TherewasonceayoungmancalledPaulinavillageintheUSA.Paulwasverylazybecausehisfatherwasarichfarmerandhedidn’thavetowork.MrSmith,aneighbourofhis,wasablacksmith(铁匠).Heusedtoworkinhisshopallday.Paulspenthoursandhourswatchinghowtheblacksmithworkedeveryday.“Youngman,whydon’tyoutryyourhandtomakeashoetack(铁钉),evenitisonlytopassthetime?”saidtheblacksmithoneday,“Maybeitwillbeusefultoyousomeday.”Finally,thelazyboybegantohaveatry.Afterpracticingsometimes,hebecameskilledandcouldmakeverynicetacks.
Yearslater,Paul’sfatherdiedandhelostallthethingsbecauseofawar(战争).Hehadtomovetoanothercountryandlivebyhimself.Ithappenedthatthereweremanyshoemakerspayinghighpricestobuytacksfortheshoes,becauseinthatpartofthecountrytherewasagreatneedoftacksforsoldiers’shoes.Paulwenttotalkwiththem.Hetoldthemthathewouldmakethetacksiftheycouldhelphimfindaworkshopinthevillage.Theshoemakersagreed.ThenPaulmadealotofmoneybymakingtacks.“Howfunnyitis!”hesaidtohimself,“Evenbymakingshoetacks,onecanbecomerich.”
小题1:Whydidn’tPaulhavetowork?
A.Becausehecouldn’tdoanything.
B.Becausehewastoolazy.
C.Becausehisfatherwasveryrich.
D.BandC.
小题2:What’stheChinesemeaningofskilled?