阅读理解:Three rich ladies

阅读理解:Three rich ladies
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."
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,which one of us has the most beautiful handsT"
A peasant (农民) woman was also sitting by the river.She was poor and her hands were rough
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 only cake she had and gave her a half.
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 rough because of work,but they give us food;
they are far more beautiful than your hand which have never done anything."
【中考词汇巩固】
rich adj．富的 hungry adj．饿的
lady 小姐；女士；夫人poor adj．贫穷的
whoIe adj．整个的,完整的 rough adj．粗糙的；风浪急的
once[wans]adv．一次 cake[keik] 蛋糕；饼
quarreI 争吵 half[ha：f]一半,半
beautiful adj．美丽的 d rink 饮,喝
beggar n．乞丐
【文章理解检测】
1．The three ladies
A．had a quarrel every dav B．were rich but ankind
C．had a talk about their hands every dav D．1ived bv the side 0f th river
2．The 01d woman asked fbr something to eat,
A． but none of the three rich ladies gave anything to her
B．but onlv 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 1adv was the richest
3．The peasant woman'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 any 0f them
4．The old woman said that the peasant woman's hands were more beautiful than the three ladies’
because
A．she liked dark hands better thail white hands
B．t11e peasant woman gave her hali a cake
C．her hallds had WOrked hard to provide food for people
D．the three ladies didn't give her anything to eat
5．Which 0f the l=DUowing is the best the passage?
A．Half a Cake． B．A Peasant Woman's Hands
C．The Rich Woman's Hands D．Smooth (光滑的)Hallds and Rough Hands