．no difference | B．become clean | C．become dirty | D．been broken |
【小题5】From the passage, we know that ________.
| A．the father didn’t answer his son’s question because he thought it was stupid |
| B．the basket can hold water |
| C．we can’t remember all we read, so we don’t change at all while reading |
| D．reading can make a difference to a person |
