Ayoungfatherwasvisitinganoldneighbor．Theywerestandingin...

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A young father was visiting an old neighbor．They were standing in the old man’s garden，and talking about children．The young man said， “How strict should parents be with their children？”

     The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one．“Please untie（解开）that string，” he said. The young man untied it，and the young tree bent（弯）over to one side．“Now tie it again， please，” said the old man，“but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again．”

     The young man did so．Then the old man said， “There，it is the same with children．You must be strict with them，but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again． But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away．”

5．The story is about ___________．

     A．how to take care of young trees

     B．how strict parents should be with their children

     C．how the young father should get on with his old neighbor

    D．how to tie and untie the string

6．The young man untied the string ___________．

     A．in order to throw it away

    B．so that both of the trees would grow straight

    C．only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side

     D． in order to let the old man teach him

7．At last the old man told the young man ___________．

    A． that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet stand alone

   B． that he should always be strict with his children

     C． that he should be hard on them

     D． that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alone

8．In the story the relation（关系） of the big strong tree to the thin one is like that of ＿．

     A． the young father to the old neighbor     B． parents to their children

     C． the old neighbor to the children of the young father   D． grown up to their parents

【回答】

BDAB

知识点：人物传记 故事类阅读

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