《2025年名校课堂九年级英语下册人教版安徽专版》

哲理故事(2024·芜湖市三模）Mr. Green had a son with bad habits. One day，he took his son to a wise old man to ask for help.
The wise man took the boy for a walk through a garden. Stopping suddenly，he asked the boy to pull out a small plant growing there. The boy held the plant between his thumb(拇指）and forefinger(食指）and pulled it out. The old man then asked him to pull out a little bigger plant. The boy pulled hard and the plant came out，roots and all.
“Now pull out that one，” said the old man，pointing to a bush(灌木丛）. At last，the boy tried his best and pulled it out.
“Now take this one out，” said the old man，pointing to an apple tree. The boy held the tree and tried to pull it out. But it would not move. “It’s impossible to pull it out，” said the boy.
“So it is with bad habits，” said the scholar. “When they are young，it is easy to pull them out. But when they grow bigger，they cannot be pulled out easily. ”
The lesson with the old man changed the boy’s life. He gave up his bad habits and became an excellent man.
Don’t wait for bad habits to grow in you. Drop them while you have control over them，or they will get control over you.
21. To whom did Mr. Green take his son to ask for help?（不超过 10 个词）
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22. What happened to the apple tree when the boy tried to pull it out?（不超过 5 个词）
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23. What should we do with the bad habits before they get control over us?（不超过 10 个词）
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答案： Mr. Green took his son to a wise old man. /To a wise old man.@@It would not move. /It was still there. /It didn't move at all.@@We should drop them (before they get control over us). /Drop them (before they get control over us). /Give them up. /Get rid of them.