He added." Once there was a man whose house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen. Instead, he carried a faggot to put out the fire, only to make the fire fiercer. Isn't it similar to carrying faggots to put out a fire if you agree to sue for peace at the cost of the land of the State of Wei?"

　　Though Sue Dai's argument was very convincing, the king accepted the suggestion of those officials and gave away to the State of Qin a large area of the land of the State of Wei. As might be expected, the Qin army attacked the State of Wei in 225 B.C. Again, surrounding the capital city Daliang and flooding it by digging open the dykes(堤防) of the Huanghe River. The State of Wei was finally destroyed.

　　13．When asked how to defeat the Qin army, most officials

　　.

　　A．were scared and at a loss what to do

　　B．were worried and asked Su Dai fir advice

　　C．decided to ask a force to bear down upon the border

　　D．trembled and decided to give up fighting back

　　14．The underlined phrase "sue for" in Paragraph 2 probably means

　　.

　　A．hope for

　　B．beg for

　　C．search for

　　D．send for

　　15．Su Dai used the example of "carrying faggots to put out a fire" to show

　　.

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