Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very
with everything he had. However, when he found his elder brother was
than him, he felt disappointed. So he
hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to
some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money, he started
for land.
He
that on the neighboring land, there were some nomads (游牧民) living there. He bought some gifts and went to
their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the
of his visit. The head welcomed him, accepted the gifts and agreed to his
to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land
giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could
by walking through the land before sunset (日落). He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the
, he could have it.
The farmer became very
when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of
without paying anything. He came
the next morning and started running, not walking,
he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal, he neither ate food, nor drank water, nor had any rest. He just continued
. Without eating, or drinking, or resting he just got very
. When he came back to the head in the evening, he
right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6 x 4 feet.
Don’t be greedy (贪婪的) or you will
everything finally.
| 小题1: | | A．careful | B．pleased | C．bored | D．busy |
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| 小题2: | | A．healthier | B．stronger | C．richer | D．cleverer |
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| 小题3: | | A．thought | B．learned | C．tried | D．worked |
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| 小题4: | | A．borrow | B．spend | C．make | D．save |
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| 小题5: | | A．waiting | B．looking | C．preparing | D．caring |
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| 小题6: | | A．explained | B．hoped | C．noticed | D．guessed |
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| 小题7: | | A．see | B．follow | C．help | D．cheat |
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| 小题8: | | A．chance | B．result | C．condition | D．purpose |
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| 小题9: | | A．promise | B．request | C．suggestion | D．order |
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| 小题10: | | A．for | B．by | C．without | D．before |
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| 小题11: | | A．cover | B．farm | C．buy | D．have |
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| 小题13: | | A．interested | B．sad | C．happy | D．calm |
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| 小题14: | | A．land | B．crop | C．experience | D．knowledge |
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| 小题15: | | A．quietly | B．early | C．finally | D．suddenly |
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| 小题16: | | A．so that | B．even if | C．because | D．whether |
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| 小题17: | | A．dreaming | B．walking | C．speaking | D．running |
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| 小题18: | | A．nervous | B．excited | C．tired | D．worried |
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| 小题19: | | A．refused | B．died | C．appeared | D．rested |
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| 小题20: | | A．lose | B．face | C．change | D．defeat |
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