Looking straight into my eyes, she said, “Tsholofelo, why were you so unhappy when I requested you to prepare a meal for those poor people?” Despite my attempt to deny her allegation (断言), and using the heat of the fire and the sun as an excuse for my alleged behavior, Mother, giving me a firm look, said, “A foot has no nose.” It means, “You can’t detect what trouble may lie ahead of you.” Had I denied the group of people a meal, it may have happened that, in my travels some time in the future, I found myself at the mercy of those very individuals. As if that was not enough to shame me, Mother continued, “A person is a person because of another person.”
1. We learn from the passage that Tsholofelo’s mother often _____.
A. quoted proverbs when she was talking with others
B. asked Tsholofelo to read more proverbs
C. collected proverbs in her spare time
D. used proverbs to teach Tsholofelo
2. What was Tsholofelo’s attitude towards the meal?
A. Unwilling. B. Interested. C. Critical. D. Unconcerned.
