Question

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

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

   “I have lost my axe,” he said. “It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood. ” The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked ,“Is this yours?” “No,” said the man.

   The fairy then showed him a silver axe and asked again ,“Is this yours?” “No ,” again answered the man. Then she showed him the old axe.

   “Yes,this is mine ,” called out the happy man. “I know that well enough ,” said the fairy. “I only want to see if you can tell me the truth,and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own at once. ”[2013云南改编]

1. What was the man doing one day?

2. What did the fairy ask?

3. What kind of axe did the sad man only want?

4. How many axes did the man get at last?

Answer 1

阅读提示：本文通过仙女为一位贫穷的人三次找斧头的故事，阐述了诚实人终获回报的故事。

1. He was cutting a big piece of wood.细节理解题。由第一段第一 句“One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. ”可知。

2. She asked what was wrong with him.细节理解题。由第一段的 最后一^句“asked the man what was the matter. ”可知，这位仙女出 现后，问这个人发生了什么事。

3. His old axe. 细节理解题。第三段最后一句“Then she showed him the old axe. ”可知。

4. Three。 细节理解题。由最后一段最后一句“and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one. ”可知，穷 人最后得到三把斧头。