One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe(斧) fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy 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. One day when the man was cutting something,_______.
A. he fell into the water B. his axe dropped into the river
C. his axe fell into a lake D. he saw a beautiful fairy
22. The man was sad because ________.
A. he was poor and had no other axes B. he could not go on working
C. he liked his axe very much D. his axe was a gold axe
23. What can you learn from the story?
A. To be a honest person. B. To ask others for a gold axe.
C. Not to tell others the truth. D. To buy more axes.