In a land far away, once upon a time, there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great
_16_. Three of those rich men and their servants were
_17_together on a road when they came to a very
_18_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty,
_19 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared
_20 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man ,seeing the
_21 situation, stopped for a short time and gave
_22 all his food and drink, since he
_23 see that money would be of little
_24 to them. He made sure that they each
_25 their fair share and would have enough food to
_26 for some time . Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty,
_27 and went straight through the
_28 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other
_29 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was
_30 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they
31 the third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was
32 travelling quickly, but his wagons,
33 the gold and valuables they had been
34 ,were now full of farming tools and bags of
35 .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
| 小题1: | | A．loss | B．expectations | C．success | D．problems |
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| 小题2: | | A．standing | B．travelling | C．gathering | D．running |
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| 小题3: | | A．faraway | B．poor | C．different | D．ancient |
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| 小题4: | | A．unless | B．because | C．so | D．if |
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| 小题5: | | A．them | B．anything | C．nothing | D．those |
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| 小题6: | | A．curious | B．worrying | C．dangerous | D．puzzling |
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| 小题7: | | A．the villagers | B．his servants | C．the others | D．the rest |
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| 小题8: | | A．could | B．might | C．should | D．must |
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| 小题9: | | A．interest | B．concern | C．use | D．attraction |
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| 小题10: | | A．returned | B．gained | C．offered | D．received |
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| 小题11: | | A．remain | B．last | C．supply | D．share |
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| 小题12: | | A．turned back | B．set out | C．showed off | D．speeded |
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| 小题13: | | A．village | B．land | C．field | D．road |
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| 小题14: | | A．whether | B．how | C．where | D．when |
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| 小题15: | | A．good | B．certain | C．true | D．strange |
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| 小题16: | | A．welcomed | B．met | C．accepted | D．persuaded |
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| 小题17: | | A．still | B．already | C．always | D．indeed |
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| 小题18: | | A．except | B．instead of | C．apart from | D．along with |
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| 小题19: | | A．loading | B．treasuring | C．carrying | D．earning |
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| 小题20: | | A．food | B．jewels | C．money | D．seeds |
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