阅读下面语篇， 从各小题所给的 A、B、C三个选项中， 选出最佳选项。While walking through the desert, a young man came across a spring of delicious clear water. The water was so 1 . He put it into his leather container(皮革容器) so he could bring some back to his teacher.
After a four- day journey, he 2 the water to his teacher. After the old man took a deep drink, he smiled 3 and thanked his student for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart.
Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It had become bad because of the 4 leather container. The student asked his teacher," The water was really bad. Why did you show that you 5 it?"
The teacher replied," You only tasted the water. I tasted the 6 . The water was simply a container for an act of loving- kindness and7 could be sweeter."
We understand this 8 best when we receive gifts of love from young children. No matter what the gift is, it is natural to enjoy it and express thankfulness because we don't 9 the thing but the idea within the gift. After all, a gift10 the heart is really the gift of the heart. That's what we need to remind us.
