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课文阅读： The Peasant and the Devil Once upon a time there was a far-sighted, crafty peasant. He once got hold of the devil, and made a fool of him. The peasant had one day been working in his field. When he was making ready for the journey home, he saw a heap of burning coals in the middle of his field. Full of astonishment, he went up to it. A little black devil was sitting on the live coals. “Are you sitting upon a treasure?” said the peasant. “Yes, in truth,” replied the devil, “on a treasure which contains more gold and silver than you have ever seen in your life.” “The treasure lies in my field and belongs to me,” said the peasant. “It is yours,” answered the devil, “if you will for two years give me one half of everything your field produces.” The peasant agreed to the bargain. “In order, however, that no dispute may arise about the division,” said he, “everything that is above ground shall belong to you, and what is under the earth to me.” The devil was quite satisfied with that, but the cunning peasant had sown turnips. Now when the time for harvest came, the devil appeared and wanted to take away his crop. But he found nothing but the yellow withered leaves. While the peasant, full of delight, was digging up his turnips. “You have had the best of it for once,” said the devil, “but the next time that won’t do. What grows above ground shall be yours, and what is under it, mine.” “I am willing,” replied the peasant. But when the time came to sow, he did not again sow turnips, but wheat. The grain became ripe, and the peasant went into the field and cut the full stalks down to the ground. When the devil came, he found nothing but the stubble, and went away in a fury down into a cleft in the rocks. “That is the way to cheat the devil.” Said the peasant. And he went and fetched away the treasure. 【试题答案】 I. 1. taxi driver2. classroom3. football team4. introduce5. business man II. 1. pretty well2. See you3. your mother’s job4. Terrible5. night III. 1—5 DCCBD IV. 1—5 BDACB6—10 CDADC V. 1—5 FTFTF VI. 略。 课文阅读译文： 农夫和魔鬼 从前，有一个深谋远虑、足智多谋的农夫。一次他抓住了并捉弄了魔鬼。 一天，这个农夫到自家的地里干活。他收拾停当准备回家时，看到田地中央有一堆煤在燃烧。他惊异地走过去，看到燃烧的煤火上坐着一个魔鬼，矮小，乌黑。 “你是坐在一堆财宝上吗?”农夫问。 “是的，千真万确，” 魔鬼回答说，“这堆财宝多过你这辈子所见到过的金子和银子。” “这些财宝埋在我的地里，就该归我所有。”农夫说。 “它们是归你所有，” 魔鬼说道，“条件是你要连续两年把土地的收成分一半给我。” 农夫同意了这桩交易。不过他说：“为了避免在分收成时产生任何争端，咱们说定，凡是长在地面以上的都归你，长在地面以下的都归我。” 魔鬼对这个提议非常满意，但他不知道，聪明的农夫播撒的是萝卜籽。 当收获季节来临的时候，魔鬼露面了，他想要带走他那份收成。但是地面以上除了发黄、枯萎的叶子之外，什么都没有。而农夫正在欢天喜地地挖他的萝卜。 “这一次最好的全归了你，” 魔鬼说，“但是下一次就不成了。下一次长在地面以上的归你，长在地面以下的都得归我。” “我很愿意。”农夫回答说。但当到了播种的时候，农夫撒下的不是萝卜籽，却是麦子。麦子熟了之后，农夫来到麦田里，将麦子齐根儿割倒。魔鬼来了，他发现除了麦茬之外，什么都没有。他怒气冲冲地下到了岩石的裂缝里。 “对付魔鬼就应该这样。”农夫说。然后他就去把那堆财宝搬回了家。 (责任编辑：admin) |