Question

   Once in a small village,a farmer borrowed a large sum of money from a moneylender. The moneylender,old and ugly,liked the farmer's beautiful daughter very much. So he said he would give up the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were frightened.

   The moneylender told them that he would put a black pebble (鹅卵石) and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag. If she picked the black pebble,she would become his wife. If she picked the white pebble she wouldn’t need to marry him and the moneylender would lose both the girl and the money. But if she refused to pick a pebble,her father would be put into prison.

   On that day,all the villagers were standing on a pebble path. As they talked,the moneylender picked up two pebbles. After putting them into the bag,he asked the girl to pick a pebble. But the girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag.

   Thinking for a moment,the girl put her hand into the money bag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it'she let it fall onto the pebble path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles. The girl said, “Let's look into the bag for the pebble left,and we will be able to tell which pebble it was that I picked. ” All the villagers laughed and the moneylender went away quietly.

  根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1. What was the moneylender like?

2. If the girl didn't want to marry the moneylender,which pebble should she pick?

3. The moneylender put two black pebbles into the bag. Did the girl refuse to pick a pebble?

4. After choosing a pebble from the bag,what did the girl do?

5. What do you think of the girl?

Answer 1

  一个农民借了放债人一大笔钱，这个又老又丑的放债人喜欢农民的女儿，他说如果女孩嫁给他，他就可以放弃农民 的债务。于是放债人就用黑白两块鹅卵石来决定女孩的命运，女孩选到黑色的就必须嫁给他，但是女孩注意到放债人放到袋子里的鹅卵石都是黑色的。

1. He was old and ugly.根据第一段的“The moneylender,old and ugly.可知，放债人又老又丑。

2. The white pebble. 根据第二段的 “ If she picked the white pebble she wouldn’t need to marry him. ..可知，如果 女孩选到白色的鹅卵石就不必嫁给放债人。

3. No,she didn't.根据最后一段的 the girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble 可知，农民的女儿从钱袋里选出一个鹅卵石，因此她没有拒绝放债人。

4. Without looking at it'she let it fall/dropped it onto the pebble path.根据最后一段的 “ Without looking at it'she let it fall onto the pebble path.可知，女孩把鹅卵石 丢在了鹅卵石小路上。

5. She was very clever. 通读全文，农民的女儿智胜放债人，她所使用的方法表明她很聪明。