Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the whole day. One day the three ladies quarreled( 争 吵 ). One of them said, “Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!” Another one said, “My hands are more beautiful.” The third one said, “Mine are the most beautiful ones.” An old beggar(乞丐) woman came up to them. “Beautiful ladies,” she said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to

eat.” But the three ladies gave her nothing. They only asked, “Tell me, old woman, which one of us has the most beautiful hands”

A female farmer was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough because of hard work. The old woman came up to her and said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to eat.” The farmer took out the only cake she had and gave her a half.

The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the farmer by the hand, brought her before the rich ladies and said, “Now I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor farmer are rough because of work, but they give us food. They are far more beautiful than your hands which have never done anything.”

1.Why did the three ladies quarrel on that day?

A.Because they argued about who should go to buy a cake.

B.Because they argued about who should give food to the beggar.

C.Because everyone wanted to show that she was the richest.

D.Because everyone wanted to show that her hands were the most beautiful.

2.The underlined word “she” in Paragraph 2 refers to .

A.the beggar woman B.the female farmer

C.the first lady D.the second lady

3.In what order did the following take place in the story?

a.Three ladies quarreled with each other.

b.The beggar ate the food and drank some water.

c.A beggar woman came to ask for something to eat.

d.The beggar showed the farmer’s hands to the other ladies.

e.A farmer gave the beggar woman half a cake.

A.a, c, e , b, d B.a, e, b, c, d

C.c, e, a, d, b D.c, d, c, a, d

4.The old woman said that the farmer’s hands were more beautiful because .

A.she liked dark hands better than white hands

B.the female woman gave her half a cake

C.her hands had worked hard to provide food for people

D.the three ladies didn’t give her anything to eat.

句子还原,阅读短文,根据短文内容,从所给选项中选出五个句子完成短文,并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。

Body language is one of the most powerful means of communication. 1. people around the world show all kinds of feelings, wishes and attitudes that they might never speak aloud.

The most universal facial expression is the smile. People usually smile to show happiness and make people feel comfortable.But sometimes it doesn’t always mean that we are truly happy, however, smile around the world can be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. 2._ However, the general purpose of smiling is to show good feelings.

From the time we are babies, we show unhappiness or anger by frowning. 3. Making a fist and shaking it almost means that someone is angry and threatening another person.

There are many ways around the world to show agreement ,but nodding the head up and down is used for agreement almost worldwide. 4.

How about showing that I am bored? Looking away from people will make me appear to be uninterested. However, if I turn toward and look at someone or something, people from almost every culture will think that I am interested. If I roll my eyes and turn my head away, I most likely do not believe what I’m hearing or don’t like it.

Be respectful to people is subjective, based on each culture. but in general it is probably not a good idea to give a hug to a boss or teacher. 5. with so many cultural differences between people .it is great to have some similarities in body language. We can often be wrong about each other. So it is an amazing thing that we understand each other as well as we do.

A.Most people also understand that shaking the head from side to side means disagreement or refusal.

B.There are unhappy smiles, such as when someone “loses face” and smiles to hide it.

C.It is often even more powerful than spoken language.

D.People around the world show how their feelings in quite different ways.

E.Standing at a little distance with open hands will show that I am willing to listen.

F.In most places around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone shows anger.

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