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One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe(斧头) fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy(仙女) 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. The man was sad because _________.
A. he liked his axe very much
B. This is his only axe.
C.his axe was a gold axe
D. he was poor and had no other axes
22. 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. knew these axes were not his
D. was very rich
23. At the end of the story the man had ________.
A. two axes B. three axes
C. only one axe D. many axes
24. The fairy helped the man because he was ________ man.
A. an honest B. an old
C. a poor D. a young
