4．One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river．Suddenly his old axe fell into the water．He felt very sad because he lost his only axe．Then all at once a b eautiful fairycame 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 silveraxe 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．"
11．One day when the man was cutting something，B．
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
12．The man was sad becauseA．
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
13．The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe but he didn't take them，because heD．
A．did not like them
B．did not know they were made of gold and silver
C．was very rich
D．knew these axes were not his
14．At the end of the story the man hadC．
A．only one axe
B．two axes
C．three axes
D．many axes
15．The fairy helped the man because he wasDman．
A．an old
B．a young
C．a poor
D．an honest．
分析 本文主要講述了一個伐木工掉了舊斧頭，而神仙用金銀斧頭試探他誠實，最后給了他金銀斧頭的故事．以此向讀者講了一個看似簡單卻又富含哲理的諺語：誠實為上策．
解答 11．B考查細節推理，根據文章第二段的One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river．Suddenly his old axe fell into the water．有一天一個窮人在河邊伐木時，突然他的斧子掉進了水里．可知本題答案為B選項．
12．A考查細節推理，根據文章第二段的He felt very sad because he lost his only axe．他很難過因為他丟掉了他唯一的斧子．可知本題答案為A選項．
13．D考查細節推理，神仙拿出金斧子和銀斧子來試探這位窮人，但是他都不要；是因為他知道不是自己的東西不能要，故本題答案為D選項．
14．C考查細節推理，根據最后一句話and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one．"現在我把金斧子、銀斧子還有你自己的斧子一起給你"．可知故事的最后這位窮人一共有了三把斧子，故本題答案為C選項．
15．D考查細節推理，根據最后一段的"I know that well enough，"said the fairy．"I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth…"神仙說：我很清楚，我只不過是想看你是否會對我講實話…"．可知神仙幫助窮人是因為他是一個"誠實"的人，故本題答案為D選項．
點評 本文是人物故事類閱讀理解．做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據．
