Having searched for many years, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, where he would find a well. “Ask the well what is
, ” he was advised, “and the well will reveal (揭露) it to you.” After finding the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important
. And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroads, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
With his heart full of
, the man ran to the crossroads only to
three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold
, and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to
much to do with the revelation of truth.
Depressed and
, the seeker returned to the well to demand an
, but he was told only: “You will discover in the future.” With years
by, the memory of his experience at the well gradually
until one night. While he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music
his attention. It was wonderful and it was
played with great skill and
.
and moved deeply, the truth seeker felt drawn towards the
. He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful
: the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like
he had once seen in the three stores.
Eventually he understood the
of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our
is to gather and use them in the proper way. Nothing is
so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have
by considering the fragments alone.
| 小题1: | | A．life | B．dream | C．truth | D．success |
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| 小题2: | | A．cause | B．reason | C．problem | D．question |
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| 小题3: | | A．energy | B．hope | C．happiness | D．strength |
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| 小题4: | | A．find | B．observe | C．understand | D．feel |
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| 小题5: | | A．instruments | B．clothing | C．furniture | D．wood |
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| 小题6: | | A．have | B．link | C．connect | D．relate |
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| 小题7: | | A．surprised | B．shocked | C．disappointed | D．excited |
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| 小题8: | | A．excuse | B．explanation | C．advice | D．opportunity |
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| 小题9: | | A．gone | B．passed | C．pass | D．going |
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| 小题10: | | A．doubled | B．forgot | C．disappeared | D．recovered |
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| 小题11: | | A．paid | B．caught | C．focused | D．fixed |
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| 小题12: | | A．inspiration | B．courage | C．thought | D．wisdom |
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| 小题13: | | A．Annoyed | B．Affected | C．Confused | D．Frightened |
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| 小题14: | | A．composer | B．director | C．adviser | D．player |
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| 小题15: | | A．imagination | B．appreciation | C．recognition | D．admiration |
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| 小题17: | | A．theory | B．message | C．secret | D．note |
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| 小题18: | | A．project | B．difficulty | C．task | D．shortcoming |
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| 小题19: | | A．available | B．successful | C．accessible | D．meaningful |
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| 小题20: | | A．foreseen | B．witnessed | C．judged | D．formed |
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