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Question

Have you ever heard about the saying"Honesty is the best policy"？Here is a story about it．
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 was the matter．
"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 that 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．"
21．One day when the man was cutting something，___．
A．he fell into the water        
B．his axe dropped into the river
C．his axe fell into a lake       
D．he saw a beautiful fairy
22．The man was sad because___．
A．he was poor and had no other axes      
B．he could not go on working
C．he liked his axe very much            
D．his axe was a gold axe
23．The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe but he didn't take them，because he___．
A．did not like them          
B．did not know they were made of gold and silver
C．was very rich             
D．knew these axes were not his
24．At the end of the story the man had___．
A．only one axe    
B．two axes     
C．three axes    
D．many axes
25．The fairy helped the man because he was___ man．
A．an old    
B．a young    
C．a poor     
D．an honest．

Answer 1

21-25：BADCD
21题答案：B考查细节推理，根据文章第二段的One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river．Suddenly his old axe fell into the water．有一天一个穷人在河边伐木时，突然他的斧子掉进了水里．可知本题答案为B选项．
22题答案：A考查细节推理，根据文章第二段的He felt very sad because he lost his only axe．他很难过因为他丢掉了他唯一的斧子．可知本题答案为A选项．
23题答案：D考查细节推理，神仙拿出金斧子和银斧子来试探这位穷人，但是他都不要；是因为他知道不是自己的东西不能要，故本题答案为D选项．
24题答案：C考查细节推理，根据最后一句话and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one．"现在我把金斧子、银斧子还有你自己的斧子一起给你"．可知故事的最后这位穷人一共有了三把斧子，故本题答案为C选项．
25题答案：D考查细节推理，根据最后一段的"I know that well enough，"said the fairy．"I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth…"神仙说：我很清楚，我只不过是想看你是否会对我讲实话…"．可知神仙帮助穷人是因为他是一个"诚实"的人，故本题答案为D选项．