One day a poor man was cutting a tree
near a river. Suddenly his old axe(斧子) fell in-to the water. He felt very sad
because he lost his only axe. Then a fairy (tiller) came out and asked him what
was the matter. "I have lost my axe." he said, "It fell into the water when I was cutting the tree." The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, "Is that yours " "No." said the man. The fairy then showed him a silver (银) 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." said the fairy, "1 only wanted to see whether you are honest, and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe with the old one." |
One day a man gave an ad. in most of the newspapers in England, saying that he himself was a young man of millions of pounds and of great knowledge. He’s like to choose a girl to be his wife, and the girl must be like the one in the books written by Somerest Maugham.
This ad. was at once known by thousands of parents and young girls. Parents went to bookstores to look for the book written by Somerest Maugham. They bought those books for their daughters as presents. Girls tried to get those books to read. They wanted to know what kind of person the rich man wished for.
Before long all the books written by Somerest Maugham were sold out and the writer was known all over the country.
Who was the richest man It was Somerest Maugham himself. The ad. saved his books, and it also made him famous.
One day, a poor boy who was selling
goods from door to door to pay his way through school found he had only one thin
dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next
house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.
Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so
she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How
much do I owe you" "You don’t owe me anything," she replied. He said,
"Then I thank you from my heart. ’ Years later that young woman became critically iii. The local doctors sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, he rose immediately and ’went to her room. A. they had both changed beyond recognition B. neither remembered their previous meeting C. the boy had become a medical specialist D. the woman had come to stay in the big city 我来回答: 提交
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