B. Not getting enough sleep can lead to illness.
C. We should take as many vitamins as possible every day. D. Alcohol and tobacco won’t be on sale soon. A. it is very hard to get rid of stress B. people must take a walk in a park every day
C. you will never become ill if you eat properly D. our lifestyle has a lot to do with our health A. prove the importance of a healthy lifestyle B. advise us to stay away from alcohol and tobacco C. tell us how to live a healthy lifestyle D. teach us how to get rid of stress
D
There was a noble king who offered 1,000 gold coins to anyone who composed original Sanskrit verses(诗句，诗篇). Lots of great scholars and Brahmins(文人雅士) came to his Assembly to present their works but every time they found that their works were heard previously. The king had four pundits(专家): one was Empathy who remembered after listening anything once; another was Dispatch who remembered anything after listening twice; the third one was Tripartite who remembered anything after listening the fourth one was Chaturpathi who remembered anything after listening four times.
So every time a pundit would come and recite a Sanskrit sloka, the Empathy would recite it again. Having heard it twice, the Dispatch would say that this is not original as he also heard this… and so on. Thus, the king would not have to give out 1,000 gold coins to any one.
Once a poor Brahmin after unsuccessfully presenting his work to the king went to Kalidasa and sought his guidance. Kalidasa wrote him an original verse and asked him to present it to the king. The next day, when the Brahmin went to the king’s court and said his original sloka, none of the pundits recited it back. So the king had to award 1,000 gold coins and then asked the pundits why they did not recite back.
The pundit told that the meaning of the sloka was: O King, please return the 1,000 gold coins that your father took from my father…If they had recited back, then it would prove they had in fact been a witness to the king’s father having taken 1,000 gold coins. And as they kept quiet, the king had to give 1,000 gold coins.
69. Many scholars presented their works but fails to get the 1,000 gold coins because . A. their works were not original
B. the king was not satisfied with their works
C. the four pundits could make scholars believe that their works were not original D. the four pundits had composed the same works before the scholars 70. The underlined word probably means . A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times 71. What can we learn from the text?
A. The king gave the coins to the poor Brahmin because of his excellent performance. B. The king as well as his four pundits was touched by the Brahmin’s works
C. The four pundits refused to recite back the Brahmin’s works for no reason.
D. Whether the pundits recited the verse back or not, the king had to give the coins to the Brahmin.