One day a boy was practicing football near a river(河), but suddenly his football fell into the water, and disappeared. He felt very unhappy because he had only one football. He loved it very much. Then all at once an old man with white hair came out and asked the boy what was the matter.
“I lost my football. It fell into the water when I was playing it.”
The old man showed him a gold(金) football and asked “Is this yours?”
“No,” said the boy.
The old man showed him a silver(银) ball and asked again, “Is this yours?”
“No,” again he answered.
Then the old man showed him his old ball.
“Yes, that’s mine,” shouted the boy.
“You’re great. I know it well enough,” said the old man, “I only wanted to see whether you would tell me the truth(真相), and now you can get the gold one, the silver one and your own.”
56. One day when the boy was playing football, ________.
A.he fell into the water | B.his football fell into the water |
C.he met an old man | D.he found a football |
57. The boy was unhappy because ______.
A.he had no other football | B.he couldn’t keep playing |
C.he wasn’t able to exercise | D.the old man didn’t let him play |
58. The old man gave the boy a gold football and a silver football, but he didn’t take them, because he ______.
A.didn’t like them | B.didn’t know they are dear |
C.was very rich | D.knew these balls were not his |
59. Finally, the boy had ______.
A.only one ball | B.two balls | C.three balls | D.four balls |
60. The old man helped the boy because the boy was ______.
A.young | B.poor | C.brave | D.honest (诚实的) |