He was an old man who fished alone in a small boat on the sea and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish, the boy's parents had told him that the old man was now salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone with another boat which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his boat empty. The sail looked like the flag of failure forever.

The old man was thin with deep wrinkles(皱纹)in the back of his neck. His face was terribly brown because of the strong sunlight on the sea every day and his hands had the deep scars(伤疤)from dealing with heavy fish on the lines. But none of these scars were fresh. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful.

"Santiago," the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from the sea. "I could go with you again. We've made some money."

The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.

"No,” the old man said. "You're with a lucky boat. Stay with them."

"But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks."

"I remember," the old man said.

"It was papa who made me leave. I am a boy and I must follow him."

"I know," the old man said. "It is quite normal."

"He hasn't much faith(信心).”

"No," the old man said. "But we have. Haven't we?"

"Yes," the boy said. "Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace?"

"Why not?" the old man said "Between fishermen."

1.In the story the old man was the boy's .

A. grandfather B. friend C. boss D. host

2.The word they in Paragraph 2 refers to(是指) of the old man.

A. the hands B. the scars

C. the eyes D. the wrinkles

3.The old man refused the boy to go fishing with him again because .

A. he wanted to fish by himself

B. he could really understand his parents

C. the boy asked for some money

D. the boy had already learnt how to fish

4.From the story we can know that .

A. the old man was always full of hope

B. the boy's parents believed in the old man

C. everyone laughed at the old man's bad luck

D. the boy was worried about the old man's health

Bob was happy. He was at a new school, and students there were friendly. “Hi, Bob!” some students greeted him, but some students said’ “Hi, Peter!” Bob didn’t understand. He asked one student, “Why do some students call me Peter?”

“Oh, that’s easy to answer,” the student said. “Peter was a student here last year. Now he is in a different school. You look like Peter. Some students thought that you were Peter.”

Bob wanted to meet Peter. He got Peter’s address from a student and went to Peter’s house. Peter opened the door. Bob couldn’t believe his eyes. He looked really like Peter! Bob and Peter had the same colour eyes and the same smile. They had the same black hair. They also had the same birthday. And they both were adopted(领养) by two different families.

Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers. Soon after the boys were born, one family adopted Bob, and another family adopted Peter. Bob’s family never knew about Peter, and Peter’s family never knew about Bob.

Soon Bob and Peter’s story appeared in the newspaper. There was a photo of Bob and Peter next to the story. A young man named John saw the photo in the newspaper. John couldn’t believe his eyes. He looked exactly like Bob and Peter! He had the same black hair. He had the same birthday. And he, too, was adopted by another family.

Later John met Bob and Peter. When Bob and Peter saw John, they couldn’t believe their eyes. John looked really like them! Why did John look really like Bob and Peter? You can guess. Bob and Peter are not twins. Bob, Peter and John are triplets.

1. Some students in Bob’s new school thought ________.

A. John was Peter B. Bob was John

C. Peter was John D. Bob was Peter

2.Bob saw Peter _________.

A. at Peter’s house B. at school

C. at John’s house D. at Bob’s house

3. John knew the story of Bob and Peter from _________.

A. a newspaper B. the Internet C. his classmates D. TV

4.The underlined word “triplets” means “_________”.

A. 挚友 B. 双胞胎 C. 三胞胎 D. 兄弟

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