According to the old Jewish stories, the world was in a sad state. The hand of man was lifted against his neighbor. People murdered and stole from each other. It was not safe for a girl to leave her home, lest she be kidnapped by the boys in the neighboring villages. Jehovah, the God of the Israelites, wanted to begin civilization again, hoping that a new generation would prove to be more obedient to his will. In those days there lived a man called Noah. He was descendant of Seth, a younger brother ofCain andAbel, who was born after the family tragedy had taken place. Noah was a good man who tried to be at peace with his conscience and with his fellowmen. If the human race had to began once more, Noah would make a very good ancestor. Jehovah therefore decided to kill all other people, but spare Noah. He came to Noah and told him to build a ship. The vessel was to be four hundred and fifty feet long and thirty feet wide and it was to have a depth of forty-three feet. So Noah and his faithful workmen cut down large cypress trees and laid the kneel and built the sides and covered them with pitch, that the hold might be dry. When the third deck had been finished, a roof was built. It was made of heavy timber, to withstand the violence of the rain that was to pour down upon this wicked earth. Then Noah and his household, his three sons and their wives, made ready for the voyage. They went into the fields and into the mountains and gathered all the animals they could find that they might have beasts for food and for sacrifices when they should return to dry lanD、 A、whole week they hunted successfully.And then the "Ark" (for so was the ship called) was full of the noises of the various creatures who did not like their cramped quarters. On the evening of the seventh day, Noah and his family went on boarD、Later that night, it began to rain. It rained for forty nights and forty days.At the end of this time, the whole world was covered with water, Noah and his fellow travelers in theArk were the only living things to survive this terrible deluge. Finally, a new wind swept the clouds away. Once more the rays of the sun rested upon the turbulent waves as they had done when the world was first createD、 Noah opened a window on theArk and peered out. His ship floated peacefully in the midst of an endless ocean, and no land was in sight. To see if there was dry land, Noah sent out a raven, but the bird came back. Next he sent a pigeon. Pigeons can fly longer than almost any other bird, but the poor thing could not find a single branch upon which to rest, and it also came back toArk. He waited a week, and once more he set the pigeon free. It was gone all day, but in the evening it returned with a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak. The waters were receding. Another week went by before Noah released the pigeon for the third time. It did not return and this was a good sign. So afterward theArk landed on the top of MountArarat, in the country which is now calledArmeniA、 The next day Noah went ashore.At once he took some stones and built an altar, and then killed a number of his animals to make a sacrifice for Jehovah.And behold, the sky was bright with the colors of a mighty rainbow. It was a sign from Jehovah to his faithful servant, promising never again would he destroy the entire earth. After Noah was ashore, he killed some animals because ______. A、he wanted to show his respect and gratitude to Jehovah B、he was unreasonable C、Jehovah asked him to do it D、there was no food except for those animals
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