阅读理解。
Is the servant clever or foolish?
This is an old story. It was first told long ago. A rich man wanted to make a journey to another town. He
was a businessman. He wanted to take things to sell. He also wanted to take some gold to buy some things
with. He decided to take ten servants with him. They would carry the things to sell and the food to eat on the
journey.
He was a kind man. He said to one of his servants, "You are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of
all my servants. You cannot carry a heavy load. You may choose the lightest load to carry."
The servant thanked his master. He pointed to the biggest load. This was bread for them to eat on the
journey.
"You are foolish," said his master. "That is the biggest and heaviest load." But the servant lifted up the load
cheerfully and the journey began. They walked for four hours. Then they stopped for a rest. They all ate some
of the bread. Then there was less bread for the servant to carry. The servant's load grew smaller and lighter
every day. At the end of the journey, the smallest servant had nothing to carry.
1. The rich man wanted to sell things and _____.
A. buy some gold
B. buy some gold with the money
C. buy some things with the gold
D. sell some gold
2. Before the journey began, the rich man said something to _____.
A. a businessman
B. one of his servants
C. the servants
D. some servants
3. The weakest servant _____.
A. asked for his master's advice
B. followed the master's advice
C. refused to accept the master's advice
D. took the advice another servant gave him
4. It took them _____.
A. less than four hours to finish the journey
B. some days to finish the journey
C. no more than four hours to finish the journey
D. only four hours to finish the journey
5. The smallest servant was very _____.
A. clever
B. foolish
C. honest
D. kind
