The Touchstone When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one

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The Touchstone When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for very little money.The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the cret of the “Touchstone”! The touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the cret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold. So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the ashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again becau they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the a. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold - throw it into the a. Pick up another. Throw it into the a. Pick up another. Throw it into the a. The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the a before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the a that when the one he wanted came along he still threw it away.So it is with opportunity. Unless we are careful, it’s easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand, and it’s just as easy to throw it away. 小题1:The man bought the book becau _____________.A．he wanted to read itB．it was very interestingC．there was a cret in the book D．he wanted to find the touchstone小题2:We can learn from the passage that the touchstone is _________.A．pureB．coldC．magicD．big小题3:Why did the man throw the pebbles into the a?A．Becau he didn’t want to get the same pebbles.B．Becau he didn’t want others to pick them up.C．Becau he didn’t like their ordinary looks.D．Becau he didn’t like the cold feelings.小题4:What does the author want to tell us in the passage?A．We should offer opportunities in our life.B．We should ek for opportunities in the world.C．We may ize opportunities when we are watchful.D．We may discover opportunities when forming habits. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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