Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the whole day. Once the three ladies quarreled（爭吵）. 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. “ An old beggar woman came up to them. “Beautiful ladies,” she said, “I’m old and can’t work, I’m hungry. Please give me something to eat.”
But the three ladies gave her nothing. They only asked, “Tell me, old woman, who of us has the most beautiful hands?” “I shall tell you a little later,” the old woman said and walked away.
A peasant (農民) woman was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were dark because of hard work. The old woman came up to her and said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to eat. “ The peasant woman took out her a piece of bread and gave a half of it to the old woman.
The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the peasant woman by the hand, brought her before the rich ladies and said, “Now, I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor peasant woman are dark because of work, but they give me food; they are far more beautiful ,because your hands do nothing. ”
小題1:
went to the bank every day.
| A．An old woman | B．Three rich ladies | C．A peasant woman | D．All of them |
小題2:What did the ladies quarrel about?
| A．Who could be rich |
| B．Who could be the queen |
| C．Whose hands were the most beautiful |
| D．Where they should go |
小題3:The old woman wanted to
.
| A．go home | B．have breakfast |
| C．get something to eat | D．hit them |
小題4:Who else was on the river bank?
| A．A rich lady | B．A peasant woman |
| C．An old woman | D．A child |
小題5:
hands were the most beautiful according to passage.
| A．The rich ladies’ | B．The old woman’s |
| C．The peasant woman’s | D．All of the above |
