阅读理解。
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair and beard cut as always. He started to have a good
conversation with the barber who attended him. They talked about so many things on various subjects.
Suddenly, they touched the subject of God. The barber said," I don't believe that God exists as you say
so."" Why do you day that?" asked the client (顾客)." well, it's so easy; you just have to go out in the street
to realize that God does not exist.""Oh, tell me."" If God existed, would there be so many sick people? Would
there be so many abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't think
of God who permits all of these things." The client stopped for a moment thinking but he didn't want to
respond so as to prevent an argument.
The barber finished his job and the client went out of the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw
a man in the street with long hair and beard. Then the client again entered the barbershop and he said to the
barber," Knowing what? Barbers do not exist."
" How come they don't exist?" asked the barber,"Well I am here and I am a barber.""No!" the client
exclaimed,"They don't exist because if they did there would be no people with long hair and beard like that
man who walks in the street."
"Ah, barbers do exist, what happens is that people do not come to me." "Exactly!" affirmed the client.
"That's the point. God does exist, what happens is that people don't go to him for help. That's why there's
so much pain and suffering in the world."
1. The client was trying to prove that _____.
A. God exists
B. God permits suffering and pain
B. barbers do not exist
D. people have to look for God
2. According to the barber, if God existed, _____.
A. there would be so many sick people
B. there would be deserted children
C. there would be no suffering in the world
D. there would be no people with long hair and beard in the street
3. Why did the man in the street wear long hair and beard?
A. he was poor and had no money to go to the barber's
B. he was not willing to go to the barber's
C. it is fashionable to wear long hair and beard
D. it is not mentioned in the passage
4. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. the barber wad talkative
B. the client was very clever
C. God does exist
D. God does not exist
