Tolstoy, the greatest Russian writer, liked to walk about in a railway station near his home. One day when he was walking up and down as ___1___, looking at people getting on and off the trains, he heard a lady __2___ after him, “Hey, you old man, go and bring back my handbag I left in the __3___ room.”
Tolstoy went there. He picked the bag up and walked quickly along the platform (站台). At the same time the lady was waiting beside the carriage (车厢), looking __4___. When at last the old man gave the bag back to her, she opened it to make sure nothing was __5___. “ Good, old man,” said the woman. “ You are just as quick as I can __6___. Here you are. ” She gave a coin to him. Tolstoy __7__ the coin and put it into his pocket with a smile.
The woman was very _8__ when she heard he was Tolstoy, the writer of the great novel
War and Peace. She returned to Tolstoy and said, “ Oh, excuse me ….. Oh, how silly I was to __9__ you as a porter (搬运工). Please throw back that coin if you forgive me.”
“Oh, madam, why? You have nothing wrong,” Tolstoy laughed and said, “ The coin is given for my work, so I’ll __10___ it. Thank you, madam! ”
| 【小题1】 | | A．possible | B．often | C．usual | D．well |
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| 【小题2】 | | A．talking | B．speaking | C．telling | D．shouting |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．reading | B．meeting | C．waiting | D．dining |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．happy | B．back | C．well | D．worried |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．there | B．inside | C．missing | D．wrong |
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| 【小题7】 | | A．showed | B．watched | C．accepted | D．picked |
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| 【小题8】 | | A．angry | B．surprised | C．happy | D．sad |
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