Question

One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe（斧子） fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy（仙子） came out and asked the man what the matter was.

“I have lost my axe,” he said. “It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.”

The fairy showed him a gold（金） axe and asked, “Is this yours?”

“No,” said the man.

The fairy then showed him a silver（银） axe and asked again, “Is this yours?”

“No,” again answered the man.

Then she showed him the old axe.

“Yes, that is mine,” called out the happy man.

“I know it well enough,” said the fairy, “I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one.”

1. One day when the man was cutting something, ________.

A. he fell into the water                          B. his axe dropped into the river

C. his axe fell into a lake                         D. he saw a beautiful fairy

2. The man was sad because ________.

　A. he was poor and had no other axes      B. he could not go on working

C. he liked his axe very much                  D. his axe was a gold axe

3. The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe, but he didn’t take them. Because he ________.

　A. did not like them                                B. did not know they were made of gold and silver

C. was very rich                                    D. knew these axes were not his

4. At the end of the story the man had _________.

　A. only one axe　　   B. two axes　　    C. three axes　　   D. many axes

5. The fairy helped the man because he was ________ man.

　A. an old　　　      B. a young　　　  C. a poor　　　    D. an honest

Answer 1

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