Once a king was walking around a pool with his ministers（大臣）．Suddenly, he came up with（想出） an idea． He asked,” How many baskets of   1   are there in the pool?” The ministers couldn’t give an answer． The king was angry, “ You   2   answer my questions in three days!”

   Three days passed, but   3   of the ministers had the answer． Just then, a child said that he knew it． The king told the ministers   4   the child to the pool． To his surprise, the child   5   and said with a smile, “It is    6   ． No need to go to the pool．” This made the king pleased． “All right． Let us know   7  ．” The child said, “If you know the   8   of the basket, the answer is known．   9   it is as big as the pool, there is one basket of water; half as big, two baskets… ”“ Stop! That’s it ．You have got the answer． They were thinking of things   10   a wrong way ．”

    Sometimes to get out of the difficulty, one must change one’s way of thinking．

1． A． fish                      B． flowers                        C． water

2． A． can                       B． must                            C． may

3． A． none                     B． all                                C． one

4． A． led                        B． leading                         C． to lead

5． A． refused                 B． agreed                          C． thought

6． A． easy                            B． important                     C． hard

7． A． what’s it               B． where it is                    C． what it is

8． A． shape                    B． size                              C． weight

9． A． Because                B． If                                C． But

10． A． use                     B． in                                C． on

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Once a king was walking around a pool with his ministers（大臣）．Suddenly，he came up with（想出）an idea．He asked，“How many baskets of __1__ are there in the pool?” The ministers couldn’t give an answer．The king was angry，“You __2__ answer my questions in three days!”

Three days passed，but __3__ of the ministers had the answer．Just then，a child said that he knew it．The king __4__ the ministers to lead the child to the p001．To his surprise，the child  __5__ and said with a smile，“It is __6__．None need to go to the pool．”This made the king pleased．“All right! Let us know __7__ it is．”The child said，“If you know the __8__ of the basket，the answer is known．__9__ it is as big as the pool，there is one basket of water；half as big，two baskets…”“Stop! That’s it．You have got the answer．They were thinking of things __10__ a wrong way．”

Sometimes to get out of the difficulty，one must change one’s way of thinking．