Passage1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the followingpassage.

Raj is amiddle-aged man. Although he was bom in a poor family, he was raised well.Hisfather owned a welding (焊接)shop, and used to work formore than 12 hours a day, so that his family could lead a comfortable life.

However, Raj’sfather could not earn sufficient money to provide a decent life to his family.Being an average student in school, Raj used to score around 70 percent marks.Raj’s dream was to become a doctor. Since his marks weren’t very high, he couldnot get the desired course. Instead，he joined abachelor’s degree course, completed the course successfully，and got a job in a company.

While his lifewas going on with no dramatic change, his father continued to work in hiswelding shop, so that he did not have to depend on Raj. After getting apermanent job, Raj got married and at the same time was also promoted in hisjob.

Later，Raj began to earn a handsome salary，andstarted to live luxuriously. He bought a new house. Although his companyprovided him with a car, Raj purchased a new car!

After anextravagant (奢侈的)life that lasted almost 6 to 7 years，Raj was neither able to manage all the household expenses, nor payfor the children's education and other basic necessities.

It so happenedthat Raj's father fell sick, and as a result, could not continue his work. Herequested Raj to give him some money. Raj, already suffering from financialcrisis, refused to help.

After a week,while Raj was on an official tour, he met a boy aged about 10 years sellingtoys. The boy requested Raj to buy something. Raj asked the boy why he wasselling toys instead of studying. The boy replied, “My father had an accident.He cannot work now. My mother works as a maid. I’m helping my parents byselling these toys. I go to school in the morning, and sell toys in theevening. I work for three hours a day and study at night!”

Raj purchased afew toys from the little boy. He thought about what the boy had said. Herealized that he had been wrong in the way he treated his parents. He hadlearnt a lesson from the boy. At a very small age, this boy was helping hisparents, but Raj, in order to meet the demands of his own lavish (奢侈的)lifestyle, had neglected his parents.

 
What happened to Raj when his father fell sick?