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23.
A Selfish Man
Smith was a landlord. He loved money very much and never gave anything to
anybody. Soon he became rich.
One day the weather was fine. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the sun
was very warm. The landlord was walking along a river with his friends, when,
all of a sudden, he slipped and fell into it. He cried, "Help! Help!" One of
his friends held out his hand and said, "Give me your hand and I will pull you
out." The landlord's head went under the wather and then came up again, but
he did not give his hand to his friends. Then another of his friends tried but
the same thing happened.
Just then a farmer came over and saw all this. He knew the landlord very well.
He said to the others, "Let me try." He held out his hand and said to the landlord,"
Take my hand and I will pull you out." Hearing this, the landlord took the farmer's
hand, and in a minute the farmer pulled the landlord out of the water.
All the others got very surprised at this and asked the farmer, "Why did he
give his hand to you but not to us?" The farmer said,"You don't know your friend
very well, When you say 'give' to him, he does nothing, but when you say 'take',
he takes."
Notes: selfish 自私的,利己的 landlord 地主

1. Smith was a ____.
A. doctor
B. farmer
C. landlord 
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D. waiter
#C
2. Smith became very rich, because he ____ gave anything to anybody.
A. always
B. never
C. often
D. sometimes
#B
3. One day Smith was walking along a ____ with his friends.
A. river
B. park
C. street
D. lake
#A
4. The rich man held ____ his hand when he heard "Take my hand."
A. in
B. into
C. down
D. out
#D
5. Who knew the rich man very well?
A. his friends
B. his wife
C. the farmer
D. his children
#C 

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24.
The Lost Ring
One day a man went home to his wife and said, "I have bought something for
you."
"Oh, thank you" said his wife. "What have you bought?" "I've bought a gold
ring. Here it is."
He held it out for his wife to see. Then he dropped it. "Oh dear" he said.
"I have dropped it."
He began to look for it on the floor but it was dark inside the house and
he could not see anything. He went outside the house and began to look for the
ring in the street. Just then a friend came along.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"I have lost a ring." said the man. "Where did you lose it?"
"I lost it inside my house."
"You lost your ring inside your house but you are looking for it outside in
the street. That seems very foolish."
"Ah," said the man, "but it is dark inside my house. I shall never find it
there. But here in the street there is more light and I can see more clearly.
Notes: ring 戒指 gold 金,黄金

1. One day a man went to the street to buy a gold ____.
A. watch
B. clock
C. ring
D. ear-ring
#C 
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2. He dropped the ring ____ the house.
A. inside
B. outside
C. in front of
D. beside
#A
3. At first he looked for the ring in the ____.
A. street
B. shop
C. road
D. house
#D
4. Next he looked for the ring in the ____.
A. room
B. garden
C. house
D. street
#D
5. Do you think that the man was ____? Yes, I do.
A. clever
B. foolish
C. bright
D. wise
#B
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