A bag of potatoes
A teacher let her class _36_ a game. The teacher told each child to bring a _37_ containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be _38_ a name of a person that the child _39_, so the number of potatoes_40_ a child will put into his/her bag will depend _41_ the number of people the child hates.
Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others had _42_ to five potatoes. The teacher then told the children _43_ the bag wherever they go for a week.
As the days went by, the children started to complain _44_ the unpleasant smell coming from the _45_ potatoes. And the students _46_ five potatoes also had to carry _47_ bags.
After a week, the teacher asked,” How did you feel?” The children started complaining the _48_ they had to go through, when they had to carry the heavy and _49_potatoes everywhere they went.
Then the teacher said,” This is the _50_ when you carry your hate for somebody inside your heart. The smell of hate will _51_ your heart and you will carry it with you _52_ you go. If you cannot _53_ the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine _54_ it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your _55_?”
36A. to play B. play C. playing D. played
37A. bag B. box C. pocket D. purse
38A. give B. to give C. given D. giving
39A. like B. respect C. love D. hates
40A. that B. what C. which D. who
41A. in B. of C. on D. up
42A. up B. in C. take D. fall
43A. carry B. carrying C. to carry D. carried
44A. because B. how C. because of D. as
45A. good B. bad C. delicious D. rotten
46A. with B. have C. had D. has
47A. heavy B. light C. heavier D. lighter
48A. excitement B. happiness C. life D. trouble
49A. smelly B. tasty C. good D. ugly
50A. job B. situation C. fact D. idea
51A. excite B. affect C. pollute D. interest
52A. where B. when C. why D. wherever
53A. like B. accept C. bear D. realize
54A. what B. how C. which D. that
55A. work B. class C. lifetime D. family
36-40 BACDA 41-45 CACCD 46-50ACDAB 51-55 CDCAC