A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole neighborhood knew the story. The neighbor was deeply hurt. Later the woman spreading the gossip learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.

“Go to the marketplace,” he said. “and buy a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pluck (拔) its feathers and drop them one by one along the road. ” although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.

The next day the wise man said, “ Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me. ”

The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.

“ You see, ” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, but it’s impossible to get them back . so it is with gossip. It doesn’t take much to spread a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo(彌補(bǔ)) the wrong.”

1.The woman was very _________ the harm she had done to her neighbor.

A. happy about B. angry about

C. sorry for D. excited about

2.Which of the following statements is true?

A. The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all.

B. The wise man was not kind enough.

C. The woman found all the feathers at last.

D. The woman was given a lesson.

3.What did the wise man ask the woman to do those for ?

A. He wanted to fool her .

B. He wanted her to understand something .

C. He wanted her to learn how to kill a chicken .

D. He wanted her to help her neighbor.

4.What’s the main idea of the passage ?

A. A wise man is helpful .

B. Don’t spread the gossip unless it’s true .

C. It’s easy to hurt others , but it’s hard to repair the harm .

D. Never make any mistakes .

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