One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river. When he began crying, God appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?"
The woodcutter told him that he had dropped his axe into water. God went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe.
"Is this your axe?" God asked.
The woodcutter said "No."
God again went down and came up with a silver axe." Is this your axe?" God asked.
The woodcutter said "No."
God again went down and came up with a iron axe." Is this your axe?" God asked.
The woodcutter said "Yes."
God was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all the three axes.
The woodcutter went home happily. One day while he was walking with his wife along the river, his wife fell into the river. W hen he began crying, God appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?"
"My wife has fallen into water."
God went down into the water and came up with Jennifer Lopez.
"Is this your wife?" God asked him.
"Yes." he said.
God was furious(狂怒的),"YOU CHEAT !Now I am going to curse you."
The woodcutter quickly said, “Forgive me my lord. It is a misunderstanding. IF I say 'No' to Jennifer Lopez, you will come up with Catherine Zeta Jones, If I also say 'No' to her, you will finally come up
With my wife and I will say, 'Yes.' Then you will give all the three to me .I am a poor man .I will not be able to look after all the three. So that's why I've to say 'Yes' "
小題1:Which of the following best describes the author's tone in telling the story?
A．OptimisticB．HumoristicC．ObjectiveD．Critical
小題2:The impression that the woodcutter makes on you is that he is -----
A．foolish but honestB．foolish and honest
C．smart but honestD．smart and honest
小題3:What can you infer about Jennifer Lopez and Catherine Zeta Jones?
A．They are the secret lovers of the woodcutter
B．They look much like the woodcutter's wife.
C．They are both rich women with a lot of gold and silver.
D．They are both popular with women, much worthy than his wife

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:D
本文講述了砍柴人的兩的故事，放映了砍柴人的誠實(shí)和聰明。
小題1:B推斷題。本文是一則很幽默的寓言故事，所以作者是一種詼諧的語調(diào)講述的。
小題2:D推斷題。根據(jù)第一個故事可判斷那個砍柴人是個誠實(shí)的人，而在第二個故事中，他卻是個很聰明的人。
小題3:D推斷題。根據(jù)第二個故事可以推知，這兩個人肯定是名人。
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A．whichB．whatC．heD．who
小題19:
A．thenB．whenC．beforeD．until
小題20:
A．took awayB．picked upC．took apartD．brought up

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