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35~38題為題組    Along time ago in India there lived a young couple. The young couplehad wanted a child very much, and when they finally had a baby, theyloved him with all their hearts. However, before the baby was oneyear old, he became sick and soon died. Theyoung couple cried and cried and could not stop. They would not letanyone bury the child and asked everyone to help them findthe medicine that would make their son come back to life again.   Thepeople in the village did not know what to do. They thought theyoung couple had gone crazy over the death of the baby. Thevillagers were worried that the young couple would not be able toreturn to their old way of life if they continued to focus on thedeath of the baby. One day, a wise man from another village came tothe young couple and told them that perhaps they could seek help fromthe Buddha.   Thecouple rushed to pay the Buddha a visit. After they explained theirreason for visiting, the Buddha nodded and said, “Ihavewhat you are looking for. But the medicine is missing oneingredient.”“What’sthe ingredient?”asked the couple anxiously, “Wewill find it for you!”   AllI need is a handful of mustard seeds,”said the Buddha slowly, “but it must come from the family where no one has died. That means nochild, no spouse, and no parent has died in the family.”The young couple were so anxious to bring the baby back to life thatthey didn’tthink about the Buddha’swords and set out to look for the mustard seeds. However,after months and months of searching, they came to realize that theBuddha’srequest was impossible to fulfill.   However,the young couple learned something important during their search forthe mustard seeds. They saw that every family they visited had lostsomeone, be it a child, a parent, or a spouse. All of these familieslearned to go on with their lives after the loved one’sdeath. Thecouple saw that death was a part of the life cycle, and as painful asit was for them, it was part of life. The families’stories and talks helped the young couple feel better, and theyrealized they were not alone. But most importantly, they learnedthat they could continue to live a normal life after the death oftheir child.
35. Why did the couple go to see the Buddha?
(A)They wanted to have their dead child alive again.
(B) They wanted to have another child.
(C) They wanted the Buddha to bless the dead child.
(D) They wanted the Buddha to help them bury the child.[!--empirenews.page--]

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答案：[無官方正解]
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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