In a school some trouble was caused by the students. They are very naughty and didn’t obey the school rules.They often fought with each other and they didn’t forgive each other. One day a new teacher came to this school. When he heard that, he came up with a good idea.
He told each of his students to bring a clear plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn’t want to forgive in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the person’s name on it, and put it in the plastic bag.
Some of their bags were very heavy. They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus, and next to their desk at school. Days of carrying the bags around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. And they had to pay attention to it all the time so they didn’t forget it or leave it in embarrassing (令人难堪的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and smelt nasty.
Too often we think of tolerance as a gift to other people, and it clearly is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred (仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to carry them around all our lives. After that, the students got on well with each other and didn’t fight anymore. Learn to forgive , and you will be happier at the same time.
小题1:The new teacher asked the students to bring ________ to school.A．a clear plastic bag of potatoesB．a clear plastic bag and a potatoC．some clear plastic bags of potatoesD．a clear plastic bag and a bag of potatoes小题2:They wrote the person’s name on the potato, who________.A．they likedB．they didn’t forgiveC．hated themD．liked them小题3:The underlined word “tolerance” means________.A．感恩B．宽容C．仇恨 D．悔恨小题4:From this passage we can know that ________.A．we should learn to forgiveB．we should know something about potatoesC．we shouldn’t use plastic bagsD．we should take potatoes to school小题5:Which of following is NOT true?A．Tolerance is a gift for other people and ourselves.B．Carrying a bag of potatoes made the students embarrassed.C．The students had to take bags of potatoes with them everywhere.D．The students had to take bags of potatoes with them for about two weeks.