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One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a
horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, "It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing
but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the
horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries (樱桃).
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or
even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped
a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another
cherry and once again, his son lost on time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas
had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent (弯腰) down early to pick
up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always
remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great
things."
1. Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
A. The son
B. The father
C. Both the father and the son
D. Neither the father nor the son
2. The farmer bought _____ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
A. some bread
B. some water
C. come cherries
D. some pennies
3. When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _____.
A. beat the son
B. said nothing
C. felt very happy
D. became very angry
4. The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _____.
A. he wanted to teach his son a lesson
B. he wanted his son to do more exercise
C. he wanted his son to eat them all
D. he wanted to laugh at his son
5. From the story, we can learn that _____.
A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them
B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
C. if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe
D. if we don’t worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things
