7 . Yang Shi was clever when he was a child. He entered school to study at four and could read and write poems at the age of seven. The local people called him a talented man. He was well-known everywhere.
One day, Yang Shi and one of his schoolmates had different views on a certain question. In order to get a correct answer, he went to visit Cheng Yi, a famous philosopher(哲学家). At Cheng Yi’s house, however, the guarding kid said to him, “Mr. Cheng is napping(睡午觉). You’d better go back and come later.” Yang replied, “It doesn’t matter. I’ll wait here for a while.”
After a while, it began to snow heavily. However, Yang kept on standing in the snow and waiting for Cheng so that he could ask Cheng questions. The little kid kindly reminded Yang that Cheng might not wake up in a short time and invited him to warm himself in the house. But Yang continued waiting outside against the cold wind and the falling snow without even one move.
When Cheng woke up and came out of his study, the little kid reported to him that Yang Shi was waiting outside the door. Cheng Yi asked the kid to let Yang in right away. When the little kid opened the door, everyone was shocked. The snow outside was more than a foot deep, but Yang still stood there without moving his feet. “Young man, why are you so silly? You could have come again!” Cheng Yi said to Yang Shi in his study. “It’s OK! As a student, if I want to learn from the master, of course I should wait outside the door,” Yang answered. Later, Cheng Yi accepted Yang Shi as his student.
1. When could Yang Shi write poems?
| A．After three years of school. | B．After four years of school. |
| C．When he was four. | D．At the age of six. |
2. Which is the right order according to the passage?
①The guarding kid invited Yang Shi to warm himself.
②Yang Shi became a student of Cheng Yi.
③It started to snow heavily.
④Cheng Yi came out of his study.
3. Why was everyone shocked to see Yang Shi?
| A．Because he was playing with snow. | B．Because he was standing in the deep snow. |
| C．Because he was reading in the snow. | D．Because he was running in the snow. |
4. What can we learn from the story?
| A．We should learn to be patient to wait. | B．We must solve our problems by ourselves. |
| C．We students should learn to help each other. | D．We students should respect our teachers. |
