Richard’s father died when he was five. Later on he
36 his mother. The poor boy had to
37 on his own, so he went to work for a rich farmer, who paid him nothing except food and clothes. An old woman felt
38 for him and often helped him. The boy wanted to go to (the)
39 very much, but he had no money. But he
40 lost heart and found some old books near the school and
41 himself to read and write.
There was a narrow
42 between two mountains which connected the village and the town. One morning people
43 there was a big stone on the path. It brought them
44 : they had to move it away, or they had to cross the mountains to the town.
45 the stone weighed thirty tons at least and even the strongest young man couldn’t move it. They
46 for a long time, but nobody knew what to do.
Richard looked at it carefully for a while and said, “I have a
47 to move it away.” But
48 men believed him. Some villagers even
49 him. The night
50 and people went back. Only the boy stayed there. To their surprise, the villagers found the stone was
51 the next morning. They didn’t
52 who had moved it away. The old woman said Richard had done it all by himself.
“How could he?” the rich farmer called out, “He’s
53 fifteen! He couldn’t move it at all!”
“He
54 a big hole beside the stone.” said the old woman, “and then he could
55 push it into the hole!”
Looking at each other, the villagers couldn’t say a word.
| 小题1: | | A．lost | B．loved | C．supported | D．helped |
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| 小题2: | | A．study | B．think | C．live | D．work |
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| 小题3: | | A．angry | B．proud | C．sorry | D．excited |
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| 小题4: | | A．town | B．mountain | C．school | D．bed |
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| 小题5: | | A．still | B．even | C．ever | D．never |
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| 小题6: | | A．asked | B．taught | C．agreed | D．caused |
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| 小题7: | | A．window | B．path | C．door | D．river |
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| 小题8: | | A．found | B．believed | C．asked | D．counted |
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| 小题9: | | A．happiness | B．money | C．good | D．difficulty |
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| 小题11: | | A．discussed | B．stayed | C．played | D．cried |
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| 小题12: | | A．book | B．question | C．text | D．way |
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| 小题14: | | A．cared about | B．looked at | C．looked after | D．laughed at |
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| 小题15: | | A．fell | B．went | C．made | D．worked |
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| 小题16: | | A．broken | B．heavier | C．gone | D．smaller |
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| 小题17: | | A．forget | B．remember | C．know | D．notice |
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| 小题18: | | A．mainly | B．only | C．nearly | D．already |
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| 小题20: | | A．excitedly | B．easily | C．luckily | D．happily |
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