阅读理解
One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe fell into the
water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy came out and asked
the man what the matter was.
''I have lost my axe," he said. "It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood." The fairy showed
him a gold axe and asked, "Is this yours?" "No," said the man. The fairy then showed him a silver axe and
asked again, "Is this yours?" "No," again answered the man. Then she showed him the old axe. "Yes, that
is mine," called out the happy man.
"I know it well enough," said the fairy, "I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I'll
give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one."
1. One day when the man was cutting something, __________.
A. he fell into the water
B. his axe dropped into the river
C. he saw a beautiful fairy
2. The man was sad because __________.
A. he had no other axes
B. he couldn't go on working
C. his axe was a gold axe
3. The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe, but he didn't take them, because he __________.
A. didn't like them
B. was very rich
C. knew these axes were not his
4. At the end of the story the man had.
A. only one axe
B. two axes
C. three axes
5. The fairy helped the man because he was __________ man.
A. a poor
B. a young
C. an honest
