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Once upon a time there was one storyteller. After getting tired of telling old fabricated stories, he left
his house in search of a real life story.
He reached a village and took a cottage for rent. After wandering in the village throughout the month,
in search of true stories, the storyteller couldn't find one. Disappointed, he decided to stop his search.
The next day, while sitting in the cottage, he suddenly heard a voice-a woman was yelling(吼叫)at
someone. The voice was coming from the big wall behind his cottage.
He tried to hear the conversation; it sounded like the woman was abusing(辱骂)her daughterinlaw.
The storyteller didn't like it but he was happy to finally get his story.
Listening to the conversations each day he added them to his story. Though he couldn't see the
characters of his story, he started hating the motherinlaw, as she seemed to be a villain(坏人).
Now it was time to finalize the end of the story. But before he did, the storyteller wanted to see the
characters once, so he climbed up the wall.
There he saw the motherinlaw sitting in a wheelchair. It seemed she was disabled and that the
daughterinlaw was resting nearby.
He saw the old lady trying to get some food lying on the table near her chair. But because of her
condition, she couldn't reach it and it looked like the daughterinlaw was enjoying the old lady's
helplessness. Suddenly the old lady fell from the chair and started abusing her daughterinlaw.
The storyteller went back and quickly changed the ending of the story. He was surprised how
different it was compared to what he originally thought it would be.Truly he had found both a real life
story and areal life lesson.
1. What's the meaning of the underlined word "fabricated" in Paragraph 1?
A. Funny.
B. Imaginary.
C. Amazing.
D. Romantic.
2. Why did the storyteller climb up the wall?
A. He thought he was strong enough to do it.
B. He expected to find out what was happening.
C. He would like to find a good ending for his story.
D. He wanted to have a look at the woman and herdaughterinlaw.
3. Why did the old woman start abusing her daughterinlaw?
A. Her daughterinlaw didn't take care of her.
B. Her daughterinlaw was too busy to help her.
C. Her daughterinlaw pushed her out of her wheelchair.
D. Her daughterinlaw didn't allow her to get food.
4. What lesson can we learn from the text?
A. No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
B. A good listener is not someone with nothing to say.
C. Don't just listen to one's words. Watch what one does.
D. Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens.
