Betty is generous. She is willing ______ things with us and help others.

A．to share                 B．share              C．sharing              D．shares

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a rich family. The family was rude and refused to let the angles stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement (地下室). As they made their bed on the hard floor, the old angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the young angel asked why, the old angel replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night the pair came to rest at a house of a very poor but very friendly farmer and his wife. After sharing little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed. They had a good sleep. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow died in the field.

The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel. “How could this happen? Why didn’t you watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house.” she said, “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you didn’t help.”

“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the old angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement, I noticed that gold was stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so miserly and unwilling to share his good fortune, I asked God if I could seal (密封) the wall so he couldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”

1. Why did the older angel repair the hole for the rich family?

          A. Because she wanted to save the gold in it for the rich.                    

          B. Because the basement was too cold to stay in.                               

          C. Because she didn’t want the rich man to find the gold in it.             

          D. Because she thought she should always be ready to help others.

2. The young angel was very angry because ___________________.

          A. the older angel killed the farmer’s cow         

          B. the rich man gave them a bad place to live    

          C. the angle of death took the cow away         

          D. the older angel treated the two families unfairly

3. The meaning of the underlined word “miserly” is _______________.

          A. 貪婪的                 B. 吝嗇的                     C. 好客的                  D. 悲慘的

4. The reader tries to tell us ___________________________________.

          A. angles are always to help the poor               

          B. sometimes things aren’t always what they seem                             

          C. everyone should be ready to help others       

        D. the young should always learn from the old