Once there was a poor woman. She lived by herself in a little house in a village. She didn’t have much money_ 36_ she was very kind and happy.

One day a young man named Smith came to her door. He was a little thin and tall. He was very _37_ and asked the old woman for help.

The old woman said,“Come in and have dinner with me, but I only have _38_.” They had dinner together. After dinner, the old woman told Smith to _39_ some potatoes with him. He _40_ her and then left.

Ten years later, Smith came back to the old woman’s door again and _41_ her a bag of money. She was very _42_.

Smith said, “Ten years ago you gave me some potatoes. I _43_ some potato plants . From those plants, I grew some more plants. Now I am a _44_ farmer because I have enough money to live, but I never_45_ how kind you are to me.”

1.A. so              B. or              C. but

2.A. full             B. hungry          C. tired

3.A. potatoes         B. meat            C. apples

4.A. take            B. buy             C. plant

5.A. thanked         B. helped           C. loved

6.A. threw           B. asked            C. gave

7.A. interested        B. sad              C. surprised

8.A. ate             B. grew             C. found

9.A. busy            B. happy            C. rich

10.A talked           B. forget             C. wrote

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Once there was a poor old woman. She lives by herself in a little house in a village. She didn^，t have m  1 money but she was very kind.

One day a young man named Bill came to her d  2  .He was very thin. He was very hungry and a 3 the old woman for help. The old woman said，“Come in and have dinner with me，but my dinner is only some potatoes.”They had d  4 together. After dinner，the old woman told Bill to t 5 some potatoes with him. He thanked her and left.

Ten years later，Bill came b  6 to the old woman^，s door again and gave her a bag of m  7  .She was surprised. Bill said，“Ten years ago you gave me some p 8.I grew some potato plants. From those plants，I grew some more plants. Now I^，m a r  9 farmer. But I never forget how k  10  you were to me.”

Once there was a poor old woman. She lives by herself in a little house in a village. She didn^，t have m  【小题1】  money but she was very kind.
One day a young man named Bill came to her d  【小题2】  .He was very thin. He was very hungry and a 【小题3】 the old woman for help. The old woman said，“Come in and have dinner with me，but my dinner is only some potatoes.”They had d  【小题4】 together. After dinner，the old woman told Bill to t 【小题5】 some potatoes with him. He thanked her and left.
Ten years later，Bill came b  【小题6】  to the old woman^，s door again and gave her a bag of m  【小题7】 .She was surprised. Bill said，“Ten years ago you gave me some p  【小题8】 .I grew some potato plants. From those plants，I grew some more plants. Now I^，m a r  【小题9】farmer. But I never forget how k  【小题10】 you were to me.”

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Once there was a poor old woman. She lives by herself in a little house in a village. She didn^，t have m  【小题1】 money but she was very kind.
One day a young man named Bill came to her d  【小题2】  .He was very thin. He was very hungry and a 【小题3】 the old woman for help. The old woman said，“Come in and have dinner with me，but my dinner is only some potatoes.”They had d 【小题4】 together. After dinner，the old woman told Bill to t【小题5】 some potatoes with him. He thanked her and left.
Ten years later，Bill came b  【小题6】to the old woman^，s door again and gave her a bag of m  【小题7】  .She was surprised. Bill said，“Ten years ago you gave me some p 【小题8】.I grew some potato plants. From those plants，I grew some more plants. Now I^，m a r  【小题9】 farmer. But I never forget how k  【小题10】  you were to me.”

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　　Mr. Young worked in a factory .One day he broke an important part of a machine and was sent away. He couldn't find any work any longer .He had to roam (流浪)here and there. One day when he was walking by a river , an Englishman fell into it and the water would nearly wash him away. In the time of danger Mr. Young jumped into the river and saved him .The Englishman thanked him very much and took him to England and helped him find a work in London .A few years later he could speak English but could neither read nor write .It brought him a lot of difficulties .He decided to learn reading and writing .Just an English lived next to him .He came to the old woman and asked her to teach him.

　　“All right young man .”said the old woman .Then she brought out a pencil and an exercise-book .wrote A, B, C, D on it. pointing to A, the woman said ,“It's A .it's A . And it's B.” “How can I know it's B?”he asked again .The old woman didn't answer .She thought for a while and began to pull him by the ear.

　　“Ah , my ear!”the young man called out “How do you know it's an ear?”

　　“Everyone knows it an ear.”“All right ,”the old woman said with a smile ,“Everyone knows it's B .Let's go on!”

(1) Mr. Young was sent away because ________.

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A. he knew little English

B. he was very lazy

C. he had broken an important part of a machine

D. he didn't listen to anybody

(2) Mr. Young Roamed here and there _________.

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A. find a house to live in

B. find another piece of work

C. find something to eat

D. learn something useful

(3) The Englishman helped Mr. Young to find work in London because ________.

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A. it was easy to do it there

B. the man paid a lot for it

C. the man was able to do everything

D. the man had saved him before

(4) Mr Young could neither read nor write because ________.

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A. he came from a poor country

B. he was too busy to learn everything

C. he hadn't learn English in country

D. he hadn't been in school when he was young

(5) For the old woman , Mr. Young's question was ________.

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A. too strange to answer

B. necessary to answer

C. so easy that everyone could answer

D. so difficult that nobody could answer