Richard's
father died when he was five.Later on he lost his mother.An old woman felt
sorry for the poor boy and often helped him.Of course he had no money to go to
school.He had to work for a rich farmer.The man paid him nothing except food
and clothes.__1__ He found some old books near the school and taught
himself to read and write.
__2__
It connected the village and the town.One morning people found there was a big
stone on it.It stopped them from going to town.They had to move it away，or they had to cross the mountain if they
had something to do in the town.But the stone weighed thirty tons at least and
the strongest young men couldn't do that.__3__
Richard
looked at it carefully for a while and said，“I have a way to move it away.” But few men believed him.__4__
Night fell and people went home.Only the boy stayed there.To their surprise，the villagers found the stone was gone
the next morning.They didn't know which spirit had moved it away.__5__
“How could he？” the rich farmer called out.“He's only fifteen！He couldn't move it at all！”
“He dug a big hole beside the stone，“said the old woman，“And then he could easily push
it into the hole！”
Looking
at each other，the farmers couldn't say a
word.
A．There seemed to be nothing strange in
village.
B．The old woman said Richard had done it
all.
C．There was a narrow path between two
mountains.
D．But the boy didn't lose heart.
E．Some farmers even laughed at the boy.
F．The boy hoped he could do something for
the villagers some day.
G．They discussed for a long time，but nobody knew what to do.
答案：1.D 2.C 3.G 4.E 5.B