不用绳子也能拴住的驴
In a small village, there lived a porter(搬运工) who had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil from the field to his house. Since the field was very far, the porter would rest under a tree, tying(拴) his donkey nearby.
One day, the porter forgot to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. When he reached the tree, he thought, “How do I tie this donkey today? He might run away when I sleep.” A wise man saw that and said, “Take the donkey to the place where you tie him every day. Pretend(假装) to tie him with an imaginary rope. He won’t run away.” The porter did what the wise man had said.
He left the donkey and went to take a nap. When he woke up, to his surprise and relief, he found the donkey standing in the same place. Soon the porter prepared to leave for home. But the donkey did not move. “What is wrong with this donkey?” the porter said in puzzlement. Luckily, the porter saw the wise man again. He told the wise man about the donkey’s strange behavior. The wise man said, “You tied up the donkey, but did you untie him? Go and pretend to untie the rope with which you had tied him.”
The porter followed the man’s advice. Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The porter understood that donkey was tied by its thought, but not the rope.
1.What did the porter forget to take with him?
A The money.
B The rope.
C The soil.
D The food.
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句One day, the porter forgot to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. 可知他忘记了带绳子，故选B。
2.What was the porter’s trouble?
A He couldn’t sleep without a rope.
B The donkey mIGHT get away without being tied up.
C The donkey couldn’t take a rest without a rope.
D The donkey wouldl not work without a rope.
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第三、四句How do I tie this donkey today? He might run away if I sleep.可知搬运工遇到的麻烦是没有绳子拴住驴，驴可能会逃跑，故选B。
3.What does the underlined word “nap” mean in Chinese?
A 小睡.
B 绳子.
C 点心.
D 饮料.
解析：选A。A词义猜测题。根据后面的wake up可推断前面讲的是搬运工“小睡了一会儿”，故选A。
4.Why didn’t the donkey move?
A He thought he was tied up.
B He was too tired to move.
C He didn’t want to go home.
D He didn’t want to work.
解析：选A。A 推理判断题。根据第三段的“You tied up the donkey, but did you untie him? Go and pretend to untie the rope with which you had tied him.”和第四段前两句“The porter followed the man’s advice. Now the donkey was ready to leave for home.” 可推断驴不动是因为它认为自己被拴住了，故选A。
5.What can we learn from this passage?
A Tie the donkey with the habit but not the rope.
B You can bond a donkey without a rope.
C A wise man helps a lot when you meet trouble.
D We tie ourselves with the thought not the rope.
解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据故事脉络及最后一段最后一句“The porter understood that donkey was tied by its thought, but not the rope.” 可知驴是被自己的思想束缚了，由此可推知本文意在告知我们很多时候我们是被自己的思想所束缚，而不是外在条件。故选D。