Ⅲ.(2025苏州高新区月考)阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式(典故传说)
“Birds of a feather flock together.” is 10.
a
popular sentence in English. It usually describes how people of similar(相似的) 11.
minds
(mind) like to fall into the same group. In the Chinese language, it means “Wu Yi Lei Ju”, or “Things of a kind come together.”
12.
During
the Warring States Period, King Xuan of the Qi State loved to get many talents(人才) and scholars around. One day, the king asked a famous talent called Chunyu Kun 13.
to introduce
(introduce) more talented people to the state. The next morning, he brought seven talents to see the king. Being happy and 14.
surprised
(surprise) to see them in such a short time, the king asked Chunyu Kun right away, “Someone would be very lucky to find one talent in every 1,000 square kilometres or find one sage(圣人) every 100 years. How could you find seven great persons for me so 15.
easily
(easy)?” Chunyu Kun answered, “Dear king, it takes 16.
millions
(million) of years to find dry crops in a wet and low-lying(低洼的) field, 17.
but/while
you can find plenty of them in a highland. Animals of the same kind often move around in a team, and 18.
birds
(bird) of the same type often fly together. You asked me to search for talented people of my kind, so it is as easy as 19.
getting
(get) water from a big river.”
Since then, “Wu Yi Lei Ju” has found its way into Chinese as a popular idiom.