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　　Once a man with the name Grant found a box of old papers in a room at the top of his house, for he didn't like old things very much．But one of these papers was an old letter．At the bottom of the letter was the name of a famous writer．

　　“When this letter was written,”said Grant,“no one knew about the writer．But now everyone knows him．Some people like to buy letters like this．I may be able to get a lot of money for this letter if I sell it to the right man．”

　　But there were a lot of dirty marks(痕迹)all over the letter．

　　“It doesn't look nice,”he thought．“No one wants to buy a letter if it's dirty．I will have to clean it first．”

　　So he took a piece of cloth and some water and cleaned the letter．He worked hard and took a lot of care．At last the letter looked new and he was very pleased with his work．

　　“Now it looks very nice,”he said to himself．“I will be able to sell it for a lot of money．”

　　He took the letter to a shop in London, for he knew that old papers of this kind were bought and sold there．

　　“I want to sell this letter,”Grant said to the man in the shop．“It was written by a famous writer．You know about these things．How much will you give me for it?”

　　The man looked at the letter for a long time．“I will give you two pounds for it,”he said at last．

　　“Only two pounds?”said Grant．“But people pay ten pounds for a letter like this．And just look!I have even cleaned it to make it look nice．”

　　“I can see that,”said the man．“That's the trouble people who buy old papers like them to be dirty．”

(1)

Grant thought old things were ________．
[　　]
A．	quite useful
B．	useless
C．	important
D．	worth much money

(2)

Grant burnt all the papers except an old letter because ________．
[　　]
A．	he liked it very much
B．	everyone knew the writer then
C．	the letter had many dirty marks
D．	he thought he could sell it for much money

(3)

The shop assistant gave Grant only two pounds when he found the letter ________．
[　　]
A．	looked nice
B．	seemed dirty
C．	was cleaned
D．	looked new

(4)

Who was very pleased when the letter looked new after it was cleaned?
[　　]
A．	The writer．
B．	The man in the shop．
C．	No one．
D．	Grant．

(5)

Grant got little money for the letter because he didn't ________．
[　　]
A．	do the right thing
B．	sell it to the right man
C．	sell the right letter
D．	keep the letter longer

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A boy named Peter gets a seed, too. He it carefully. But the seed doesn’t grow at all. A year later, Peter take his empty (空的)box to the palace (宫殿). Others all take beautiful plants there and Peter feels .

The king gets to the palace and looks around. When he finds there is nothing Peter’s box, the king smiles and says to the others,“One year ago, I gave everyone a seed. In fact (事实上), all the seeds can’t grow. But all of you, except (除了) Peter, brings me beautiful plants. Peter is the one with the honesty (诚实) to bring me such a box. So he will be the new !”