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A long time ago, both thunder and lightning lived on the earth, among all the people. Thunder was an old mother sheep and Lightn
A long time ago, both thunder and lightning lived on the earth, among all the people. Thunder was an old mother sheep and Lightn
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2013-04-08
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A long time ago, both thunder and lightning lived on the earth, among all the people. Thunder was an old mother sheep and Lightning was her son, a handsome ram, but neither animal was very popular.
When anybody offended the ram, Lightning, he would fly into a furious rage and begin burning down huts and com bins, and even knock down large trees. Sometimes he damaged crops on the farms with his fire and occasionally he killed people who got in his way.
As soon as his mother, Thunder, knew he was behaving in this evil way, she would raise her voice and shout as loudly as she could, and that was very loud indeed.
Naturally the neighbors were very upset, first at the damage caused by Lightning and then by the unbearable noise that always followed his outbursts. The villagers complained to the king on many occasions, until at last he sent the two of them to live at the very edge of the village, and said that they must not come and mix with people any more.
However, this did no good, since Lightning could still see people as they walked about the village streets and so found it only too easy to continue picking quarrels with them. At last the king sent for them again.
"I have given you many chances to live a better life," he said, "but I can see that it is useless. From now on, you must go right away from our village and live in the wild bush. We do not want to see your faces here again."
Thunder and Lightning had to obey the king and left the village, angrily cursing its inhabitants.
Alas, there was still plenty of trouble in store for the villagers, since Lightning was so angry at being banished that he now set fire to the whole bush, and during the dry seasons this was extremely unfortunate. The flames spread to the little farms which the people had planted, and sometimes to their houses as well, so that they were in despair again. They often heard the mother ram’s mighty voice calling her son to order, but it made very little difference to his evil actions.
The king called all his councilors together and asked them to advise him, and at last they hit on a plan. One white-headed elder said: "Why don’t we banish Thunder and Lightning right away from the earth? Wherever they live there will be trouble, but if we sent them up into the sky we should be rid of them."
So Thunder and Lightning were sent away into the sky, where the people hoped they would not be able to do any more damage.
Things did not work out quite as well as they had hoped, however, for Lightning still loses his temper from time to time and cannot resist sending fire down to the earth when he is angry. Then you can hear his mother rebuking him in her loud rumbling voice.
Occasionally even his mother cannot bear to stay with him and goes away for a little while. You will know when this happens, for Lightning still flashes his fire on the earth, but his mother is so far away that she does not see, and her voice is silent.
选项
A、Lightning liked to tease people
B、Lightning was very patient with people
C、Lightning could not control his temper
D、Lightning liked to play jokes on people
答案
C
解析
概括题。人们一旦触怒了闪电,他就会烧毁房尾,撞倒大树。由此概括出了他的性格:不能克制自己,容易发脾气。
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