通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各小题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案将其字母编号填写在题号前的括号内。There was an old man who lived with his three sons. His sons were not good with each other,and they fought a lot. The 1 man decided to show them the importance of working together.
One day, the man asked his sons to get together and 2 a stick to each of them. Then he said,"Break it in half with your hands. The winner will get my gift."His sons were happy to hear that. They got the stick and broke it 3 in a few seconds.
"I'm the 4 ,"said the youngest son.
"It's me! I won it,"shouted the other sons.
"Please be 5 , my dear sons. The game is not over,"the old man said."Now, I will give you a bundle(捆) of 6 . This time, you will have to break them together as a bundle."His sons tried again and again, but they failed. They 7 and shouted,"No one can do it!"
The old man 8 them and said,"My dear sons! Breaking one stick was easy for you,but you couldn't break them in a bundle. As you can see, a bundle of sticks is 9 than one stick. If you 10 together, you will be stronger, too."The three sons then understood the power(力量) of working together. They promised their father they would always work together.