Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the whole day. Once the three ladies quarreled. One of them said, "Look,how white and beautiful my hands are!" Another one said, "My hands are more beautiful."The third one said, "Mine are the most beautiful ones. " Just then,an old woman beggar came up to them. "Beautiful ladies," she said, "I'm old and can't work. Fm hungry. Please give me something to eat."

  But the three ladies gave her nothing. They only asked, "Tell us,old woman,which one of us has the most beautiful hands?"

  A woman farmer was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough because of hard work. The old beggar came up to her and said, "I'm hungry. Please give me something to eat."The woman farmer took out her only cake and gave her a half.

  The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the woman farmer's hand,brought her before the rich ladies and said , " Now I can tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor woman farmer are rough because of hard work,but they give us food. They are far more beautiful than your hands which have never done anything."

(   ) 1. The three ladies         .

   A. had a quarrel every day   

    B. were rich but unkind

   C. had a talk about their hands every day   

    D. lived by the side of the river

(   ) 2. The old woman beggar asked for something to eat,         ,

   A. but none of the three rich ladies gave anything to her

   B. but only one of the three ladies gave her half a cake

   C. because she wanted to know whose hands were beautiful

   D. because she wanted to know which lady was the richest

(   ) 3. The woman farmer's hands were not so white as the three ladies'         .

   A. because of the hard work she had done

   B. but she was stronger than any of them

   C. so she didn't quarrel with the three ladies

   D. but she was more beautiful than any of them

(   ) 4. The old woman said that the woman farmer's hands were more beautiful than the three ladies' because         .

   A. she liked dark hands better than white hands

   B. the woman farmer gave her some cake

   C. her hands had worked hard to provide food for people

   D. the three ladies didn't give her anything to eat

(   ) 5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

   A. Half a Cake

   B. A Woman Farmer's Hands

   C. The Rich Women's Hands

   D. Smooth (光滑的) Hands and Rough Hands

1. B  2. A  3. A  4. C  5. D

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