Once there was a king in Africa who had a close friend.The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and saying, "This is good!"
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting expedition.The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king.He did something wrong in preparing one of the guns.After taking the gun from his friend,the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.Examining the situation,the friend said as usual, "This is good!" The king replied, "No,this is NOT good!" and sent his friend to prison.
About a year later,the king was hunting in an area that he should have known to stay clear of.Cannibals (食人族) caught him and took him to their village.They tied his hands,
stacked some wood,set up a stake (樁) and jumped around the stake.
As they came near to set fire to the wood,they noticed that the king's thumb was missing.Because they never ate anyone that was less than whole,they untied the king and sent him on his way.
As the king returned home,he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend.He went immediately to the prison to speak with his friend. "You were right," he said, "it was good that my thumb was blown of. " And he told the friend all that had just happened. "And so I am very sorry for sending you to prison for so long.It was bad for me to do this."
"No," his friend replied,"This is good!"
"What do you mean?How could it be good that I sent my friend to prison for a year?" The king asked.
"If I had NOT been in prison,I would have been with you."
(1)What was the reason for the king's thumb being blown off?
A
A
A.The friend's mistake.
B.The king's carelessness.
C.The poor quality of the gun.
D.The weakness of the king's thumb.
(2)What does the underlined word"stacked" in paragraph 3 probably mean?
B
B
A.Burned up.
B.Piled up.
C.Picked up.
D.lifted up.
(3)Why did Cannibals set the king free?
A
A
A.The king lost a thumb.
B.The king missed his home.
C.The king said sorry to them.
D.The king wanted to get treated.
(4)What can we infer about the friend from the end of the passage?
D
D
A.He hated to leave the prison.
B.He would rather stay with the king.
C.He thought it good to do something wrong.
D.He might have been killed if he hadn't been in prison.