Ever so long ago ,two young men , Edmund and Oswald, appeared in court.
Edmund said to the
: “I gave Oswald , who I
was my best friend, a costly gold ring and I asked him to
it till I returned home. Now he says that he knows
about it .”
his hand on his heart , Oswald said : “I swear I know nothing about the
. I am afraid that Edmund has been
in his mental powers since he
.”
The judge said : “ Edmund, were there any witnesses who could
that you gave the ring to Oswald ?”
Edmund replied : “
45 in the field where we were at the time there was nobody. We were talking beneath an old oak tree and there we were
.”
Oswald said : “ I know as little of the oak tree as I do of the ring .”
The judge said : “ Edmund , go to that
again and bring back a branch of that oak tree. Oswald ,you wait here in the meantime,
Edmund comes back .”
So Edmund left. After some time the judge said to Oswald: “How is it that Edmund is taking so long to
? Go to the window and see if you can see him returning
the road.”
Oswald said : “Oh , my Lord , he wouldn’t have even
the tree yet ----the tree is over an hour’s walk from here.”
When the judge heard this ,he was very
.
“You were telling a
!You know as much about the tree as you do about the ring. For the
year while you are in prison you will have time to think about the
of always telling the truth .”
| 小题1: | | A．policeman | B．doctor | C．judge | D．lawyer |
|
| 小题2: | | A．defined | B．expected | C．noticed | D．thought |
|
| 小题3: | | A．hide | B．sell | C．keep | D．break |
|
| 小题4: | | A．nothing | B．everything | C．something | D．anything |
|
| 小题5: | | A．using | B．placing | C．waving | D．feeling |
|
| 小题6: | | A．illness | B．tree | C．ring | D．law |
|
| 小题7: | | A．cheated | B．affected | C．inspired | D．amused |
|
| 小题8: | | A．went on | B．went along | C．went by | D．went away |
|
| 小题9: | | A．prove | B．understand | C．agree | D．predict |
|
| 小题10: | | A．surprisingly | B．unfortunately | C．finally | D．generally |
|
| 小题11: | | A．close | B．wise | C．alone | D．busy |
|
小题12:A. court B. field Ｃ. prison D. farm
| 小题13: | | A．while | B．since | C．once | D．until |
|
| 小题14: | | A．return | B．wait | C．leave | D．walk |
|
| 小题15: | | A．around | B．ahead | C．along | D．aside |
|
| 小题16: | | A．ignored | B．reached | C．planted | D．remembered |
|
| 小题17: | | A．sad | B．worried | C．angry | D．terrified |
|
| 小题18: | | A．lie | B．joke | C．story | D．secret |
|
| 小题19: | | A．same | B．next | C．only | D．other |
|
| 小题20: | | A．advantage | B．difficulty | C．question | D．necessity |
|
