An old man was fishing by a river. A child was watching him. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn’t take him much time to catch a basket of fish. The old man saw that the child was cute, and he wanted to give her the whole basket of fish. But the child shook her head.
The old man was surprised and asked ,“Why don’t you want the fish?”
The child replied,“I want the fishing rod(竿) in your hands.” The old man asked, “Why do you want the rod?”
“It won’t take long to eat up all the fish in the basket. But if I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by myself and I won’t be afraid of not having any fish to eat.” the girl answered.
I think you will certainly say that the child is very smart. Wrong! If she doesn’t know how to fish, she can’t have fish to eat, even though she has the fishing rod. It’s useless only having a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the most important, not the fishing rod.
Too many people think that if they have a “fishing rod”, they will no longer fear the difficulties in life. They are just like the child, who thought that if she had a fishing rod, she would have the fish to eat.
What was the child doing when the old man was fishing?

A．She was talking with him.

B．She was playing by the river.

C．She was watching the old man.

D．She was helping the old man.

Where did the old man put the fish?

A．In a basket.	B．In a bag.
C．In a glass.	D．In a box.

Why did the child refuse to get the fish?

A．Because she wanted to get the old man’s fishing rod.

B．Because the fish was not enough.

C．Because she didn’t like eating fish.

D．Because the fish was too small.

The writer thinks the child is__________.

A．hard-working	B．lazy
C．clever	D．silly

The story mainly tells us_______.

A．the “fishing rod” is harder to get than “fishing skills”.

B．if we have a “fishing rod”, we’ll have a lot of fish to eat.

C．if we have a “fishing rod”, we won’t have to fear anything

D．“fishing skills” are more important than the “fishing rod” in life.