In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty (贫困)， and only the rich could manage without great
36 . Three of those rich men and their servants were
37 together on a road when they came to a very
38 village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty,
39 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared
40 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man, seeing the
41 situation, stopped for a short time and gave
42 all his food and drink, since he
43 see that money would be of little
44 to them. He made sure that they each
45 their fair share and would have enough food to
46 for some time. Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty,
47 and went straight through the
48 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other
49 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was
50 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they
51 the third rich man, who was coming in the opposite direction. He was
52 travelling quickly, but his wagons,
53 the gold and valuables they had been
54 , were now full of farming tools and bags of
55 . 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 up |
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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 for | 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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