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In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty (贫困), and only the rich could manage
without great
1 . Three of those rich men and their servants were
2 together on a road when they
came to a very
3 village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty,
4 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四
轮载重马车) and shared
5 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man, seeing the
6 situation, stopped for a short time and gave
7 all his food and
drink, since he
8 see that money would be of little
9 to them. He made sure that they each
10 their
fair share and would have enough food to
11 for some time. Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty,
12 and went straight through the
13 without stopping.
The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other
14 the third rich man
lacked sympathy. It was
15 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they
16 the third rich man,who was coming in the opposite direction. He
was
17 travelling quickly, but his wagons,
18 the gold and valuables they had been
19 , were now full
of farming tools and bags of
20 . He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
( )1. A. loss ( )2. A. standing ( )3. A. faraway ( )4. A. unless ( )5. A. them ( )6. A. curious ( )7. A. the villagers ( )8. A. could ( )9. A. interest ( )10. A. returned ( )11. A. remain ( )12. A. turned back ( )13. A. village ( )14. A. whether ( )15. A. good ( )16. A. welcomed ( )17. A. still ( )18. A. except ( )19. A. loading ( )20. A. food |
B. expectations B. travelling B. poor B. because B. anything B. worrying B. his servants B. might B. concern B. gained B. last B. set out B. land B. how B. certain B. met B. already B. instead of B. treasuring B. jewels |
C. success C. gathering C. different C. so C. nothing C. dangerous C. the others C. should C. use C. offered C. supply C. showed off C. field C. where C. true C. accepted C. always C. apart from C. carrying C. money |
D. problems D. running D. ancient D. if D. those D. puzzling D. the rest D. must D. attraction D. received D. share D. speeded D. road D. when D. strange D. persuaded D. indeed D. along with D. earning D. seeds |