Question

One day all the employees got to the office. They saw a big sign on the door: “Yesterday the person who’s been holding you back in this company died. We invite you to join the funeral in the biggest meeting room.” In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of this person. But after a while they started wondering who the dead person was.

As more people started coming into the meeting room and getting closer to the coffin (棺材), the doubt grew. “Who is holding me back? Well, at least he died,” everyone was thinking.

One by one the employees got closer. And when they looked inside it, they suddenly became silent. They stood there and couldn’t say a word, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their hearts. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself or herself.

There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: “There is only one person who can set limits to your growth: it is YOU.” You are the only person that can change your life. You are the only person that can make a difference to your happiness and your success. You are the only person that can help yourself. Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your partner changes or when your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when you go further than your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life. “The most important relationship you can have is the one you have with yourself.”

1.According to the sign on the door, the funeral was about a person that

A. always treated people nicely B. was strict with his workmates

C. had been holding someone back D. made great contributions to the company

2.What do you learn from the underlined sentence?

A. They felt sorry for this person’s death.

B. They felt relieved (釋然的) that this person had died.

C. They used to love this person very much.

D. They felt surprised about the bad news.

3.From the sign next to the mirror, we can see that _______ can limit your growth.

A. nobody B. parents C. workmates D. you

4.What does the story want to tell us?

A. Your future lies in your own hands. B. Getting along well with workmates matters.

C. Change your life by being a nice person. D. Teamwork is important to get things done.

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