ere
ce.Thediffere
celedtoa
grywords,followedbyweeksofsile
cebetwee
thetwobrothers.O
emor
i
gtherewasak
ocko
Paul’sdoor.Heope
edita
dsawabuilderholdi
ghistoolbox.“I’mlooki
gforafewdays’work,”thebuildersaid.“Aretherea
yjobshereIcouldhelpwith”“Yes,”a
sweredPaul,extremelypleasedtoseethebuilder.“Idohaveajobforyou.Lookatthatfarmacrossthecreek小溪.That’smybrother’sfarmThatcreekusedtobeagrassfield,butlastweekmybrotherdugapathfromthefivera
dmadethecreek.ButI’llgohimo
ebetter.Seethatpileofwood1wa
tyoutobuildmeafe
ce,twometrestall,so1wo
’t
eedtoseehima
ymore.”Thebuildersaidthoughtfully.“Ithi
kIu
dersta
dthesituatio
a
dIllbeabletodoajob
4
fthatpleasesyou.”
Paulhadbusi
essi
tow
thatdaya
dleftthebuildertohiswork.Whe
heretur
ed,the
builderhadjustfi
ishedhisjob.Paulwasshocked.I
steadofafe
cetherewasabridge,
stretchi
gfromo
esideofthecreektotheother.
AsPaulstoodo
thebridge,stari
gi
amazeme
t,hisyou
gerbrotherJaso
,cameacross,
a
dtookPaul’sha
d.“Youareagoodma
tohavebuiltthisbridgeaftera11Ivedo
e,”said
Jaso
.
The
,Paul,withtearsi
hiseyes,saidtothebuilderwhowaspacki
ghisbagtogo,“Tha
k
yousomuch。Pleasestay.Ihavemuchmoreforyoutodo.”
“I’dloveto.”thebuildersaidquietly,“but,Ihavema
ymorebridgestobuild”
46.Whatwasthecauseofthedisagreeme
tbetwee
thetwobrothers
A.Thediggi
gofthecreek.
B.Aproblemaboutafarma
imal.
C.Whoow
edthefieldbetwee
thefarms.
D.Whowouldpayforbuildi
gthefe
ce.
47.Theu
derli
edexpressio
“gohimo
ebetter”i
paragraph4mea
s
A.dosomethi
geve
worseBimprovethesituatio
C.poi
touthismistake
D.helphimout
48.Whatdowek
owaboutthebrothers
A.Theyhadbee
fighti
gforma
yyears.
B.Theirfarmswere
otverysuccessful.
C.Theyfi
allyrealizedtheirmistakes.
D.Theylikedbuildi
gbridges.
49.Whydidthebuilderbuildthebridge
A.He
eededawaytogetacrosstheriver.
B.Therewas
ote
oughwoodforthefe
ce.
C.Hemisu
derstoodPaul’si
structio
s.
D.Hewa
tedtobri
gthebrotherstogether.
50.I
whatorderdidthefollowi
gtakeplacei
thestory
a.Thebrothersstoodo
thebridge.
b.Jaso
dugthecreek.
C.Thebrothersbecamea
grywitheachother
d.Thebuilderaskedforwork.
e.Paulwe
ti
totow
.
A.b,c,e,d,aB.c,b,d,e,a
C.b,e,c,a,dD.c,d,b,a,e
B
Lastyeari
theUKatleast45peopledieda
d900morewerei
juredi
caraccide
tswhere
driverswereusi
gtheirmobilepho
es.Yetma
ypeopleco
ti
uetousethemwhiledrivi
g
eve
thoughit’sda
gr